Nexstar Broadcasting Group Names Elizabeth Hammond Vice President and General Counsel

Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST) announced today that effective May 1, 2009, Elizabeth Hammond has been named Vice President and General Counsel, a new position at the Company. Ms. Hammond will report directly to Nexstar Broadcasting Group President and Chief Executive Officer, Perry Sook.

Elizabeth Hammond brings a broad range of legal and business experience to Nexstar Broadcasting and will be responsible for the Company’s legal, business and regulatory affairs. Prior to joining Nexstar, Ms. Hammond served as Vice President, Legal Affairs at First Broadcasting Operating, Inc. where she specialized in corporate legal and transactional matters, FCC regulatory compliance and conducted due diligence reviews on corporate restructurings, acquisitions, dispositions and joint ventures. From 2002-2007, Ms. Hammond served as both Associate and Counsel at Drinker Biddle and Reath, LLP, a Washington, D.C.-based law firm, where she provided advanced legal counsel to clients across the media and cable industries, including Nexstar Broadcasting. In this role, Ms. Hammond was responsible for legal strategy and correspondence related to FCC regulatory compliance, programming and carriage negotiations, acquisitions and divestitures and other legal services. Ms. Hammond began her legal career in 1997 serving for four years as an Associate at Arter & Hadden, where she focused on legal matters on behalf of the firm’s broadcast and telecommunications clients.

Nexstar Broadcasting Group President and CEO, Perry A. Sook commented, "As Nexstar Broadcasting has grown we have emphasized the recruitment of experienced, proven executives to our senior management team. We are delighted to have attracted a General Counsel with Elizabeth’s breadth of relevant experience, energy and track record of accomplishments in broadcasting industry matters.

"We are confident that her legal expertise and knowledge of the industry and regulatory landscapes will be important assets to Nexstar. Elizabeth’s experience will also be a valuable resource to Nexstar when negotiating future carriage agreements with our distribution partners and managing legal matters related to our local stations’ multicast, mobile and high-definition rights. As Nexstar has grown to a scale to warrant in-house counsel, we also see this appointment as an opportunity to reduce outside legal expenses which is consistent with our company wide focus on cost reductions.”

Elizabeth Hammond commented on her appointment, "Having spent my professional career working with broadcasting entities, I was attracted to Nexstar Broadcasting given its demonstrated record of success, the quality of its management team and its commitment to industry innovation and growth. I look forward to working with Perry and the Nexstar team to support the Company’s achievement of its current and future growth objectives.”

Ms. Hammond earned a B.B.A. in 1987 from the University of Texas and received her J.D. from George Washington University School of Law in 1996. Ms. Hammond resides in Dallas, Texas and is a member of the Texas, District of Columbia, American and Federal Communications Bar Associations. She is also currently serving as Treasurer on the National Board of the American Women in Radio & Television, Inc. and its sister Foundation.

About Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc.

Upon completion of the WCWJ-TV transaction, Nexstar Broadcasting Group will own, operate, program or provide sales and other services to 63 television stations in 34 markets in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Texas, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, New York and Florida. Nexstar’s television station group includes affiliates of NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, MyNetworkTV and The CW and reaches approximately 13 million viewers or approximately 11.5% of all U.S. television households.

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