Hearst to acquire CBS affiliation from some Nexstar stations

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    "url": "https://thedesk.net/2026/07/hearst-to-acquire-cbs-affiliation-from-some-nexstar-stations/",
    "title": "Hearst to acquire CBS affiliation from some Nexstar stations - TheDesk.net",
    "excerpt": "Nexstar Media Group will stop carrying CBS programming on more than a half-dozen of its stations, with the affiliation moving to channels owned by Hearst Television and other broadcasters, multiple sources told The Desk this week. The move will impact viewers in a number of communities, including Albuquerque, New Mexico; Jackson, Mississippi; Bismarck, North Dakota; Birmingham, Alabama; Greenville, South Carolina and Rapid City, South Dakota - where Nexstar will replace CBS programming with that of another network. In Albuquerque, KRQE (Channel 13) will convert from a CBS affiliate into a full-time Fox affiliate, a Nexstar spokesperson said by e-mail. In the other three markets, the affected CBS affiliates - WJTV (Channel 12), WIAT (Channel 42) and WSPA (Channel 7) - will become CW Network-owned stations. The changes will take place on August 1. Those stations will increase their output of local news and community-oriented programming. Those programs are expected to fill some daytime and evening voids left by the lack of CBS game shows, talk shows and late night comedy programs, two sources said. In four markets, Hearst Television will take over the CBS affiliate from a Nexstar-owned station and will begin distributing CBS entertainment, news and sports on a digital sub-channel of a station already affiliated with a competing broadcast network. The stations that will begin...",
    "summary": "Hearst Television will take over the CBS affiliation from Nexstar-owned stations in four markets, beginning to distribute CBS programming on August 1.",
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    "article_sentence": "In four markets, Hearst Television will take over the CBS affiliate from a Nexstar-owned station and will begin distributing CBS entertainment, news and sports on a digital sub-channel of a station already affiliated with a competing broadcast network.",
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