Nexstar Broadcasting Enters into Long-Term Affiliation Agreement with ABC

Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc. NXST announced today that it has entered into a long-term agreement with the ABC Television Network for nine of its owned or operated stations. As part of the agreement, Nexstar also announced that WFXW-TV in Terre Haute, Indiana will become that market's ABC affiliate, launching as WAWV-TV on September 1, 2011. WFXW-TV's FOX network affiliation expired in June 2010 and the station continued operating as a FOX affiliate under the previous contractual terms.