Media General Stations Go Dark on Dish Network

By Merrill Knox 

Media General stations in 18 markets have gone dark on Dish Network as the two companies failed to reach a new carriage agreement by midnight Monday.

Media General owns stations in Birmingham, Mobile, Tampa, Augusta, Columbus, Ga., Savannah, Hattiesburg, Ms.,  Jackson, Greenville, Raleigh-Durham, Asheville, Charleston, Florence-Myrtle Beach, Greenville-Spartanburg, Providence, Columbus, Ohio, Roanoke and the Tri-Cities area of Tennessee.

John Carlin, an anchor at Media General’s WSLS in Roanoke, interviewed VP-GM Leesa Wilcher about the impasse. Watch after the jump.

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