Nexstar’s California Television Stations To Host Exclusive Live Debate Between Candidates for California Governor

Debate Will Originate from KRON4 Studios in San Francisco on Wednesday, April 22, at 7 p.m.

San Francisco, CA (March 12, 2026)—Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST), today announced that its television stations serving California will carry an exclusive live multi-market telecast of a debate between the leading candidates in the race for California Governor. The debate will be broadcast statewide on Wednesday, April 22, 2026 at 7 p.m. PT originating from the studios of KRON4 in San Francisco.

“Debate Night in California: The Race for Governor” will be moderated by Nikki Laurenzo, host of “Inside California Politics,” and news anchor at Fox40 in Sacramento, and Frank Buckley, veteran morning news anchor at KTLA5 in Los Angeles.

Candidates earning at least 5% support in Nexstar’s March statewide poll and meeting Nexstar’s other criteria for participation will get an invite to be on stage answering questions aired on six Nexstar television stations across the state, including KRON4 in San Francisco, KTLA5 in Los Angeles, Fox5/KUSI in San Diego, Fox40 in Sacramento, KGET17 in Bakersfield, and KSEE24/CBS47 in Fresno. Candidates who have met the polling threshold and other criteria for participation include: Eric Swalwell (D), Steve Hilton (R), Chad Bianco (R), Tom Steyer (D), and Katie Porter (D). As of this announcement, all candidates with the exception of Katie Porter have accepted Nexstar’s invitation to appear.

“Nexstar is extremely pleased to be able to offer this forum for California voters to hear from the candidates seeking to be Governor of the state,” said Andrew Alford, President of Nexstar’s broadcasting division.  “These types of events give voters an opportunity to hear directly from the candidates about important issues affecting them and they are a clear demonstration of our commitment to serve local communities across the state.”

The debate will also be streamed live on Nexstar’s digital platforms—with excerpts airing nationwide on Nexstar’s leading digital platform for political news and analysis, The Hill, and cable news network NewsNation.  A Spanish language translation of the debate also will be available.

Nexstar’s California footprint reaches some 12-million television households.

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Television stations broadcasting “Debate Night in California: The Race for Governor” include:

Media wishing to cover the debate need to apply for credentials, and can do so using this link:  https://kron4news.wufoo.com/forms/qg58q8g02xdvnw/

About Nexstar Media Group:
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST) is a leading diversified media company that produces and distributes engaging local and national news, sports and entertainment content across its television and digital platforms, including more than 317,000 hours of programming produced annually by its business units. Nexstar owns America’s largest local television broadcasting group comprised of top network affiliates, with more than 200 owned or partner stations in 116 U.S. markets reaching 220 million people. Nexstar’s national television properties include The CW, America’s fifth major broadcast network, NewsNation, our national news network providing “News for All Americans,” popular entertainment multicast networks Antenna TV and Rewind TV, and a 31.3% ownership stake in TV Food Network. The Company’s portfolio of digital assets, including its local TV station websites, The Hill and NewsNationNow.com, are collectively a Top 10 U.S. digital news and information property. For more information, please visit nexstar.tv.

Media Contact:
Chris Berg
VP/Local Content Development
Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
612-554-5645 (cell)
cberg@nexstar.tv