- Carlston Brings Proven Management Experience and Local Market Knowledge to New Role -

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah and IRVING, Texas (October 14, 2009) - Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST) and Four Points Media Group LLC announced today that Steve Carlston has been appointed Vice President / General Manager of CBS affiliate KUTV-TV and independent KUSG-TV serving the Salt Lake City-St George, Utah market.  The appointment is effective October 26, 2009 and Mr. Carlston will report to Brian Jones, Co-Chief Operating Officer of Nexstar Broadcasting.  Nexstar Broadcasting Group Inc. manages KUTV-TV and KUSG-TV under the terms of a management agreement with Four Points Media Group, LLC.

Prior to joining Four Points Media, Steve Carlston served as Managing Partner of Las Vegas TV Partners which has owned KTUD-TV in Las Vegas since 2004.  Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President for the UPN Network overseeing network distribution, affiliate relations and marketing, and also served as President and Chief Operating Officer of SF Broadcasting, overseeing four FOX affiliates in Honolulu, Hawaii, New Orleans, Louisiana, Mobile, Alabama and Green Bay, Wisconsin.  From 1992 to 1997, Carlston was Vice President / General Manager of KSTU-TV, the FOX owned and operated station serving the Salt Lake City market.  During that time, he expanded local news from three hours to over sixteen hours per week.  In addition he and his team were the recipients of the prestigious Edward R. Murrow award for Best Newscast.  Through his efforts and initiatives station revenue and profitability at KSTU also grew exponentially.

Early in his career, Carlston held a variety of sales positions with Katz Communications, WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh, and Buena Vista Television.  He is a 1980 Graduate of Brigham Young University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Broadcast Management.

Commenting on the appointment, Brian Jones stated, “Steve is an energetic and enthusiastic leader who bring a broad range of broadcasting skills, experience and accomplishments to the station and the market.  We are confident that he is uniquely qualified to grow KUTV and KUSG in this challenging business environment and look forward to his contributions in management, sales, news and other functions as we deliver the most effective advertising solutions for clients and high quality local news, information and entertainment programming for viewers throughout the Salt Lake City and St. George, Utah market.”

Commenting on his new role, Steve Carlston stated, “My family and I are thrilled to be returning to the wonderful Salt Lake City community.  The position of Vice President and General Manager is a tremendous opportunity to generate results from the experience and relationships I have built over my career and the management strategies I have learned from the many outstanding operators and leaders I have interacted with throughout my career.”

About KUTV-TV AND KUSG -TV

KUTV-TV and KUSG-TV are part of the seven-station portfolio of Four Points Media LLC station serving the Austin, Texas, Salt Lake City, Utah, Providence, Rhode Island and West Palm Beach, Florida markets.  It is owned by Cerberus Capital Management, L.P and managed by Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc.

About Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc.

Nexstar Broadcasting Group currently owns, operates, programs or provides sales and other services to 63 television stations in 34 markets in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Texas, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, New York, Rhode Island, Utah and Florida.  Nexstar’s television station group includes affiliates of NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, MyNetworkTV and The CW and reaches approximately 13 million viewers or approximately 11.5% of all U.S. television households.

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