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                                                                  EXECUTION COPY

                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1






                       Nexstar Finance Holdings, L.L.C.

                        Nexstar Finance Holdings, Inc.

                             Nexstar Equity Corp.

                                  as Issuers


                      Nexstar Broadcasting Group, L.L.C.

                                 as Guarantor


                                  $36,988,000

                          36,988 Units Consisting of
                    16% Senior Discount Notes due 2009 and
           one share of Class B Common Stock of Nexstar Equity Corp.


                              Purchase Agreement

                           dated as of May 14, 2001




                        Banc of America Securities LLC
                             Barclays Capital Inc.

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                               Table of Contents

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SECTION 1.     Representations and Warranties..........................................................      2
  (a)   No Registration Required.......................................................................      2
  (b)   No Integration of Offerings or General Solicitation............................................      3
  (c)   Eligibility for Resale under Rule 144A.........................................................      3
  (d)   The Offering Memorandum........................................................................      3
  (e)   The Purchase Agreement.........................................................................      3
  (f)   The Registration Rights Agreement..............................................................      3
  (g)   The Investor Rights Agreement..................................................................      4
  (h)   The Limited Liability Company Agreement........................................................      4
  (i)   Authorization of the Units.....................................................................      4
  (j)   Authorization of the Common Shares.............................................................      4
  (k)   Authorization of Class D Interests.............................................................      4
  (l)   Authorization of the Notes, the Guarantee and the Exchange Notes...............................      5
  (m)   Authorization of the Indenture.................................................................      5
  (n)   Authorization of the Unit Agreement............................................................      5
  (o)   Description of the Securities and the Indenture................................................      6
  (p)   No Material Adverse Change.....................................................................      6
  (q)   Independent Accountants........................................................................      6
  (r)   Preparation of the Financial Statements........................................................      6
  (s)   Incorporation and Good Standing of the Issuers and their Respective Subsidiaries...............      7
  (t)   Capitalization and Other Capital Stock Matters.................................................      7
  (U)   Assets, Liabilities and Business Activities of Newco...........................................      7
  (v)   Non-Contravention of Existing Instruments; No Further Authorizations or Approvals Required.....      8
  (w)   No Material Actions or Proceedings.............................................................      8
  (x)   Intellectual Property Rights...................................................................      9
  (y)   All Necessary Permits, etc.....................................................................      9
  (z)   FCC Licenses...................................................................................      9
  (aa)  Condition of Stations..........................................................................     10
  (bb)    Title to Properties..........................................................................     10
  (cc)  Tax Law Compliance.............................................................................     10
  (dd)    Issuers Not an "Investment Company"..........................................................     10
  (ee)  Insurance......................................................................................     11
  (ff)  No Price Stabilization or Manipulation.........................................................     11
  (gg)    Company's Accounting System..................................................................     11
  (hh)    ERISA Compliance.............................................................................     12
SECTION 2.     Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Units................................................     12
  (a)   The Units......................................................................................     12
  (b)   The Closing Date...............................................................................     12
  (c)   Delivery of the Units..........................................................................     13
  (d)   Delivery of Offering Memorandum to the Initial Purchasers......................................     13
  (E)   Initial Purchaser as Qualified Purchaser.......................................................     13
  (f)   Resale of Securities...........................................................................     13
SECTION 3.     Additional Covenants....................................................................     14
  (a)   Initial Purchasers' Review of Proposed Amendments and Supplements..............................     14
  (b)   Amendments and Supplements to the Offering Memorandum and Other Securities Act Matters.........     14
  (c)   Copies of the Offering Memorandum..............................................................     15
  (d)   Blue Sky Compliance............................................................................     15
  (e)   Use of Proceeds................................................................................     15
  (f)   The Depositary.................................................................................     15
  (g)   Additional Issuer Information..................................................................     15
  (h)   Future Reports to the Initial Purchasers.......................................................     15
  (i)   No Integration.................................................................................     16
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  (j)   Legended Securities.......................................................................      16
  (k)   PORTAL....................................................................................      16
SECTION 4.     Payment of Expenses................................................................      16
SECTION 5.     Conditions of the Obligations of the Initial Purchasers............................      17
  (a)   Accountants' Comfort Letter...............................................................      17
  (b)   No Material Adverse Change or Ratings Agency Change.......................................      17
  (c)   Financial Information.....................................................................      17
  (d)   Reorganization............................................................................      18
  (e)   Opinion of Counsel for the Issuers........................................................      18
  (f)   Opinion of Regulatory Counsel for the Company.............................................      18
  (g)   Opinion of Counsel for the Initial Purchasers.............................................      18
  (h)   Officers' Certificate.....................................................................      18
  (i)   PORTAL Listing............................................................................      18
  (j)   Registration Rights Agreement.............................................................      18
  (k)   Indenture.................................................................................      19
  (l)   Unit Agreement............................................................................      19
  (m)   Investor Rights Agreement.................................................................      19
  (n)   Limited Liability Company Agreement.......................................................      19
  (o)   Additional Documents......................................................................      19
  (p)   Execution by Newco........................................................................      19
SECTION 6.     Reimbursement of Initial Purchasers' Expenses......................................      19
SECTION 7.     Offer, Sale and Resale Procedures..................................................      20
SECTION 8.     Indemnification....................................................................      21
  (a)   Indemnification of the Initial Purchaser..................................................      21
  (b)   Indemnification of the Issuers, their Directors and Officers..............................      22
  (c)   Notifications and Other Indemnification Procedures........................................      22
  (d)   Settlements...............................................................................      23
SECTION 9.     Contribution.......................................................................      23
SECTION 10.    Termination of this Agreement......................................................      24
SECTION 11.    Representations and Indemnities to Survive Delivery................................      25
SECTION 12.    Notices............................................................................      25
SECTION 13.    Successors.........................................................................      26
SECTION 14.    Partial Unenforceability...........................................................      26
SECTION 15.    Governing Law Provisions...........................................................      26
SECTION 16.    Consent to Jurisdiction............................................................      26
SECTION 17.    Default of One or More of the Several Initial Purchasers...........................      26
SECTION 18.    General Provisions.................................................................      27
SECTION 19.    Supercedes Prior Purchase Agreement................................................      27
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1

                               Purchase Agreement




                                                                    May 14, 2001


BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.
c/o BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
9 West 57/th/ Street, 31/st/ Floor
New York, New York  10019


Ladies and Gentlemen:

                  Nexstar Finance Holdings, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability
company, and Nexstar Finance Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (together,
the "Company"), and Nexstar Equity Corp., a Delaware corporation ("Newco"),
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propose to issue and sell to the several Initial Purchasers named in Schedule I
                                                                     ----------
(the "Initial Purchasers"), acting severally and not jointly, the respective
      ------------------
amounts of units (the "Units"), set forth in such Schedule I, each Unit
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consisting of $1,000 in principal amount at maturity of the Company's 16% Senior
Discount Notes due 2009 (the "Notes") and one share (collectively, the "Common
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Shares") of Class B common stock of Newco, par value $0.01 per share (the
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"Common Stock"). On the Closing Date (as defined below), the sole asset of Newco
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will be securities representing 1.0% of the equity interests (the "Class D
                                                                   -------
Interests") in Nexstar Broadcasting Group, L.L.C. ("Nexstar"), calculated on a
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fully-diluted basis.


                  The Units will be issued pursuant to a unit agreement, dated
as of May 17, 2001 (the "Unit Agreement"), among the Company, the Guarantor,
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Newco and United States Trust Company of New York, as unit agent (the "Unit
                                                                       ----
Agent"). Units issued in book-entry form will be issued in the name of Cede &
----
Co., as nominee of the Depositary. The Notes will be issued pursuant to an
indenture, to be dated as of May 17, 2001 (the "Indenture"), among the Company,
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the Guarantor (as defined below), Bastet Broadcasting, Inc. ("Bastet"), Mission
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Broadcasting of Wichita Falls, Inc. ("Mission") and United States Trust Company
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of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee"). Notes issued in book-entry form will be
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issued in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company
(the "Depositary").
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                  The holders of the Notes will be entitled to the benefits of a
registration rights agreement, dated as of May 17, 2001 (the "Registration
                                                              ------------
Rights Agreement"), among the Company and the Initial Purchasers, pursuant to
----------------
which the Company will agree to file, within 30 days after the consummation of
the Reorganization (as defined in the Indenture), a registration statement with
the Commission registering the Exchange Notes (as defined below) under the
Securities Act. The payment of principal, premium and Liquidated Damages (as
defined in the Indenture), if any, and interest on the Notes will be fully and
unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by Nexstar Broadcasting
Group, L.L.C. (the "Guarantor"), pursuant to its guaranty (the "Guarantee"). The
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relative rights, power and duties of Newco and the other members of Nexstar
Broadcasting Group, L.L.C. ("Nexstar") will be set forth in the third amended
and restated limited liability company agreement, dated as of May 17, 2001 (the
"Limited Liability Company Agreement"). The Class D Interests will be issued to
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Newco for the benefit of the holders of the Common Shares. The holders of the
Common Shares will be entitled to the benefits of the third amended and restated
investor rights agreement, dated as of May 17, 2001 (the "Investor Rights
                                                          ---------------
Agreement"), among Nexstar and Newco, pursuant to which the holders will be
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entitled to receive certain tag-along rights and piggyback registration rights
and will be subject to certain drag-along rights with
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respect to Newco's Class D Interests in Nexstar. Newco, the Company and the
Guarantor are each individually referred to herein as an "Issuer" and are
collectively referred to herein as the "Issuers". The Units, the Notes, the
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Guarantee and the Common Shares are collectively referred to herein as the
"Securities".
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                  The Issuers understand that the Initial Purchasers propose to
make an offering of the Units on the terms and in the manner set forth herein
and to be set forth in the Offering Memorandum (as defined below) and agree that
the Initial Purchasers may resell, subject to the conditions set forth herein,
all or a portion of the Units to purchasers (the "Subsequent Purchasers") at any
                                                  ---------------------
time after the date of this Agreement. The Units are to be offered and sold to
or through the Initial Purchasers without being registered with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933 (as
                              ----------
amended, the "Securities Act," which term, as used herein, includes the rules
              --------------
and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder), in reliance upon
exemptions therefrom. The terms of the Units and the Unit Agreement will require
that investors that acquire Units expressly agree that Units may only be resold
or otherwise transferred, after the date hereof, if such Units are registered
for sale under the Securities Act or if an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act is available (including the exemptions
afforded by Rule 144A ("Rule 144A") thereunder and in any event only to
                        ---------
"qualified purchasers" as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended (the "Investment Company Act")). The terms of the Notes and the
                       ----------------------
Indenture will require that investors that acquire Notes (including the
Guarantee endorsed thereon) expressly agree that Notes (including the Guarantee
endorsed thereon), may only be resold or otherwise transferred, after the date
hereof, if such Notes are registered for sale under the Securities Act or if an
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act is available
(including the exemptions afforded by Rule 144A thereunder).

