Investor Presentaiton
Launch of News Nation, WGN America's Primetime National Newscast
NewsNation draws on the local, regional, and national expertise of
Nexstar's 5,500 journalists in local newsrooms across the country
NEWSNATION
NSNAT
COMING SEPTEMBER 1
WGN
AMERICA
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■ NXST launched its primetime national newscast, NewsNation, on Sept. 1, 2020
■ WGN America was rebranded as NewsNation and expanded its programming on
March 1, 2021
■ NewsNation airs daily, in primetime from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET and reaches ~75
million television households across the country
■ The broadcast delivers news reporting that is fact-based, impactful, and unbiased
■ NewsNation's team of reporters and producers also delivers news twenty-four hours
a day online through News Nation's mobile app, NewsNation Now
■ NewsNation's anchor teams and correspondents feature award-winning journalists
■ Excluding one-time capital expenditures of ~$20 million, the ongoing operations of
NewsNation will be cost-neutral as it replaces existing syndicated programming on
WGN America
■ News Nation creates another opportunity for monetization and revenue
diversification
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