Marshall Broadcasting Group

Marshall Broadcasting Group, Inc.

Company type	Private
Industry	Television broadcasting
Founded	December 1, 2014 (2014-12-01)
Founder	Pluria Marshall, Jr.
Defunct	2020 (2020)
Fate	Stations sold to Mission Broadcasting
Headquarters	Houston , United States
Area served	United States (Iowa, Louisiana, Texas)
Key people	Pluria Marshall, Jr.
Products	Television stations (Fox affiliates)

Marshall Broadcasting Group, Inc. was a U.S.-based television broadcasting enterprise that owned three full-power Fox-affiliated stations located in Iowa, Louisiana, and Texas. Established on December 1, 2014, by Pluria Marshall, Jr., the company’s stations were managed through shared services agreements by Nexstar Media Group.

History

Pluria Marshall, Jr., who also controls Wave Community Newspapers, founded Marshall Broadcasting following Nexstar Broadcasting Group’s 2014 acquisitions of Grant Broadcasting, Communications Corporation of America, and White Knight Broadcasting. To comply with FCC ownership restrictions, Nexstar divested the Fox affiliates KLJB (Davenport, Iowa), KPEJ-TV (Odessa, Texas), and KMSS-TV (Shreveport, Louisiana) to Marshall Broadcasting. Under shared services agreements, Nexstar continued to provide non-programming functions such as master control operations, advertising sales support, and engineering services.

In April 2019, Marshall Broadcasting initiated legal action against Nexstar, accusing the company of contract violations and alleging efforts to deliberately impair Marshall’s business to repurchase the stations at a reduced price with fewer regulatory obstacles.

On December 3, 2019, Marshall Broadcasting sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Subsequently, on March 30, 2020, Mission Broadcasting, an entity affiliated with Nexstar Media Group, agreed to acquire Marshall’s stations for $49 million. The transaction was completed on September 1, 2020.

Former Marshall-owned stations

City of License / Market	Station	Channel TV (RF)	Years owned	Current status
Davenport, Iowa / Quad Cities	KLJB	18 (30)	2014−2020	Fox affiliate currently owned by Mission Broadcasting (Operated under an SSA by Nexstar Media Group)
Shreveport, Louisiana	KMSS-TV	33 (34)	2015−2020
Odessa / Midland, Texas	KPEJ-TV	24 (23)	2015−2020