                  The Issuers will prepare on or before May 17, 2001, and
deliver to the Initial Purchasers, copies of the Offering Memorandum describing
the terms of the Securities, each for use by such Initial Purchaser in
connection with its solicitation of offers to purchase the Units. As used
herein, the "Offering Memorandum" shall mean, with respect to any date or time
             -------------------
referred to in this Agreement, the Issuers' Offering Memorandum, to be dated on
or before May 17, 2001, including amendments or supplements thereto, any
exhibits thereto, in the most recent form that will be prepared and delivered by
the Issuers to the Initial Purchasers in connection with its solicitation of
offers to purchase Units. Further, any reference to the Offering Memorandum
shall be deemed to refer to and include any Additional Issuer Information (as
defined in Section 3) furnished by the Issuers prior to the completion of the
distribution of the Units.

                  The Issuers hereby confirm their agreements with the Initial
Purchasers as follows:

SECTION 1.        Representations and Warranties. Each of the Issuers, jointly
                  ------------------------------
and severally, hereby represent, warrant and covenant to each Initial Purchaser
on the date hereof, on the date of delivery of the Offering Memorandum and on
the Closing Date, as follows (it being understood that Newco will be deemed to
represent, warrant and covenant only on the date of the delivery of the Offering
Memorandum and on the Closing Date):

   (a) No Registration Required. Subject to compliance by the Initial Purchasers
       ------------------------
with the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2 hereof and with
the procedures set forth in Section 7 hereof, it is not necessary in connection
with the offer, sale and delivery of the Units to the Initial Purchasers and to
each Subsequent Purchaser in the manner contemplated by this Agreement and the
Offering Memorandum to register the Securities under the Securities Act or,
until such time as the Exchange Notes are issued pursuant to an effective
registration statement, to qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act
of 1939 (the "Trust Indenture Act," which term, as used herein, includes the
              -------------------
rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder).

   (b) No Integration of Offerings or General Solicitation. No Issuer has,
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directly or indirectly, solicited any offer to buy or offered to sell, nor will,
directly or indirectly, solicit any offer to buy or offer to sell, in the United
States or to any United States citizen or resident, any security which is or
would be

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integrated with the sale of the Units in a manner that would require any of the
Securities to be registered under the Securities Act. None of the Issuers, their
respective affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 501 under the Securities
Act (each, an "Affiliate"), or any person acting on its or their respective
               ---------
behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Issuers make no
representation or warranty) has engaged or will engage, in connection with the
offering of the Units, in any form of general solicitation or general
advertising within the meaning of Rule 502 under the Securities Act.

   (c) Eligibility for Resale under Rule 144A. The Securities are eligible for
       --------------------------------------
resale pursuant to Rule 144A and will not be, at the Closing Date, of the same
class as securities listed on a national securities exchange registered under
Section 6 of the Exchange Act or quoted in a U.S. automated interdealer
quotation system.

   (d) The Offering Memorandum. The Offering Memorandum, as of its date and a
       -----------------------
Closing Date, will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided
that this representation, warranty and agreement shall not apply to statements
in or omissions from the Offering Memorandum made in reliance upon and in
conformity with information furnished to the Issuers in writing by any Initial
Purchaser expressly for use in the Offering Memorandum. The Offering Memorandum,
as of its date, will contain all the information specified in, and meeting the
requirements of, Rule 144A. No Issuer has distributed or will distribute, prior
to the later of the Closing Date and the completion of the Initial Purchasers'
distribution of the Units, any offering material in connection with the offering
and sale of the Units other than the Offering Memorandum.

   (e) The Purchase Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed
       ----------------------
and delivered by, and is a valid and binding agreement of the Issuers,
enforceable against the Issuers in accordance with its terms, except as rights
to indemnification hereunder may be limited by applicable law and except as the
enforcement hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and
remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles and except as rights to
indemnification under the Registration Rights Agreement may be limited by
applicable law.

     (f) The Registration Rights Agreement. At the Closing Date, the
         ---------------------------------
Registration Rights Agreement will be duly authorized, executed and delivered
by, and will be a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable
against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement
thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors
or by general equitable principles and except as rights to indemnification under
the Registration Rights Agreement may be limited by applicable law. Pursuant to
the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company will agree to file with the
Commission, under the circumstances set forth therein, a registration statement
under the Securities Act relating to another series of debt securities of the
Company with terms substantially identical to the Notes (the "Exchange Notes")
                                                              --------------
to be offered in exchange for the Notes (the "Exchange Offer") and (ii) to the
                                              -----------------------
extent required by the Registration Rights Agreement, a shelf registration
statement pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act relating to the resale by
certain holders of the Notes, and in each case, to use its best efforts to cause
such registration statements to be declared effective.

     (g) The Investor Rights Agreement. At the Closing Date, the Investor Rights
         -----------------------------
Agreement will be duly authorized, executed and delivered by, and will be a
valid and binding agreement of Nexstar and Newco, enforceable against Nexstar
and Newco in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar
laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general
equitable principles.

     (h) The Limited Liability Company Agreement. At the Closing Date, the
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Limited Liability Company Agreement will be duly authorized, executed and
delivered by, and will be a valid and binding agreement of Nexstar and Newco,
enforceable against Nexstar and Newco in accordance with its terms,

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except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the
rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles.

     (i) Authorization of the Units.  Each of the Issuers has duly authorized
         --------------------------
the issuance of the Notes (including the Guarantee endorsed thereon) and the
Common Shares as a Unit.

     (j) Authorization of the Common Shares. The Common Shares to be purchased
         ----------------------------------
by the Initial Purchasers from Newco have been duly authorized for issuance and
sale pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued and delivered by Newco pursuant
to this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

     (k) Authorization of Class D Interests. The Class D Interests of Nexstar
         ----------------------------------
has been duly authorized for issuance by Nexstar and, when delivered to and paid
for by Newco, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of
preemptive rights; the Class D Interests are in the form contemplated by the
Limited Liability Company Agreement; no holder of the Class D Interests will be
subject to personal liability with respect to the obligations of Nexstar by
reason of being such a holder.

     (l) Authorization of the Notes, the Guarantee and the Exchange Notes.
         ----------------------------------------------------------------

          (i) The Notes to be purchased by the Initial Purchasers from the
Company will be in the form contemplated by the Indenture, have been duly
authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement and at the Closing
Date the Indenture will have been duly executed by the Company and, when
authenticated in the manner provided for in the Indenture and delivered against
payment of the purchase price therefor, will constitute valid and binding
agreements of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with
their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or
affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable
principles and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

          (ii) The Exchange Notes have been duly and validly authorized for
issuance by the Company, and when issued and authenticated in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Exchange
Offer, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable
against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement
thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or
similar laws relating to or affecting enforcement of the rights and remedies of
creditors or by general principles of equity and will be entitled to the
benefits of the Indenture.

          (iii) The Guarantee of the Notes is in the form contemplated by the
Indenture, has been duly authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to this
Agreement and the Indenture and, at the Closing Date, will have been duly
executed by the Guarantor and, when the Notes have been authenticated in the
manner provided for in the Indenture and delivered against payment of the
purchase price therefor, will constitute a valid and binding agreement of the
Guarantor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement
thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors
or by general equitable principles and will be entitled to the benefits of the
Indenture.

     (m) Authorization of the Indenture. The Indenture has been duly authorized
         ------------------------------
by the Company and the Guarantor, and, at the Closing Date, will have been duly
executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantor, and will, when executed
by the Trustee, constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Company and the
Guarantor, enforceable against the Company and the Guarantor in accordance with
its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or
affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable
principles.

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     (n) Authorization of the Unit Agreement. The Unit Agreement has been duly
         -----------------------------------
authorized by the Issuers, and, at the Closing Date, will have been duly
executed and delivered by the Issuers, and will, when executed by the Unit
Agent, constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Issuers and, enforceable
against the Issuers in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement
thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors
or by general equitable principles.

     (o) Description of the Securities and the Indenture. The Notes, the
         -----------------------------------------------
Exchange Notes, the Guarantee of the Notes, the Units, the Common Stock
(including the Common Shares), the equity interests in Nexstar (including the
Class D Interests), the Investor Rights Agreement, the Limited Liability Company
Agreement and the Indenture will conform in all material respects to the
respective statements relating thereto to be contained in the Offering
Memorandum.

     (p) No Material Adverse Change. Except as otherwise will be disclosed in
         --------------------------
the Offering Memorandum, subsequent to the respective dates as of which
information will be given in the Offering Memorandum: (i) there has been no
material adverse change, or any development that could reasonably be expected to
result in a material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise,
or in the earnings, business, operations or prospects, whether or not arising
from transactions in the ordinary course of business, of any Issuer or their
respective subsidiaries (any such change is called a "Material Adverse Change");
                                                      -----------------------
(ii) none of the Issuers or their respective subsidiaries have incurred any
material liability or obligation, indirect, direct or contingent, not in the
ordinary course of business nor entered into any material transaction or
agreement not in the ordinary course of business; and (iii) there has been no
dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by any Issuer or,
except for dividends paid to such Issuer, its respective subsidiaries on any
class of capital stock or repurchase or redemption by the Issuers, or their
respective subsidiaries of any class of capital stock.

     (q) Independent Accountants. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and Ernst & Young
         -----------------------
LLP, who have expressed their opinion with respect to the financial statements
(which term as used in this Agreement includes the related notes thereto)
included in the Offering Memorandum are independent public or certified public
accountants within the meaning of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and
the Exchange Act.

