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Jerry Walsh has served as Vice President of Local Content Development since April of 2017. In his current role, Mr. Walsh works directly with content operations in New York, Connecticut, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Indiana, Missouri, North Carolina, and Florida to maximize local content opportunities on all platforms. He also oversees the Nexstar’s Washington, D.C. bureau and the company’s content research projects. In addition, Mr. Walsh played a key role in developing Nexstar’s strategies for state capitol/legislative bureaus, local coverage from the Washington, D.C. bureau, and major event coverage including the Olympics, Super Bowl, political conventions, and elections.
Mr. Walsh joined the Nexstar corporate team in July of 2011 as the Director of Local Content Development. From 2007-2011, he was News Director at Nexstar station WROC in Rochester, NY. Under Mr. Walsh’s leadership in Rochester, the station grew television ratings, digital audience, expanded newscasts and earned several journalism awards.
Prior to joining Nexstar, Mr. Walsh held news positions in Utica, NY and Albany, NY. Since starting his career in 1992, he has held positions ranging from photographer to producer to news director. He is a past Chairman of the Radio Television Digital News Association and the Radio Television Digital News Association.
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Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST) is a leading diversified media company that produces and distributes engaging local and national news, sports and entertainment content across television, streaming and digital platforms, including nearly 300,000 hours of original video content each year. Nexstar owns America’s largest local broadcasting group comprised of top network affiliates, with 200 owned or partner stations in 116 U.S. markets reaching 212 million people. Nexstar’s national television properties include The CW, America’s fifth major broadcast network, NewsNation, America’s fastest-growing national news and entertainment cable network reaching 70 million television homes, popular entertainment multicast networks Antenna TV and Rewind TV, and a 31.3% ownership stake in TV Food Network. The Company’s portfolio of digital assets, including The Hill and BestReviews, are collectively a Top 10 U.S. digital news and information property. In addition to delivering exceptional content and service to our communities, Nexstar provides premium multiplatform and video-on-demand advertising opportunities at scale for businesses and brands seeking to leverage the strong consumer engagement of our compelling content offering.