Heartland Media, LLC (“Heartland”) and MSouth Equity Partners (“MSouth”) have completed the purchase of five stations from Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc. (“Nexstar”) and Media General, Inc.

Bob Prather, President and CEO of Heartland, said, “We are excited to begin operating these excellent stations. We have met with the managements over the past few months and anticipate investing further in their local news and sales operations. These stations join one of the country’s fastest growing and highest quality TV station companies, focused on small and medium size markets.”

The five new stations will result in a total of ten stations owned and operated by Heartland and MSouth through various entities. Prather previously announced an agreement to purchase an 11th station, WAAY, in Huntsville, Alabama, pending the end of the current FCC administered broadcast spectrum auction.

The stations joining Heartland are:

           

 

       

 

                     
           

City of License

        

DMA
Rank

        

Station

        

Affiliation

  
 

1

   

Ft. Wayne, IN

    111     WFFT-TV     Fox
                             

2

Rochester, MN

153 KIMT CBS
                             

3

Terre Haute, IN

155 WTHI-TV CBS
                             

4

Lafayette, IN

187 WLFI-TV CBS
                             

5

Saint Joseph, MO

201 KQTV ABC