     (r) Preparation of the Financial Statements. The financial statements,
         ---------------------------------------
together with the related schedules and notes, to be included in the Offering
Memorandum will present fairly the consolidated financial position of the
Company and its respective subsidiaries as of and at the dates indicated and the
results of their operations and cash flows for the periods specified. Such
financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods
involved, except as may be expressly stated in the related notes thereto. The
financial data to be set forth in the Offering Memorandum under the captions
"Offering Memorandum Summary--Summary Historical and Pro Forma Condensed
Consolidated Financial Data" and "Selected Historical Consolidated Financial
Data" fairly present the information set forth therein on a basis consistent
with that of the audited financial statements contained in the Offering
Memorandum. The pro forma consolidated, condensed financial statements of the
Issuers and their respective subsidiaries and the related notes thereto included
under the caption "Offering Memorandum Summary--Summary Historical and Pro Forma
Condensed Consolidated Financial Data", "Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated
Financial Statements" and elsewhere in the Offering Memorandum will present
fairly the information contained therein, have been prepared in accordance with
the Commission's rules and guidelines with respect to pro forma financial
statements, except that Adjusted EBITDA and broadcast cash flow are not within
the scope of the Commission's guidelines, and have been properly presented on
the bases described therein, and the assumptions used in the preparation thereof
are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect
to the transactions and circumstances referred to therein.

     (s) Incorporation and Good Standing of the Issuers and their Respective
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Subsidiaries. Each of the Issuers and their respective subsidiaries has been
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duly incorporated or formed, as applicable, and is

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validly existing as a corporation or limited liability company, as the case may
be, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or
formation and has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its
properties and to conduct its business as described in the Offering Memorandum
and, in the case of each Issuer, to enter into and perform their respective
obligations under each of this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the
Unit Agreement, the Investor Rights Agreement, the Securities, the Exchange
Notes and the Indenture. Each of the Issuers and their respective subsidiaries
is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether
by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business,
except for such jurisdictions where the failure to so qualify or to be in good
standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material
Adverse Change. All of the issued and outstanding capital stock or LLC
interests, as applicable, of the Issuers and each subsidiary of the Issuers has
been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and nonassessable and is
owned by the applicable Issuer, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear
of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance or claim. The
Issuers do not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation,
association or other entity other than the subsidiaries listed in Schedule II
                                                                  -----------
hereto.

     (t) Capitalization and Other Capital Stock Matters. At March 31, 2001, on a
         ----------------------------------------------
consolidated basis, after giving pro forma effect to the issuance and sale of
the Units pursuant hereto, the Company would have an authorized and outstanding
capitalization to be set forth in the Offering Memorandum under the caption
"Capitalization" (other than for subsequent issuances of capital stock, if any,
pursuant to employee benefit plans to be described in the Offering Memorandum or
upon exercise of outstanding options or warrants described in the Offering
Memorandum). All of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock have been
duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and have
been issued in compliance with federal and state securities laws. None of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock were issued in violation of any preemptive
rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights to subscribe for or
purchase securities of Newco. All of the issued and outstanding equity interests
of Nexstar (including the Class D Interests) have been duly authorized and
validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and have been issued in
compliance with federal and state securities laws. None of the outstanding
equity interests of Nexstar (including the Class D Interests) were issued in
violation of any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar
rights to subscribe for or purchase securities of Nexstar. There are no
authorized or outstanding options, warrants, preemptive rights, rights of first
refusal or other rights to purchase, or equity or debt securities convertible
into or exchangeable or exercisable for, any capital equity of either of Newco
or Nexstar or any of their subsidiaries other than those to be accurately
described in the Offering Memorandum. The description of Nexstar's stock option,
stock bonus and other stock plans or arrangements, and the options or other
rights granted thereunder, to be set forth in the Offering Memorandum accurately
and fairly presents the information required to be shown with respect to such
plans, arrangements, options and rights.

     (u) Assets, Liabilities and Business Activities of Newco. Newco's sole
         ----------------------------------------------------
assets are the Class D Interests, and Newco's sole permitted activity is to
hold, or to engage in activities related to or necessitated by the holding of,
such Class D Interests. Newco has no liabilities.

     (v) Non-Contravention of Existing Instruments; No Further Authorizations or
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Approvals Required. None of the Issuers, nor any of their respective
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subsidiaries is in violation of its charter or by-laws or is in default (or,
with the giving of notice or lapse of time, would be in default) ("Default")
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under any indenture, mortgage, loan or credit agreement, note, contract,
franchise, lease or other instrument to which any Issuer or their respective
subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound (including,
without limitation, the Company's $72.0 million, six-year revolving credit
facility, $110.0 million, six-year term loan facility, and the Bastet Group's
$43.0 million, six-year revolving credit facility), or to which any of the
property or assets of the Issuers or any of their respective subsidiaries is
subject (each, an "Existing Instrument"), except for such Defaults as would not,
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individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change. The
Issuers' execution, delivery and performance, as applicable, of this Agreement,
the Registration Rights Agreement, the Investor Rights Agreement and the
Indenture, and the issuance and delivery of the Securities or the Exchange Notes
and consummation of the transactions

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contemplated hereby and thereby and by the Offering Memorandum (i) have been
duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and will not result in any
violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or operation agreement, as
applicable, of any of the Issuers or any of their respective subsidiaries, (ii)
will not conflict with or constitute a breach of, or Default under, or result in
the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property
or assets of any of the Issuers or their respective subsidiaries pursuant to, or
require the consent of any other party to, any Existing Instrument, except for
such conflicts, breaches, Defaults, liens, charges or encumbrances as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change and (iii)
will not result in any violation of any law, administrative regulation or
administrative or court decree applicable to the Issuers or any of their
respective subsidiaries. No consent, approval, authorization or other order of,
or registration or filing with, any court or other governmental or regulatory
authority or agency, is required for the Issuers' execution, delivery and
performance, as applicable, of this Agreement, the Registration Rights
Agreement, the Investor Rights Agreement, the Limited Liability Company
Agreement, the Unit Agreement or the Indenture, or the issuance and delivery of
the Securities or the Exchange Notes or consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby and by the Offering Memorandum, except such as
have been obtained or made by the Issuers and are in full force and effect under
the Securities Act, applicable state securities or blue sky laws and except such
as may be required by federal and state securities laws with respect to the
obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement, or any FCC (as defined
below) approvals required in connection with the proposed Reorganization.

     (w) No Material Actions or Proceedings. There are no legal or governmental
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actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the best of the Issuers' knowledge,
threatened against or affecting any of the Issuers or their respective
subsidiaries, which has as the subject thereof any property owned or leased by
the Issuers or their respective subsidiaries, where in any such case there is a
reasonable possibility that such action, suit or proceeding might be determined
adversely to any Issuer or any such subsidiary and any such action, suit or
proceeding, if so determined adversely, would reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Change or adversely affect the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. No material labor dispute with the
employees of the Issuers' or their respective subsidiaries, exists or, to the
best of the Issuers' knowledge, is threatened or imminent.

     (x) Intellectual Property Rights. Except as otherwise disclosed in the
         ----------------------------
Offering Memorandum, the Issuers and their respective subsidiaries, or Bastet or
Mission, own or possess sufficient trademarks, trade names, patent rights,
copyrights, licenses, approvals, trade secrets and other similar rights
(collectively, "Intellectual Property Rights") reasonably necessary to conduct
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their businesses as now conducted; and the expected expiration of any of such
Intellectual Property Rights would not result in a Material Adverse Change. No
Issuer or any of their respective subsidiaries, or Bastet or Mission, has
received any notice of infringement or conflict with asserted Intellectual
Property Rights of others, which infringement or conflict, if the subject of an
unfavorable decision, would result in a Material Adverse Change.

     (y) All Necessary Permits, etc. Each of the Issuers and their respective
         --------------------------
subsidiaries possesses such valid and current certificates, authorizations or
permits issued by the appropriate state, federal or foreign regulatory agencies
or bodies necessary to conduct their respective businesses, and none of the
Issuers or any of their respective subsidiaries has received any notice of
proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of, or non-compliance
with, any such certificate, authorization or permit which, singly or in the
aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, could
result in a Material Adverse Change.

     (z) FCC Licenses.
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          (i) The Company or its respective subsidiaries, or Bastet or Mission,
hold such validly issued Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") licenses and
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authorizations as are necessary to operate their respective television stations,
which are listed on Schedule III (the "Stations"), as they are currently
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operated (collectively, the "FCC Licenses"), and each such FCC License is in
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full force and

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effect. The FCC Licenses of the Company or its subsidiaries, or Bastet or
Mission, are listed on Schedule III, and each of such FCC Licenses has the
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expiration date indicated on Schedule III.
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          (ii)  The Company has no knowledge of any condition imposed by the FCC
as part of any FCC License, which condition is neither set forth on the face
thereof as issued by the FCC nor contained in the rules and regulations of the
FCC applicable generally to stations of the type, nature, class or location of
the Station in question. Each Station has been and is being operated in all
material respects in accordance with the terms and conditions of the FCC
Licenses applicable to it and the rules and regulations of the FCC and the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the "Communications Act").
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          (iii) No proceedings are pending or are threatened which may result in
the revocation, modification, non-renewal or suspension of any of the FCC
Licenses, the denial of any pending applications, the issuance of any cease and
desist order or the imposition of any fines, forfeitures or other administrative
actions by the FCC with respect to any Station or its operation, other than any
matters which, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Change and proceedings affecting the
television broadcasting industry in general.

          (iv)  All reports, applications and other documents required to be

filed by the Company and its respective subsidiaries, or Bastet or Mission, with
the FCC with respect to the Stations have been timely filed, and all such
reports, applications and documents are true, correct and complete in all
respects, except where the failure to make such timely filing or any inaccuracy
therein could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change,
and the Company has no knowledge of any matters that could reasonably be
expected to result in the suspension or revocation of or the refusal to renew
any of the FCC Licenses or the imposition on any Issuer or any of their
respective subsidiaries, or Bastet or Mission, of any material fines or
forfeitures by the FCC, or which could reasonably be expected to result in the
revocation, rescission, reversal or modification of any Station's authorization
to operate as currently authorized under the Communications Act and the
policies, rules and regulations of the FCC.

          (v)   There are no unsatisfied or otherwise outstanding citations
issued by the FCC with respect to any Station or its operations.

     (aa) Condition of Stations. All of the material properties, equipment and
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systems of the Issuers or their respective subsidiaries, or Bastet or Mission,
and the Stations owned and/or operated by them are, and all material properties,
equipment and systems to be added in connection with any contemplated Station
expansion or construction will be, in condition which is sufficient for the
operation thereof in accordance with past practice of the Station in question
and are and will be in compliance with all applicable standards, rules or
requirements imposed by (a) any governmental agency or authority including
without limitation the FCC and (b) any FCC License, in each case except where
such noncompliance could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Change.

