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TAMPA (WFLA) – Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST), today announced that it has agreed to acquire WSNN-LD in Sarasota, Florida, from Citadel Communications, LLC. The acquisition will enable WFLA-TV (NBC) and WTTA-TV (My Net) to significantly expand their leading local news presence in the Tampa DMA to include Sarasota, Manatee, and Charlotte counties along the West Coast of central Florida. The transaction is expected to close later this year, subject to regulatory and other customary approvals. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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