Nexstar Broadcasting Responds to Cox Communications' Action to Drop Network and Local Community Programming in Nine Markets

Effective 11:59 p.m. local time on January 29, cable TV provider Cox Communications ("Cox") dropped the network and local community programming for 13 stations impacting viewers in nine markets. The action follows Cox's refusal to reach a new distribution agreement allowing the cable television provider the right to continue to air the highly rated programming from the stations' owner, Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc.

("Nexstar"). Nexstar deeply regrets Cox's ill-advised action which deprives viewers in the affected markets of broadcasts of leading network content from ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, CW and MyNetworkTV as well as local news and other programming produced specifically for these local communities. Viewers affected by the loss of service from