     (bb) Title to Properties. The Issuers and each of their respective
          -------------------
subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all the properties and assets
reflected as owned in the financial statements referred to in Section 1 above,
in each case free and clear of any security interests, mortgages, liens,
encumbrances, equities, claims and other defects, except such as do not
materially and adversely affect the value of such property and do not materially
interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such property by such
Issuer or such subsidiary. The real property, improvements, equipment and
personal property held under lease by the Issuers or any of their respective
subsidiaries are held under valid and enforceable leases, with such exceptions
as are not material and do not materially interfere with the use made or
proposed to be made of such real property, improvements, equipment or personal
property by such Issuer or such subsidiary.

     (cc) Tax Law Compliance. The Issuers and their consolidated subsidiaries
          ------------------
have filed all necessary federal, state and foreign income and franchise tax
returns and have paid all taxes required to be paid by

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any of them and, if due and payable, any related or similar assessment, fine or
penalty levied against any of them. Each Issuer has made adequate charges,
accruals and reserves in the applicable financial statements referred to in
Section 1 above in respect of all federal, state and foreign income and
franchise taxes for all periods as to which the tax liability of the Issuers and
any of its consolidated subsidiaries has not been finally determined.

     (dd)  Issuers Not an "Investment Company"
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          (i)   Each Issuer has been advised of the rules and requirements under
the Investment Company Act. No Issuer is, or after receipt of payment for the
Securities will be, an "investment company" within the meaning of Investment
Company Act, and each Issuer will conduct its business in a manner so that it
will not become subject to the Investment Company Act.

          (ii)  Each Issuer reasonably believes that based on the procedures it
has put in place to ensure that all purchasers and transferees of the Units are
and will be "qualified purchasers" for the purposes of the Investment Company
Act ("Qualified Purchasers") and "qualified institutional buyers" within the
meaning of Rule 144A ("Qualified Institutional Buyers"), and the sale of the
Units hereunder and the subsequent transfers of the Units will only be made to
Qualified Institutional Buyers that are Qualified Purchasers as set forth above.

          (iii) No Issuer shall offer the Securities in its own or any
affiliated participant-directed Plan.

          (iv)  Each Issuer shall cause the CUSIP numbers associated with the
Units and all third-party vendor screens (including those maintained by
Bloomberg, L.P. and The Depository Trust Company) to include appropriate legends
regarding the purchase restrictions in respect of Rule 144A under the Securities
Act and Section 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act and shall provide the
relevant information vendors with information regarding the Units applicable to
such restrictions.

          For the purposes hereof, (a) "Plan" means an ERISA Plan or any other
"plan" (as defined in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code) that is subject to the
provisions of Section 4975 of the Code, or any entity whose underlying assets
include the assets of such plan and (b) "ERISA Plan" means an "employee benefit
plan" (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations
thereunder (collectively, "ERISA")) which is subject to the provisions or Title
I of ERISA, or any entity whose underlying assets include the assets of any such
plan.

     (ee)  Insurance. Except as set forth on Schedule 1(ee), Each of the Issuers
and their respective subsidiaries are insured by recognized, financially sound
institutions with policies in such amounts and with such deductibles and
covering such risks as are generally deemed adequate and customary for their
businesses including, but not limited to, policies covering real and personal
property owned or leased by the Issuers and their respective subsidiaries
against theft, damage, destruction, acts of vandalism and earthquakes. The
Issuers have no reason to believe that it they any of their respective
subsidiaries will not be able (i) to renew their existing insurance coverage as
and when such policies expire or (ii) to obtain comparable coverage from similar
institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct their business as now
conducted and at a cost that would not result in a Material Adverse Change. None
of the Issuers or any of their respective subsidiaries has been denied any
insurance coverage that it has sought or for which it has applied.

     (ff)  No Price Stabilization or Manipulation. No Issuer has taken or
will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that might be
reasonably expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the
price of any security of any Issuer to facilitate the sale or resale of the
Securities.

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          (gg) Company's Accounting System. The Company maintains a system of
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accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i)
transactions are executed in accordance with management's general or specific
authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation
of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting and to
maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in
accordance with management's general or specific authorization; and (iv) the
recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences.

          (hh) ERISA Compliance. Except as otherwise will be disclosed in the
               ----------------
Offering Memorandum, the Issuers, their respective subsidiaries and any
"employee benefit plan" (as defined under ERISA) established or maintained by
the Issuers or their respective subsidiaries or their "ERISA Affiliates" (as
defined below) are in compliance in all material respects with ERISA. "ERISA
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Affiliate" means, with respect to the Issuers or any of their respective
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subsidiaries, any member of any group of organizations described in Section 414
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and
published interpretations thereunder (the "Code") of which such Issuers or such
                                           ----
subsidiary is a member. No "reportable event" (as defined under ERISA) has
occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any "employee
benefit plan" established or maintained by the Issuers or their respective
subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates. No "employee benefit plan"
established or maintained by the Issuers, their respective subsidiaries or any
of their ERISA Affiliates, if such "employee benefit plan" were terminated,
would have any "amount of unfunded benefit liabilities" (as defined under
ERISA). None of the Issuers, their respective subsidiaries or any of their ERISA
Affiliates have incurred or reasonably expect to incur any liability under Title
IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any "employee
benefit plan" or (ii) Sections 412, 4971, 4975 or 4980B of the Code. Each
"employee benefit plan" established or maintained by the Issuers, their
respective subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates that is intended to be
qualified under Section 401 of the Code is so qualified and nothing has
occurred, whether by action or failure to act, which would cause the loss of
such qualification.

                  Any certificate signed by an officer of any of the Issuers and
delivered to the Initial Purchasers or to counsel for the Initial Purchasers
shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by such Issuer such Issuer
to the Initial Purchasers as to the matters set forth therein.

SECTION 2.        Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Units.
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     (a) The Units. The Issuers agree to issue and sell to the several Initial
         ---------
Purchasers, severally and not jointly, all of the Units upon the terms herein
set forth. On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein
contained, and upon the terms but subject to the conditions herein set forth,
the Initial Purchasers agrees, to purchase from the Issuers the number of Units
set forth opposite their names on Schedule I, at a purchase price equal to
                                  ----------
$521.80 per Unit payable on the Closing Date.

     (b) The Closing Date. Delivery of certificates for the Units in definitive
         ----------------
form to be purchased by the Initial Purchasers and payment therefor shall be
made at the offices of Latham & Watkins, 885 Third Avenue, New York, New York
(or such other place as may be agreed to by the Issuers and the Initial
Purchaser) at 9:00 a.m. New York City time, on May 17, 2001 or such other time
and date as the Initial Purchasers shall designate by notice to the Issuers (the
time and date of such closing are called the "Closing Date"). Each Issuer hereby
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acknowledges that circumstances under which the Initial Purchasers may provide
notice to postpone the Closing Date as originally scheduled include, but are in
no way limited to, any determination by the Issuers or the Initial Purchasers to
recirculate to investors copies of an amended or supplemented Offering
Memorandum or a delay as contemplated by the provisions of Section 16.

     (c) Delivery of the Units. The Issuers shall deliver, or cause to be
         ---------------------
delivered, to the Initial Purchaser certificates for the Units on the Closing
Date against the irrevocable release of a wire transfer of immediately available
funds for the amount of the purchase price therefor. The certificates for the
Units shall be in such denominations and registered in the name of Cede & Co.,
as nominee of the Depository,

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and shall be made available for inspection on the business day preceding the
Closing Date at a location in New York City, as the Initial Purchaser may
designate. Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time and place
specified in this Agreement is a further condition to the obligations of the
Initial Purchaser.

     (d) Delivery of Offering Memorandum to the Initial Purchasers. Not later
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than 12:00 noon on Thursday, May 17, 2001, the Issuers shall deliver or cause to
be delivered copies of the Offering Memorandum in such quantities and at such
places as the Initial Purchasers shall reasonably request.

     (e) Initial Purchaser as Qualified Purchaser. Each Initial Purchaser,
         ----------------------------------------
severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the
Issuers that it is a Qualified Institutional Buyer within the meaning of Rule
144A, an "accredited investor" within the meaning of Rule 501 under the
Securities Act and a Qualified Purchaser.

     (f) Resale of Securities. Each Initial Purchaser, severally and not
         --------------------
jointly, represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Issuers that: (i) it
will offer and sell the Units only to persons (A) who (x) it reasonably believes
are Qualified Institutional Buyers in transactions meeting the requirements of
Rule 144A and (y) are Qualified Purchasers, (B) who are not broker-dealers that
own and invest on a discretionary basis less than $25,000,000 in securities of
issuers that are not affiliated persons of the dealer, (C) who are purchasing
the Units for their own account or, in the case of the Units sold to Qualified
Institutional Buyers, the account of another Qualified Purchaser that is also a
Qualified Institutional Buyer as to which the purchaser exercises sole
investment discretion, (D) who are (and who represent that any such account is)
acquiring the Units as principal for its own account for investment and not for
sale in connection with any distribution thereof, (E) who were not (and who
represent that any such account was not) formed solely for the purpose of
investing in the Units (except when each beneficial owner of the purchaser and
each such account is a Qualified Purchaser), (F) who have received (and who
represent that each such account has received), to the extent the purchaser (or
any account for which it is purchasing the Units) is a private investment
company formed before April 30, 1996, the necessary consent from its beneficial
owners, (G) who are not (and who represent that any such account is not)
pension, profit sharing or other retirement trust funds or plans in which the
partners, beneficiaries or participants, as applicable, may designate the
particular investments to be made and (H) who are (and who represent that each
such account is) purchasing the Units in an initial principal amount of not less
than $250,000 for the purchaser and each such account; (ii) it will only offer
and sell the Unit in such minimum denominations; (iii) it will provide, or
cooperate to provide, its customers that purchase the Units with notice of the
Issuers' reliance on Section 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act; (iv) it will
cooperate and assist in the proper dissemination of notices and periodic reports
delivered by the Issuers to the Holders of the Units under the Indenture; (v) it
will notify the Issuers and the relevant information vendors if it discovers
that the legends on the third-party vendor screens relating to the Units are
missing, inaccurate or incomplete; (vi) it will take reasonable steps to cause
all "confirms" of trades of the Units to contain a CUSIP number that has a
"fixed field" attached which contains "3c7" and "144A" indicators; (vii) it will
take reasonable steps to cause its internal database and other systems to notify
all of its personnel responsible for settling transactions involving the Units
of the Issuers' reliance on Section 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act; and
(viii) it will cause any website relating to the Units and maintained by it to
contain a password protected system that permits access only to Persons who
certify that they are, or were at the time they acquired the Units, Qualified
Purchasers.

