Shield Media, LLC was a private American television broadcasting company based in

Lafayette, Louisiana Lafayette (, ) is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, and the most populous city and parish seat of Lafayette Parish, located along the Vermilion River. It is Louisiana's fourth largest incorporated municipality by population and the 234th- ...

. The company's stations were operated by

Nexstar Media Group Nexstar Media Group, Inc. is an American publicly traded media company with headquarter offices in Irving, Texas; Midtown Manhattan; and Chicago, Illinois. The company is the largest television station owner in the United States, owning 197 te ...

under joint sales and shared services agreements.

History

The company was founded by Sheldon Galloway (the Vice President of White Knight Broadcasting) in 2012. The company's first acquisition was announced in July 2012, when WXXA-TV was sold by

Newport Television Newport Television, LLC was a television station holding company founded by Providence Equity Partners and Sandy DiPasquale in 2007 to acquire the television stations owned by Clear Channel Communications. History In September 2007, Newport ag ...

for $19.5 million. Shield entered into a joint sales and shared services agreement with Young Broadcasting, owner of WTEN. On October 11, 2012, Sinclair Broadcast Group filed to sell WLAJ to Shield Media for $14.4 million. After the sale's completion, the station then entered into shared services and joint sales agreements with Young Broadcasting-owned WLNS. The sale was completed on March 1, 2013. On November 12, 2013, Media General completed its acquisition of Young Broadcasting and took over operation of the Shield Media stations. Nexstar Media Group succeeded this role after it acquired Media General on January 17, 2017. On August 21, 2020, it was reported that Mission Broadcasting would acquire WLAJ and WXXA. The sale was completed on November 23."Consummation Notice" (WXXA)
''CDBS Public Access'', Federal Communications Commission, 25 November 2020, Retrieved 25 November 2020. The stations will continue to be operated by Nexstar.

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