Nexstar Broadcasting To Host Exclusive Multi-Market Livestream of Virtual Town Hall with Virginia’s Health Equity Work Group on Thursday, May 21st at 7pm

Virginia’s Health Equity Task Force and Working Group Address Community Questions Regarding the State Response to the Coronavirus Outbreak

Produced from Richmond’s WRIC 8News Studio and Livestreamed on the Websites and Mobile Applications of Nexstar’s Television Stations Serving Virginia

RICHMOND, VA and IRVING, TX (May 20, 2020) – Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST), announced today that it will host an exclusive livestream of a virtual town hall meeting, “COVID-19 & Health Equity in Virginia: You Ask, We Answer,” featuring panelists from the Virginia Health Equity Working Group on Thursday, May 21st, at 7 p.m. ET.

The one-hour virtual town hall will be produced at the 8news studio at WRIC-TV in Richmond, VA, and livestreamed on the websites and mobile applications of Nexstar’s television stations serving the Commonwealth, including WRIC-TV in Richmond, WAVY-TV in Norfolk, WFXR in Roanoke, WJHL-TV in Tri-Cities, TN, WDVM-TV in Hagerstown, MD and WDCW-TV in Washington, D.C.  (A complete list of the stations’ websites is below.)  WRIC’s anchor, Juan Conde, will moderate the discussion with responses to questions from viewers in the Commonwealth.

The Health Equity Working Group is an innovative coalition embedded at the senior-level of Virginia’s unified command structure for the COVID-19 public health crisis, working to apply a health equity lens to the Commonwealth of Virginia’s COVID-19 response.

Panelists include:
• Dr. Janice Underwood- Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer/ Office of Governor Ralph S. Northam
• Sable K. Nelson, JD- Acting Director, Office of Health Equity Division Director, Multicultural health and Community Engagement (VDEM)
• Dr. Ebony J. Hilton- Critical Care and Anesthesiology, University of Virginia Health
• Mayor Deanna Reed- Mayor of Harrisonburg

The panelists will provide answers and direction on Virginia’s COVID-19 response guidance on health care, financial, educational and outreach resources. The public is encouraged to submit questions, in text or video, to the regional news outlet’s social media pages using the #VAHEWG hashtag, or directly to the newsroom emails, news@wric.com, ReportIt@wavy.com, news@WFXRtv.com,  news@localdvm.com, or news@wjhl.com.

The one-hour virtual town hall will be produced at the 8news studio at WRIC in Richmond, VA and live streamed through the websites and mobile applications of Nexstar’s Virginia television stations.

The Town Hall will be available by livestream on the following Nexstar station websites:

Station Network Market Station Website Social
WRIC-TV ABC Richmond wric.com @8News
WAVY-TV NBC Norfolk wavy.com @wavytv10
WFXR-TV FOX Roanoke wfxrtv.com @wfxrnews
WJHL-TV CBS/ABC Tri-Cities/Bristol wjhl.com @wjhlTV11
WDVM-TV Independent DC/Hagerstown MD localdvm.com @wdvm.localdvm
WDCW-TV CW DC/Northern VA dcw50.com @DCW50

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Media Contacts:
Larry Cottrill
Vice President and General Manager
WRIC TV
804/330-9701 or lcottrill@wric.com

Gary Weitman
EVP & Chief Communication Officer
Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
312/222-3394 or gweitman@nexstar.tv

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Joseph Jaffoni, Jennifer Neuman
JCIR
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