SECTION 3.  Additional Covenants. The Issuers, jointly and severally, further
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covenant and agree with the Initial Purchasers as follows:

      (a) Initial Purchasers' Review of Proposed Amendments and Supplements.
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Prior to amending or supplementing the Offering Memorandum, the Issuers shall
furnish to the Initial Purchasers for review a copy of each such proposed
amendment or supplement, and the Issuers shall not use any such proposed
amendment or supplement to which the Initial Purchasers reasonably object.

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     (b) Amendments and Supplements to the Offering Memorandum and Other
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Securities Act Matters. If, prior to the completion of the placement of the
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Units by the Initial Purchasers with the Subsequent Purchasers, any event shall
occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or
supplement the Offering Memorandum in order to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances when the Offering Memorandum is delivered to a
purchaser, not misleading, or if in the opinion of the Initial Purchasers or
counsel for the Initial Purchasers it is otherwise necessary to amend or
supplement the Offering Memorandum to comply with law, the Issuers jointly and
severally agree to promptly prepare (subject to Section 3 hereof), and furnish
at their own expense to the Initial Purchasers, amendments or supplements to the
Offering Memorandum so that the statements in the Offering Memorandum as so
amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the
Offering Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the
Offering Memorandum, as amended or supplemented, will comply with law.

          Following the consummation of the Exchange Offer or the effectiveness
of an applicable shelf registration statement and for so long as the Securities
are outstanding if, in the reasonable judgment of the Initial Purchasers, the
Initial Purchasers or any of its affiliates (as such term is defined in the
rules and regulations under the Securities Act) are required to deliver a
prospectus in connection with sales of, or market-making activities with respect
to, such securities, to periodically amend the applicable registration statement
so that the information contained therein complies with the requirements of
Section 10 of the Securities Act, to amend the applicable registration statement
or supplement the related prospectus or the documents incorporated therein when
necessary to reflect any material changes in the information provided therein so
that the registration statement and the prospectus will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing
as of the date the prospectus is so delivered, not misleading and to provide the
Initial Purchasers with copies of each amendment or supplement filed and the
information required to be provided to the Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.

          The Issuers hereby expressly acknowledge that the indemnification and
contribution provisions of Sections 8 and 9 hereof are specifically applicable
and relate to each offering memorandum, registration statement, prospectus,
amendment or supplement referred to in this Section 3.

     (c) Copies of the Offering Memorandum. The Issuers agree to furnish the
         ---------------------------------
Initial Purchasers, without charge, as many copies of the Offering Memorandum
and any amendments and supplements thereto as it shall have reasonably
requested.

     (d) Blue Sky Compliance. The Issuers shall cooperate with the Initial
         -------------------
Purchasers and counsel for the Initial Purchasers to qualify or register the
Securities for sale under (or obtain exemptions from the application of) the
Blue Sky or state securities laws of those jurisdictions designated by the
Initial Purchasers, shall comply with such laws and shall continue such
qualifications, registrations and exemptions in effect so long as required for
the distribution of the Securities. None of the Issuers shall be required to
qualify as a foreign corporation or to take any action that would subject it to
general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not presently
qualified or where it would be subject to taxation as a foreign corporation. The
Issuers will advise the Initial Purchasers promptly of the suspension of the
qualification or registration of (or any such exemption relating to) the
Securities for offering, sale or trading in any jurisdiction or any initiation
or threat of any proceeding for any such purpose, and in the event of the
issuance of any order suspending such qualification, registration or exemption,
the Issuers shall use their respective best efforts to obtain the withdrawal
thereof at the earliest possible moment.

     (e) Use of Proceeds. The Issuers shall apply the net proceeds from the sale
         ---------------
of the Units sold by it in the manner to be described under the caption "Use of
Proceeds" in the Offering Memorandum.

     (f) The Depositary. The Issuers will cooperate with the Initial Purchasers
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and use their respective best efforts to permit the Units to be eligible for
clearance and settlement through the facilities of the Depositary.

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     (g) Additional Issuer Information. Additionally, at any time when any
         -----------------------------
Issuer is not subject to Section 13 or 15 of the Exchange Act, for the benefit
of holders and beneficial owners from time to time of Securities, the Issuers
shall furnish, at its expense, upon request, to holders and beneficial owners of
Securities and prospective purchasers of Securities information ("Additional
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Issuer Information") satisfying the requirements of subsection of Rule 144A.
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     (h) Future Reports to the Initial Purchasers. For so long as any Exchange
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Notes remain outstanding, the Issuers will furnish to Banc of America Securities
LLC (i) as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, copies of the
Annual Report of the Company containing the balance sheet of the Company as of
the close of such fiscal year and statements of income, stockholders' equity (or
member's equity, as applicable) and cash flows for the year then ended and the
opinion thereon of the Company's independent public or certified public
accountants; (ii) as soon as practicable after the filing thereof, copies of
each proxy statement, Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q,
Current Report on Form 8-K or other report filed by any of the Issuers with the
Commission, the NASD or any securities exchange; and (iii) as soon as available,
copies of any report or communication any Issuer mailed generally to holders of
its capital equity or debt securities (including the holders of the Securities).

     (i) No Integration. Each Issuer agrees that it will not and will cause its
         --------------
Affiliates not to make any offer or sale of securities of such Issuer of any
class if, as a result of the doctrine of "integration" referred to in Rule 502
under the Securities Act, such offer or sale would render invalid (for the
purpose of the sale of the Units by the Issuers to the Initial Purchaser, (i)
the resale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers to Subsequent Purchasers
or (ii) the resale of the Securities by such Subsequent Purchasers to others)
the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided
by Section 4 thereof or by Rule 144A thereunder or otherwise.

     (j) Legended Securities. Each certificate for a Unit, Note or Common Share
         -------------------
will bear the respective legend to be contained in "Notice to Investors" in the
Offering Memorandum for the time period and upon the other terms stated in the
Offering Memorandum.

     (k) PORTAL. The Issuers will use their respective best efforts to cause
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such Securities to be eligible for the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. PORTAL market (the "PORTAL market").
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               Banc of America Securities LLC, on behalf of the several Initial
Purchasers, may, in its sole discretion, waive in writing the performance by the
any Issuer of any one or more of the foregoing covenants or extend the time for
their performance.

SECTION 4.     Payment of Expenses. The Issuers agree to pay all costs, fees and
               -------------------
expenses incurred in connection with the performance of their obligations
hereunder and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby,
including, without limitation, all expenses incident to the issuance and
delivery of the Units (including all printing and engraving costs), (ii) all
necessary issue, transfer and other stamp taxes in connection with the issuance
and sale of the Units to the Initial Purchaser, (iii) all fees and expenses of
the Issuers' counsel, independent public or certified public accountants and
other advisors, (iv) all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the
preparation, printing, filing, shipping and distribution of the Offering
Memorandum (including financial statements and exhibits), and all amendments and
supplements thereto, this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the
Indenture, the Unit Agreement, the Investors Rights Agreement and the
Securities, all filing fees, attorneys' fees and expenses incurred by the
Issuers or the Initial Purchasers in connection with qualifying or registering
(or obtaining exemptions from the qualification or registration of) all or any
part of the Units for offer and sale under the Blue Sky laws and, if requested
by the Initial Purchasers, preparing and printing a "Blue Sky Survey" or
memorandum, and any supplements thereto, advising the Initial Purchasers of such
qualifications, registrations and exemptions, (vi) the fees and expenses of the
Trustee, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in
connection with the Indenture, the Notes and the Exchange Notes, (vii) any fees
payable in connection with the rating of the Notes or the Exchange Notes with
the ratings agencies and the listing of the Securities with the PORTAL market,
(viii) any filing fees incident to the review by the National

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Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., if any, of the terms of the sale of the
Securities or the Exchange Notes, (ix) all fees and expenses (including
reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) of the Issuers in connection with
approval of the Securities by the Depositary for "book-entry" transfer, and the
performance by the Issuers of their respective obligations under this Agreement.
Except as provided in this Section 4, Section 6, Section 8 and Section 9 hereof,
the Initial Purchasers shall pay their own expenses, including the fees and
disbursements of their counsel.

SECTION 5. Conditions of the Obligations of the Initial Purchasers. The
           -------------------------------------------------------
obligations of the Initial Purchasers to purchase and pay for the Units as
provided herein on the Closing Date shall be subject to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties on the part of the Issuers set forth in Section 1
hereof as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date as though then made and
to the timely performance by the Issuers of their respective covenants and other
obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional conditions:

     (a) Accountants' Comfort Letter. On the Closing Date, the Initial
         ---------------------------
Purchasers shall have received from each of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,
independent public or certified public accountants for the Issuers, and Ernst &
Young LLP, independent auditors with respect to KTAL-TV, Inc., a letter dated
such date addressed to the Initial Purchasers, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, containing statements and information of
the type ordinarily included in accountant's "comfort letters" to the Initial
Purchasers, delivered according to Statement of Auditing Standards Nos. 72 and
76 (or any successor bulletins), with respect to the audited and unaudited
financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Offering
Memorandum.

     (b) No Material Adverse Change or Ratings Agency Change.  For the period
         ---------------------------------------------------
from and after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date:

                           (i)  in the reasonable judgment of the Initial
                           Purchasers there shall not have occurred any Material
                           Adverse Change; and

                           (ii) there shall not have occurred any downgrading,
                           nor shall any notice have been given of any intended
                           or potential downgrading or of any review for a
                           possible change that does not indicate the direction
                           of the possible change, in the rating accorded any
                           securities of any of the Issuers or their respective
                           subsidiaries by any "nationally recognized
                           statistical rating organization" as such term is
                           defined for purposes of Rule 436 under the Securities
                           Act.

     (c) Financial Information. The preliminary financial statements provided by
         ---------------------
the Company to the Initial Purchasers on the date hereof, a copy of which are
attached hereto as Attachment A, together with the related schedules and notes,
                   ------------
shall not be materially different, in the reasonable judgment of the Initial
Purchasers, from the financial statements, together with the related schedules
and notes, included in the Offering Memorandum, as of its date.

     (d) Reorganization. On the Closing Date, the Issuers shall have covenanted
         --------------
to complete the Reorganization.

