Shield Media

Shield Media, LLC is a private American television broadcasting company based in Lafayette, Louisiana. The company's stations are operated by Nexstar Media Group under joint sales and shared services agreements.

Shield Media, LLC
Private
IndustryBroadcasting
Founded2012
FounderSheldon Galloway
Headquarters
Lafayette, Louisiana
,
U.S.

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 for $19.5 million. Shield entered into a joint sales and shared services agreement with Young Broadcasting, owner of WTEN.[1]

On October 11, 2012, Sinclair Broadcast Group filed to sell WLAJ to Shield Media for $14.4 million.[2] After the sale's completion, the station then entered into shared services and joint sales agreements with Young Broadcasting-owned WLNS.[3] The sale was completed on March 1, 2013.[4]

On November 12, 2013, Media General completed its acquisition of Young Broadcasting and took over operation of the Shield Media stations.[5] Nexstar Media Group succeeded this role after it acquired Media General on January 17, 2017.

Stations
City of license / Market Station Channel
TV (RF)		 Owned since Network affiliation
Lansing, Michigan WLAJ 53 (25) 2013 ABC
The CW (DT2)
Albany, New York WXXA-TV 23 (7) 2012 Fox
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See also

References
  1. Pinckney, Barbara (July 30, 2012). "Albany's Fox affiliate buys Louisiana broadcaster for $19.5 million". Albany Business Review. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  2. "Young Piecing Together Triopoly In Lansing". TVNewsCheck. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  3. "Application for consent to assignment of broadcast station construction permit or license". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  4. "CDBS Print". Licensing.fcc.gov. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  5. "Media General Completes Merger with Young Broadcasting". PR Newswire. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
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