
IRVING, Texas—Mission Broadcasting and Nexstar Media Group today announced the launch of NextGen TV on WPIX-TV in New York City, the nation’s largest television market. Mission owns WPIX-TV and Nexstar provides services to the station; the two companies worked together on the launch. The New York launch marks the 51st Nexstar-owned or partner market to begin broadcasting with ATSC 3.0.
The CW affiliate joins WCBS (2), WLIW (21), WMBQ-CD (46), WNBC (NBC 4), WNET (13), and WNJU (Telemundo 47) in the Big Apple 3.0 lineup. Those stations launched on a lighthouse hosted by PBS’s The WNET Group in October.