     (e) Opinion of Counsel for the Issuers. On the Closing Date, the Initial
         ----------------------------------
Purchasers shall have received the favorable opinion of Kirkland & Ellis,
counsel for the Issuers, dated as of such Closing Date, the form of which is
attached as Exhibit A.
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     (f) Opinion of Regulatory Counsel for the Company. On the Closing Date,
         ---------------------------------------------
the Initial Purchasers shall have received the favorable opinions of Arter &
Hadden LLP, special regulatory counsel for the Company, dated as of such Closing
Date, the form of which is attached as Exhibit B.
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     (g) Opinion of Counsel for the Initial Purchasers. On the Closing Date the
         ---------------------------------------------
Initial Purchasers shall have received the favorable opinion of Latham &
Watkins, counsel for the Initial Purchasers, dated as of such Closing Date, with
respect to such matters as may be reasonably requested by the Initial
Purchasers.

     (h) Officers' Certificate. On the Closing Date the Initial Purchasers shall
         ---------------------
have received a written certificate executed by the Chairman of the Board, Chief
Executive Officer or President and the Chief Financial Officer or Chief
Accounting Officer of each Issuer, dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect
set forth in subsection (b) (ii) of this Section 5, and further to the effect
that:

                           (i)    for the period from and after the date of this
                           Agreement and prior to the Closing Date there has not
                           occurred any Material Adverse Change;

                           (ii)   the representations and warranties of such
                           Issuer set forth in Section 1 of this Agreement are
                           true and correct with the same force and effect as
                           though expressly made on and as of the Closing Date;
                           and

                           (iii)  such Issuer has complied with all the
                           agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its
                           part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the
                           Closing Date.

          (i)      PORTAL Listing. At the Closing Date the Securities shall have
                   --------------
been designated for trading on the PORTAL market.

          (j)      Registration Rights Agreement. The Company shall have entered
                   -----------------------------
into the Registration Rights Agreement, and the Initial Purchasers shall have
received executed counterparts thereof.

          (k)      Indenture. The Company, the Guarantor, Bastet, Mission and
                   ---------
the Trustee shall have entered into the Indenture, and the Initial Purchasers
shall have received an executed copy thereof.

          (l)      Unit Agreement. The Issuers and the Unit Agent shall have
                   --------------
entered into the Unit Agreement, and the Initial Purchasers shall have received
an executed copy thereof.

          (m)      Investor Rights Agreement. Nexstar and Newco shall have
entered into the Investor Rights Agreement, and the Initial Purchasers shall
have received an executed copy thereof.

          (n)      Limited Liability Company Agreement. Nexstar, Newco and the
                   -----------------------------------
other members of Nexstar shall have entered into the Limited Liability Company
Agreement, and the Initial Purchasers shall have received an executed copy
thereof.

          (o)      Reimbursement Agreement. Nexstar and Newco shall have entered
                   -----------------------
into a reimbursement agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, providing for the
reimbursement by Nexstar to Newco of expenses incurred in connection with
Newco's holding the Class D Interests, and the Initial Purchasers shall have
received an executed copy thereof.

          (p)      Additional Documents. On or before the Closing Date, the
                   --------------------
Initial Purchasers and counsel for the Initial Purchasers shall have received
such information, documents and opinions as they may reasonably require for the
purposes of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Units as
contemplated herein, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the
representations and warranties, or the satisfaction of any of the conditions or
agreements, herein contained.

          (q)      Execution by Newco. On the Closing Date, Newco shall have
                   ------------------
entered into this Agreement by executing a supplemental signature page hereto,
and the Initial Purchasers shall have received an executed copy thereof.

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                  If any condition specified in this Section 5 is not satisfied
when and as required to be satisfied, this Agreement may be terminated by the
Initial Purchasers by notice to the Issuers at any time on or prior to the
Closing Date, which termination shall be without liability on the part of any
party to any other party, except that Section 4, Section 6, Section 8 and
Section 9 shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination.

SECTION 6.   Reimbursement of Initial Purchasers' Expenses. If this Agreement is
             ---------------------------------------------
terminated by the Initial Purchasers pursuant to Section 5, or if the sale to
the Initial Purchasers of the Units on the Closing Date is not consummated
because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Issuers to
perform any agreement herein or to comply with any provision hereof, each of the
Issuers agrees, jointly and severally, to reimburse the Initial Purchasers (or
such Initial Purchasers as have terminated this Agreement with respect to
themselves), severally, upon demand for all out-of-pocket expenses that shall
have been reasonably incurred by the Initial Purchasers in connection with the
proposed purchase and the offering and sale of the Securities, including but not
limited to fees and disbursements of counsel, printing expenses, travel
expenses, postage, facsimile and telephone charges.

SECTION 7.   Offer, Sale and Resale Procedures. Each of the Initial Purchasers,
             ---------------------------------
on the one hand, and each Issuer, on the other hand, hereby establish and agree
to observe the following procedures in connection with the offer and sale of the
Units:

             (A) Offers and sales of the Units will be made only by the Initial
Purchasers or Affiliates thereof qualified to do so in the jurisdictions in
which such offers or sales are made. Each such offer or sale shall only be made
to persons whom the offeror or seller reasonably believes to be Qualified
Institutional Buyers and Qualified Purchasers.

             (B) The Units will be offered by approaching prospective Subsequent
Purchasers on an individual basis. No general solicitation or general
advertising (within the meaning of Rule 502 under the Securities Act) will be
used in the United States in connection with the offering of the Units.

             (C) Upon original issuance by the Issuers, and until such time as
the same is no longer required under the applicable requirements of the
Securities Act, the Units (and all securities issued in exchange therefor or in
substitution thereof, other than the Exchange Notes) shall bear the following
legend:

"THE SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES INVESTMENT COMPANY
ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED (THE "INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT") OR THE UNITED STATES
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THE
SECURITIES IN RESPECT OF WHICH THIS SECURITY HAS BEEN ISSUED, AGREES FOR THE
BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER THAT THE SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR
OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (A) TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES
IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOT LESS THAN $250,000 FOR
THE PURCHASER AND FOR EACH ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING, TO A PURCHASER AND,
AS APPLICABLE, EACH ACCOUNT FOR WHICH SUCH PURCHASER IS ACTING, THAT (1) IS A
QUALIFIED PURCHASER WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 3(C)(7) OF THE INVESTMENT
COMPANY ACT, (2) WAS NOT FORMED FOR THE PURPOSE OF INVESTING IN THE ISSUER
(EXCEPT WHEN EACH BENEFICIAL OWNER OF THE PURCHASER AND EACH SUCH ACCOUNT IS A
QUALIFIED PURCHASER), (3) HAS RECEIVED THE NECESSARY CONSENT FROM ITS BENEFICIAL
OWNERS WHEN THE PURCHASER OR SUCH ACCOUNT IS A PRIVATE INVESTMENT COMPANY FORMED
BEFORE APRIL 30, 1996, (4) IS NOT A BROKER-DEALER THAT OWNS AND INVESTS ON A
DISCRETIONARY BASIS LESS THAN $25,000,000 IN

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SECURITIES OF UNAFFILIATED ISSUERS AND (5) IS NOT A PENSION, PROFIT SHARING OR
OTHER RETIREMENT TRUST FUND OR PLAN IN WHICH THE PARTNERS, BENEFICIARIES OR
PARTICIPANTS, AS APPLICABLE, MAY DESIGNATE THE PARTICULAR INVESTMENTS TO BE
MADE, AND IN A TRANSACTION THAT MAY BE EFFECTED WITHOUT LOSS OF ANY APPLICABLE
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT EXEMPTION AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE
SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES. ANY TRANSFER IN VIOLATION OF
THE FOREGOING WILL BE OF NO FORCE AND EFFECT, WILL BE VOID AB INITIO AND WILL
NOT OPERATE TO TRANSFER ANY RIGHTS TO THE TRANSFEREE, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CONTRARY TO THE ISSUERS, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY INTERMEDIARY.
EACH TRANSFEROR OF THIS SECURITY WILL PROVIDE NOTICE OF THE TRANSFER
RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH HEREIN, IN THE INDENTURE AND IN THE UNIT AGREEMENT TO ITS
TRANSFEREE. IN ADDITION TO THE FOREGOING, THE ISSUERS MAINTAIN THE RIGHT TO
PURCHASE OR FORCE THE RESALE OF ANY SECURITIES PREVIOUSLY TRANSFERRED TO NON-
PERMITTED HOLDERS (AS DEFINED IN THE UNIT AGREEMENT) IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND
SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF THE UNIT AGREEMENT."

         Following the sale of the Units by the Initial Purchasers to Subsequent
Purchasers pursuant to the terms hereof, the Initial Purchasers shall not be
liable or responsible to the Issuers for any losses, damages or liabilities
suffered or incurred by the Issuers, including any losses, damages or
liabilities under the Securities Act, arising from or relating to any resale or
transfer of any Security by non-Affiliates of the Initial Purchasers.

SECTION 8.   Indemnification.
             ----------------

      (a) Indemnification of the Initial Purchaser. The Issuers, jointly and
          ----------------------------------------
severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Initial Purchaser, its
directors, officers and employees, and each person, if any, who controls each
Initial Purchaser within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act
against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense, as incurred, to which the
Initial Purchaser or such controlling person may become subject, under the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or
regulation, or at common law or otherwise (including in settlement of any
litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of the
Issuers), insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense (or actions
in respect thereof as contemplated below) arises out of or is based (i) upon any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the
Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or
alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading; or (ii) in whole or in part upon any failure of any Issuer
to perform its obligations hereunder or under law; or (iii) any act or failure
to act or any alleged act or failure to act by such Initial Purchaser in
connection with, or relating in any manner to, the offering contemplated hereby,
and which is included as part of or referred to in any loss, claim, damage,
liability or action arising out of or based upon any matter covered by clause
above; provided that the Issuers shall not be liable under this clause (iii) to
the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction shall have determined by a
final judgment that such loss, claim, damage, liability or action resulted
directly from any such acts or failures to act undertaken or omitted to be taken
by such Initial Purchaser through its gross negligence or willful misconduct;
and to reimburse each Initial Purchaser and each such controlling person for
reasonable expenses (including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel
chosen by the Banc of America Securities LLC) as such expenses are reasonably
incurred by such Initial Purchaser or such controlling person in connection with
investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim,
damage, liability, expense or action; provided, however, that the foregoing
indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, claim, damage, liability or
expense to the extent, but only to the extent, arising out of or based upon any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission
made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to
the Issuers by the Initial Purchasers for use in the Offering Memorandum (or any
amendment or supplement thereto). The indemnity

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agreement set forth in this Section 8 shall be in addition to any liabilities
that the Issuers may otherwise have.

