WPIX was among the stations that were sold off, in part because the New York market alone accounts for for 6.5% of the total U.S. TV universe. Selling off WPIX to Mission in 2020 allowed Nexstar ...
Scott had worked as a top producer WNBC before becoming the news director at WPIX. She helped oversee WNBC news broadcasts in the late 1980s and 1990s, and headed the WPIX newsroom until 2009.
WPIX, the flagship CW station, is a significant part of the Optimum dispute given the pay-TV system’s heavy concentration in the New York Tri-State area. In all, 42 markets are affected by the ...