Sinclair Partners With Nexstar to Distribute Multicast Networks Comet, CHARGE!, TBD TV and The Nest
February 19 2025 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
New affiliations added in Chicago, Kansas
City, Denver and Sacramento
Sinclair today announced a broadcast affiliate distribution
agreement with Nexstar to renew and expand the clearances for
Comet, CHARGE!, TBD and The Nest, Sinclair’s free, over-the-air
multicast television networks. These renewals and additions
represent over 15M total U.S. households, further bolstering the
complete national coverage in key markets and prime channel
positions for the networks.
CHARGE!, home to a line-up that delivers the biggest
police procedural franchises in TV history including Law &
Order: Criminal Intent, CSI: Miami, and CSI: New York, has
renewed agreements on the following Nexstar stations:
- WJZY-3 (46.3) Charlotte
- WJW-4 (8.4) Cleveland
- WNOL-4 (38.4) New Orleans
- WXIN-4 (59.4) Indianapolis
CHARGE!, will also add two new markets:
- KRBK-3 (49.3) in Springfield, MO
- KWGN-3 Denver (2.3) launches 4/1/25
CHARGE! is now available in 23 of the Top 25 DMAs.
Comet, THE destination on free TV for true fans of sci-fi
and fantasy with some of the most iconic franchises including The
X-Files, Grimm, Stargate SG-1, fun movie titles that celebrate
sci-fi and fantasy fandom and the annual CometFest fan festival,
has renewed agreements on the following Nexstar stations:
- WNOL-3 (38.3) New Orleans
- WTTV-3 (4.3) Indianapolis
- WJW-3 (8.3) Cleveland
- KGBT-3 (4.3) Harlingen
TBD, delivering the best in breakout TV comedy, including
the Emmy-Award winning Saturday Night Live, Key & Peele and
Whose Line Is It Anyway?, has renewed agreements on the following
Nexstar stations:
- WDAF-4 (4.4) Kansas City
- KTXL-4 (40.4) Sacramento
The Nest airs “comfort food TV” programming with factual
reality series, celebrity-driven family shows and true crime,
including Dog the Bounty Hunter, Ice Road Truckers and Cold Case
Files, is now available in Chicago on WGN (9.5.).
With the addition of the Chicago market, The Nest will
now have prime location, full power OTA coverage in the top 10
DMAs.
“The expanded distribution agreement with Nexstar marks a
significant milestone in our efforts to bring Sinclair’s multicast
networks to even more viewers nationwide,” said Lee Schlazer, SVP,
Distribution. “With the addition of key markets like Chicago and
continued renewals across critical stations, we are strengthening
our commitment to delivering high-quality, diverse programming that
resonates with audiences of all ages. This is just the beginning as
we continue to grow the reach of Comet, CHARGE!, TBD, and The
Nest.”
As previously announced, Sinclair continues to expand
distribution of its multicast networks and invest in successful,
proven programming, adding iconic franchises to the networks’
lineups, which will continue in 2025 and beyond.
For more information, program schedules and a location finder,
please visit: https://sbgi.net/networks/.
About Sinclair
Sinclair, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) is a diversified media company and
a leading provider of local news and sports. The Company owns,
operates and/or provides services to 185 television stations in 86
markets affiliated with all the major broadcast networks; owns
Tennis Channel and multicast networks Comet, CHARGE!, TBD., and The
Nest. Sinclair’s content is delivered via multiple platforms,
including over-the-air, multi-channel video program distributors,
and the nation’s largest streaming aggregator of local news
content, NewsON. The Company regularly uses its website as a key
source of Company information which can be accessed at
www.sbgi.net.
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