     (b) Indemnification of the Issuers, their Directors and Officers. Each
         ------------------------------
Initial Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold
harmless the Issuers and each of their respective directors and each person, if
any, who controls the Issuers within the meaning of the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act, against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense, as
incurred, to which any Issuer or any such director, or controlling person may
become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or other federal or
state statutory law or regulation, or at common law or otherwise (including in
settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written
consent of such Initial Purchaser), insofar as such loss, claim, damage,
liability or expense (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below)
arises out of or is based upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or
supplement thereto), or arises out of or is based upon the omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the
extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Offering Memorandum
(or any amendment or supplement thereto), in reliance upon and in conformity
with written information furnished to the Issuers by the Initial Purchasers
expressly for use therein; and to reimburse any such Issuer or any such director
or controlling person for any legal and other expenses reasonably incurred by
any such Issuer or any such director or controlling person in connection with
investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim,
damage, liability, expense or action. The Issuers hereby acknowledge that the
only information that the Initial Purchasers have furnished to the Issuers
expressly for use in the Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement
thereto) are the statements referenced on Schedule IV, which Schedule IV shall
                                          -----------        -----------
be attached to this Agreement on the date of the Offering Memorandum and shall
be part of this Agreement as if attached to this Agreement on the date hereof);
and each Initial Purchaser confirms that such statements are correct. The
indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 8 shall be in addition to any
liabilities that each Initial Purchaser may otherwise have.

     (c) Notifications and Other Indemnification Procedures. Promptly after
         --------------------------------------------------
receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of the
commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect
thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify
the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof, but the omission
so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability which
it may have to any indemnified party for contribution or otherwise than under
the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 8 or to the extent it is not
prejudiced as a proximate result of such failure. In case any such action is
brought against any indemnified party and such indemnified party seeks or
intends to seek indemnity from an indemnifying party, the indemnifying party
will be entitled to participate in and, to the extent that it shall elect,
jointly with all other indemnifying parties similarly notified, by written
notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid
notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel
reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided, however, if the
defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party and the
indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded
that a conflict may arise between the positions of the indemnifying party and
the indemnified party in conducting the defense of any such action or that there
may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are
different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, the
indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to
assume such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such
action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties. Upon receipt of notice
from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of such indemnifying
party's election so to assume the defense of such action and approval by the
indemnified party of counsel, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such
indemnified party under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses
subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense
thereof unless the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in
accordance with the proviso to the next preceding sentence (it being understood,
however, that the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the expenses of
more than one separate counsel (together with local counsel),

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approved by the indemnifying party (Banc of America Securities LLC in the case
of Section 8 and Section 9), representing the indemnified parties who are
parties to such action) or (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed
counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party
within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action, in each of
which cases the fees and expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the
indemnifying party.

     (d) Settlements. The indemnifying party under this Section 8 shall not be
         -----------
liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written
consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for
the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party
against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of such
settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time
an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the
indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by Section 8
hereof, the indemnifying party agrees that (i) it shall be liable for any
settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if such
settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by such indemnifying
party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have
reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the
date of such settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written
consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement, compromise or consent
to the entry of judgment in any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding
in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and
indemnity was or could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party,
unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release
of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject
matter of such action, suit or proceeding.

SECTION 9.  Contribution.
            -------------

            If the indemnification provided for in Section 8 is for any reason
held to be unavailable to or otherwise insufficient to hold harmless an
indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to
the aggregate amount paid or payable by such indemnified party, as incurred, as
a result of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to
therein in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits
received by the Issuers, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the
other hand, from the offering of the Units pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if
the allocation provided by clause above is not permitted by applicable law, in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits
referred to in clause above but also the relative fault of the Issuers, on the
one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, in connection with the
statements or omissions or inaccuracies in the representations and warranties
herein which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses,
as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits
received by the Issuers, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the
other hand, in connection with the offering of the Units pursuant to this
Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total
net proceeds from the offering of the Units pursuant to this Agreement (before
deducting expenses) received by the Issuers, and the total discount received by
the Initial Purchasers bear to the aggregate initial offering price of the
Units. The relative fault of the Issuers, on the one hand, and the Initial
Purchasers, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other
things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact or any such inaccurate
or alleged inaccurate representation or warranty relates to information supplied
by the Issuers, on the one hand, or the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand,
and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

            The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to
include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 8, any legal or other
fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with
investigating or defending any action or claim. The provisions set forth in
Section 8 with respect to notice of commencement of any action shall apply if a
claim for contribution is to be made under this Section 9;

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provided, however, that no additional notice shall be required with respect to
any action for which notice has been given under Section 8 for purposes of
indemnification.

        The Issuers and the Initial Purchasers agree that it would not be just
and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were determined by pro
rata allocation (even if the Initial Purchasers were treated as one entity for
such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account
of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 9.

        Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9, the Initial
Purchaser shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the
discount received by the Initial Purchaser in connection with the Units
distributed by it. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the
meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution
from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The
Initial Purchasers' obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 9 are
several, and not joint, in proportion to their respective commitments as set
forth opposite their names on Schedule I. For purposes of this Section 9, each
                              ----------
director, officer and employee of the Initial Purchaser and each person, if any,
who controls an Initial Purchaser within the meaning of the Securities Act and
the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Initial
Purchaser, and each director of an Issuer, and each person, if any, who controls
an Issuer with the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act shall have
the same rights to contribution as such Issuer.

SECTION 10.   Termination of this Agreement. Prior to the Closing Date, this
              -----------------------------
Agreement may be terminated by the Initial Purchasers by notice given to the
Issuers if at any time (i) trading in securities generally on either the Nasdaq
Stock Market or the New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended or limited
or minimum or maximum prices shall have been generally established on any such
stock exchanges by the Commission or the NASD; (ii) a general banking moratorium
shall have been declared by any of federal, New York, Delaware or California
authorities; (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of
national or international hostilities or any crisis or calamity, or any change
in the United States or international financial markets, or any substantial
change or development involving a prospective substantial change in United
States' or international political, financial or economic conditions, as in the
reasonable judgment of the Initial Purchasers is material and adverse and makes
it impracticable to market the Units in the manner and on the terms described in
the Offering Memorandum or to enforce contracts for the sale of securities; (iv)
in the reasonable judgment of the Initial Purchasers there shall have occurred
any Material Adverse Change; or the Issuer or their respective subsidiaries
shall have sustained a loss by strike, fire, flood, earthquake, accident or
other calamity of such character as in the reasonable judgment of the Initial
Purchasers may interfere materially with the conduct of the business and
operations of the Issuers or their respective subsidiaries regardless of whether
or not such loss shall have been insured. Any termination pursuant to this
Section 10 shall be without liability on the part of (A) the Issuers to any
Initial Purchaser, except that the Issuers shall be obligated to reimburse the
expenses of the Initial Purchasers pursuant to Section 4 and, in the case of
clause (iv) above, Section 6 hereof, (B) any Initial Purchaser to the Issuers,
or (c) any party hereto to any other party except that the provisions of Section
8 and Section 9 shall at all times be effective and shall survive such
termination.

SECTION 11.   Representations and Indemnities to Survive Delivery. The
              ---------------------------------------------------
respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other
statements of the Issuers, of their respective officers and of the several
Initial Purchasers set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain
in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf
of any Initial Purchaser, any Issuer or any of their respective partners,
officers or directors or any controlling person, as the case may be, and will
survive delivery of and payment for the Units sold hereunder and any termination
of this Agreement.

SECTION 12.   Notices. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and
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shall be mailed, hand delivered or telecopied and confirmed to the parties
hereto as follows:

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If to the Initial Purchasers:

         Banc of America Securities LLC
         9 West 57/th/ Street, 31/st/ Floor
         New York, NY 10019
         Facsimile: 212-583-8324
         Attention: High Yield Capital Markets

   with a copy to:

         Latham & Watkins
         885 Third Avenue, Suite 1000
         New York, NY 10022
         Facsimile: 212-751-4864
         Attention: Gregory Ezring, Esq.

If to any Issuer:

         Nexstar Finance, L.L.C.
         200 Abington Executive Park, Suite 201
         Clarks Summit, PA 18411
         Facsimile: 570-586-8745
         Attention: Shirley Green

with a copy to:

         Kirkland & Ellis
         153 East 53/rd/ Street
         New York, NY 10022
         Facsimile: (212) 446-4900
         Attention: Joshua N. Korff, Esq.

Any party hereto may change the address for receipt of communications by giving
written notice to the others.

SECTION 13.    Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be
               ----------
binding upon the parties hereto, including any substitute Initial Purchasers
pursuant to Section 16 hereof, and to the benefit of the employees, officers and
directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 8 and Section 9, and in
each case their respective successors, and no other person will have any right
or obligation hereunder. The term "successors" shall not include any purchaser
of the Units as such from the Initial Purchasers merely by reason of such
purchase.

SECTION 14.    Partial Unenforceability. The invalidity or unenforceability of
               ------------------------
any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the
validity or enforceability of any other Section, paragraph or provision hereof.
If any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement is for any reason
determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be made such
minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid
and enforceable.

SECTION 15.    Governing Law Provisions. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
               ------------------------
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE.

SECTION 16.    Consent to Jurisdiction. Any legal suit, action or proceeding
               -----------------------
arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby ("Related Proceedings") may be instituted in
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the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and
County of New York or the courts of the State of New York in each case located
in the City and County of New York (collectively, the "Specified Courts"), and
                                                       ----------------
each party irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction (except for
proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any such
court (a "Related Judgment"), as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of
          ----------------
such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. Service of any process,
summons, notice or document by mail to such party's address set forth above
shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or other proceeding
brought in any such court. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any
objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the
Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to
plead or claim in any such court that any such suit, action or other proceeding
brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

SECTION 17.    Default of One or More of the Several Initial Purchasers. If any
               --------------------------------------------------------
one or more of the several Initial Purchasers shall fail or refuse to purchase
Securities that it or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on the Closing
Date, and the aggregate number of Units that such defaulting Initial Purchaser
or Initial Purchasers agreed but failed or refused to purchase does not exceed
10% of the aggregate number of the Units to be purchased on such date, the other
Initial Purchasers shall be obligated, severally, in the proportions that the
number of Units set forth opposite their respective names on Schedule I bears to
                                                             ----------
the aggregate number of Units set forth opposite the names of all such non-
defaulting Initial Purchasers, or in such other proportions as may be specified
by the Initial Purchasers with the consent of the non-defaulting Initial
Purchasers, to purchase the Units that such defaulting Initial Purchaser or
Initial Purchasers agreed but failed or refused to purchase on such date. If any
one or more of the Initial Purchasers shall fail or refuse to purchase Units and
the aggregate number of Units with respect to which such default occurs exceeds
10% of the aggregate number of Units to be purchased on the Closing Date, and
arrangements satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers and the Issuers for the
purchase of such Units are not made within 48 hours after such default, this
Agreement shall terminate without liability of any party to any other party
except that the provisions of Section 4, Section 8 and Section 9 shall at all
times be effective and shall survive such termination. In any such case, either
the Initial Purchasers or the Issuers shall have the right to postpone the
Closing Date, as the case may be, but in no event for longer than seven days in
order that the required changes, if any, to the Offering Memorandum or any other
documents or arrangements may be effected.

