Nexstar/Tegna: Appeals Court Stay Risk Looms Over Potential FCC Local, National Ownership Cap Waivers

Published on Feb 11, 2026

President Donald Trump gave his stamp of approval to Nexstar’s (NXST) proposed $6.2 billion acquisition of Tegna (TNGA) in a Saturday social media post that FCC Chairman Brendan Carr quickly re-shared, providing a clear signal that the agency plans to grant Nexstar waivers of the local and national ownership caps the transaction would violate. But […]

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