Nexstar to Sell KFTA-TV, Channel 24

Arkansas Business.com reports Nexstar plans on selling KFTA-TV/Fort Smith to Mission Broadcasting Inc. of Becksville, Ohio, for $5.6 million. AB.com reports Mission plans on making the station a FOX affiliate.

AB.com provides the background of the station:

"KFTA was the Fort Smith half of the market’s KPOM/KFAA, Channels 24/51. When Nexstar purchased the station from JDG Television Inc. of Muskogee, Okla., in 2004, it changed the call letters to KFTA/KNWA. KWNA broadcasts out of Fayetteville, but KFTA carries the signal in Fort Smith."

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