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On July 27, 2012, it was announced that the Capital District's Fox affiliate, WXXA-TV, owned by [[Newport Television]], would be sold to Shield Media, LLC (owned by White Knight Broadcasting [[vice president]] [[Sheldon Galloway]]) for $19.2 million. That company then entered into a shared services agreement with Young Broadcasting resulting in WTEN operating WXXA. On October 23, the FCC granted the transaction.<ref>[http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/61098/shield-buying-newports-wxxa-for-194m Shield Buying Newport's WXXA For $19.4M], ''TVNewsCheck'', July 27, 2012.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/Auth_Files/1509776.pdf |title=The master control of the Fox outlet will likely move as the result of WTEN operating WXXA. |access-date=December 6, 2012 }}{{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Nearing |first=Brian |url=http://www.timesunion.com/default/article/Fox-affiliate-sold-new-role-with-WTEN-3741937.php |title=Fox affiliate sold, new role with WTEN |publisher=Times Union |date=July 27, 2012 |access-date=April 22, 2013}}</ref> The move was completed on March 23, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|last=Anderson |first=Eric |url=http://www.timesunion.com/business/article/More-layoffs-at-Fox-News-4376573.php |title=Stormy weather: WXXA cuts jobs |publisher=Times Union |date=March 22, 2013 |access-date=April 22, 2013}}</ref> Soon afterward, WXXA closed its studios on Corporate Circle in Albany and moved its operations to WTEN.
On June 6, 2013, Young Broadcasting announced that it would merge with [[Media General]].<ref>[http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/68068/media-general-young-broadcasting-to-merge Media General, Young Broadcasting To Merge], ''TVNewsCheck'', June 6, 2013.</ref> The merger was approved by the FCC on November 8, after Media General shareholders approved the merger a day earlier;<ref>[http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/496491-FCC_Approves_Media_General_Young_Merger.php FCC Approves Media General-Young Merger] Broadcasting & Cable, Retrieved November 8, 2013</ref> it was completed on November 12.<ref name=tvnc-youngmgcomplete>{{cite news|title=Media General, Young Now Officially One|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/71928/media-general-young-now-officially-one|access-date=November 12, 2013|newspaper=TVNewsCheck|date=November 12, 2013}}</ref> More than two years later, on January 27, 2016, it was announced that the [[Nexstar Broadcasting Group]] would buy Media General for $4.6 billion. WTEN and the operations of WXXA became part of "Nexstar Media Group
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