The parent company of KTVX-Channel 4 is buying the parent company of KSTU-Channel 13 — but the stations will not all end up being owned by the same entity.
Nexstar Media, which counts KTVX and KUCW-Channel 30 among the 171 stations it currently owns, is buying Tribune Media, which counts Utah’s FOX 13 among the 42 stations it owns. However, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations will not allow Nexstar to own both KTVX and FOX 13, so one or the other will have to be sold.
(Tribune Media, headquartered in Chicago, is in no way affiliated with The Salt Lake Tribune.