A week before the start of the NFL season, Nexstar and DirecTV have resolved a blackout that affected 97 markets nationally for nearly two months.
Nexstar stations had left DirecTV on Independence Day due to a retransmission consent dispute. The stations returned late on Thursday, Aug. 29.
The outage had affected stations in nine Upper Midwest markets:
- Bismarck-Minot: KXMB-CBS and KXMA-CW
- Davenport: WHBF-CBS and KGCW-CW
- Des Moines: WOI-ABC and KCWI-CW
- Green Bay: WFRV-CBS
- La Crosse: WLAX-FOX
- Marquette: WJMN-CBS
- Rapid City: KCLO-CBS
- Sioux City: KCAU-ABC
- Sioux Falls: KELO-CBS
Both companies issued statements saying the regret the inconvenience to customers.
A handful of stations owned by other companies remain off DirecTV, including Cedar Rapids FOX affiliate KFXA/28.