               As used in this Agreement, the term "Initial Purchaser" shall be
deemed to include any person substituted for a defaulting Initial Purchaser
under this Section 10. Any action taken under this Section 16 shall not relieve
any defaulting Initial Purchaser from liability in respect of any default of
such Initial Purchaser under this Agreement.

SECTION 18.    General Provisions. This Agreement constitutes the entire
               ------------------
agreement of the parties to this Agreement and supersedes all prior written or
oral and all contemporaneous oral agreements, understandings and negotiations
with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may be executed in two
or more counterparts, each one of which shall be an original, with the same
effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.
This Agreement may not be amended or modified unless in writing by all of the
parties hereto, and no condition herein (express or implied) may be waived
unless waived in writing by each party whom the condition is meant to benefit.
The Table of Contents and the section headings herein are for the convenience of
the parties only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this
Agreement.

SECTION 19.    Supercedes Prior Purchase Agreement. This Agreement supercedes in
               -----------------------------------
its entirety that certain Purchase Agreement dated May 1, 2001 entered into
among the parties (the "May 1 Agreement"). No party hereunder shall have any
                        ---------------
obligations arising under the May 1 Agreement.

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               If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, kindly sign and return to the Issuers the enclosed copies hereof,
whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts hereof, shall become a
binding agreement in accordance with its terms.


                                      Very truly yours,


                                      Nexstar Finance Holdings, L.L.C.
                                      Nexstar Finance Holdings, Inc.



                                      By: /s/ Shirley Green
                                          -------------------------------------
                                          Name:
                                          Title:

                                      Nexstar Broadcasting Group, L.L.C.



                                      By: /s/ Shirley Green
                                          -------------------------------------
                                          Name:
                                          Title:
<PAGE>

                                       Nexstar Equity Corp.



                                       By: /s/ Shirley Green
                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Name:
                                           Title:
<PAGE>

               The foregoing Purchase Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted
by the Initial Purchasers as of the date first above written.


Banc of America Securities LLC
Barclays Capital Inc.

By:  Banc of America Securities LLC


By: /s/ Marc Birenbaum
    ---------------------------------
    Name: Marc Birenbaum
    Title: Vice President
<PAGE>

                                  SCHEDULE I

                                                              Number of Units
 Initial Purchaser                                            to be Purchased

 Banc of America Securities LLC ...........................        33,289
 Barclays Capital Inc......................................         3,699

          Total............................................        36,988

                                      I-1
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                                  SCHEDULE II
                                 Subsidiaries

Nexstar Finance, L.L.C.
Nexstar Finance, Inc.
Entertainment Realty Corporation
Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc.
Nexstar Broadcasting of Abilene, L.L.C.
Nexstar Broadcasting of Beaumont/Port Arthur, L.L.C.
Nexstar Broadcasting of Champaign, L.L.C.
Nexstar Broadcasting of Erie, L.L.C.
Nexstar Broadcasting of Joplin, L.L.C.
Nexstar Broadcasting of Louisiana, L.L.C.
Nexstar Broadcasting of Midland-Odessa, L.L.C.
Nexstar Broadcasting of the Midwest, Inc.
Nexstar Broadcasting of Northeastern Pennsylvania, L.L.C.
Nexstar Broadcasting of Peoria, L.L.C.
Nexstar Broadcasting of Rochester, L.L.C.
Nexstar Broadcasting of Wichita Falls, L.L.C.

                                     II-1
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                                 SCHEDULE III

                              Port Arthur, Texas
            (Nexstar Broadcasting of Beaumont-Port Arthur, L.L.C.)

Facility Type                             Call Sign            Exp. Date
-------------                             ---------            ---------

TV Broadcast Station License              KBTV-TV              08/01/2006
TV Intercity Relay                        KB-98129             08/01/2006
TV Pickup                                 KD-4600              08/01/2006
TV Pickup                                 KE-5101              08/01/2006
Auxiliary Remote Pickup                   KKX215               08/01/2006
TV Studio Transmitter Link                KLA-89               08/01/2006
TV Pickup                                 KT-2456              08/01/2006
TV Intercity Relay                        WLD-443              08/01/2006
TV Intercity Relay                        WPNG-520             08/01/2006


                              Wichita Falls, Texas
                 (Nexstar Broadcasting of Wichita Falls, L.L.C.)

Facility Type                            Call Sign              Exp. Date
-------------                            ---------              ---------

TV Broadcast Station License             KFDX-TV                08/01/2006
Auxiliary Low Power System               BLP00464               08/01/2006
TV Pickup                                KB-55270               08/01/2006
Auxiliary Remote Pickup                  KLB-725                08/01/2006
TV Pickup                                KJ-3525                08/01/2006


                                 Midland, Texas
                (Nexstar Broadcasting of Midland-Odessa, L.L.C.)

Facility Type                             Call Sign             Exp. Date
-------------                             ---------             ---------

TV Broadcast Station License              KMID                  08/01/2006
TV Translator Station License             K12FM                 08/01/2006
TV Pickup                                 KB-96686              08/01/2006
TV Studio Transmitter Link                KKR-61                08/01/2006
TV Studio Transmitter Link                KLB-45                08/01/2006
TV Studio Transmitter Link                WHG-362               08/01/2006
TV Intercity Relay                        WLE-628               08/01/2006
TV Intercity Relay                        WLE-644               08/01/2006
TV Intercity Relay                        WLF-217               08/01/2006
Weather Radar Station                     WPMY-327              03/25/2004

                                     III-1
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                                 Abilene, Texas
                    (Nexstar Broadcasting of Abilene, L.L.C.)

Facility Type                               Call Sign            Exp. Date
-------------                               ---------            ---------

TV Broadcast Station License                KTAB-TV              08/01/2006
Receive-Only Earth Station                  E8009                11/16/2004
Business Radio                              KA-51599             04/17/2004
TV Pickup                                   KS-5717              08/01/2006
Business Radio                              WGA-708              04/17/2004
TV Studio Transmitter Link                  WGH-906              08/01/2006
Business Radio                              WZJ-613              04/17/2004

                                Texarkana, Texas
                   (Nexstar Broadcasting of Louisiana, L.L.C.)

Facility Type                               Call Sign            Exp. Date
-------------                               ---------            ---------

TV Broadcast Station License                KTAL-TV              08/01/2006
Transmit-Receive Earth Station              E940521              12/02/2004
Auxiliary Low Power Station                 BLQ-74               08/01/2006
TV Pickup                                   KA-88839             08/01/2006
Auxiliary Remote Pickup                     KLB-589              08/01/2006
Auxiliary Remote Pickup                     KLB-590              08/01/2006
Auxiliary Remote Pickup                     KLB-591              08/01/2006
TV Studio Transmitter Link                  KLS-96               08/01/2006
TV Intercity Relay                          WHB-602              08/01/2006
TV Studio Transmitter Link                  WHB-603              08/01/2006
TV Studio Transmitter Link                  WHB-604              08/01/2006
TV Intercity Relay                          WLP-781              08/01/2006
TV Intercity Relay                          WLP-782              08/01/2006


                               Rochester, New York
                   (Nexstar Broadcasting of Rochester, L.L.C.)

Facility Type                               Call Sign            Exp. Date
-------------                               ---------            ---------

TV Broadcast Station License                WROC                 06/01/2007
Receive-Only Earth Station                  E940506              09/15/2004
Transmit/Receive Earth Station              E000660              12/12/2010
TV Pickup                                   KA-4851              06/01/2007
TV Intercity Relay                          KA-6058              06/01/2007
TV Studio Transmitter Link                  KEA-91               06/01/2007
TV Pickup                                   KR-4704              06/01/2007
TV Pickup                                   KR-4705              06/01/2007
Auxiliary Remote Pickup                     WHE-925              06/01/2007
Auxiliary Remote Pickup                     WHE-926              06/01/2007

                                     III-2
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                           Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
           (Nexstar Broadcasting of Northeastern Pennsylvania, L.L.C.)

Facility Type                                 Call Sign           Exp. Date
-------------                                 ---------           ---------

TV Broadcast Station License                  WBRE-TV             08/01/2007
TV Translator Station License                 W24BL               07/31/2007
TV Translator Station License                 W30AN               07/31/2007
TV Translator Station License                 W51BP               07/31/2007
TV Translator Station License                 W64AL               07/31/2007
Transmit-Only Earth Station License           E910642             11/01/2001
TV Pickup                                     KA-35201            08/01/2007
TV Pickup                                     KA-35425            08/01/2007
TV Pickup                                     KA-74870            08/01/2007
Business Radio                                KB-88735            06/26/2004
TV Pickup                                     KC-62824            08/01/2007
Broadcast Auxiliary                           KF-5726             08/01/2007
R/P Base Mobile System                        KGU-973             08/01/2007
TV Studio Transmitter Link                    KGH-66              08/01/2007
TV Pickup                                     KK-4138             08/01/2007
TV Pickup                                     KL-2535             08/01/2007
TV Pickup                                     KP-4407             08/01/2007
R/P Base Mobile System                        KQB-618             08/01/2007
TV Pickup                                     KR-7688             08/01/2007
TV Pickup                                     KR-7693             08/01/2007
TV Pickup                                     KR-7771             08/01/2007
TV Pickup                                     KS-2001             08/01/2007
TV Pickup                                     KY-2899             08/01/2007
R/P Mobile                                    KY-5608             08/01/2007
TV Studio Transmitter Link                    KZO-21              08/01/2007
TV Intercity Relay                            WFW-575             08/01/2007
TV Intercity Relay                            WGI-290             08/01/2007
TV Intercity Relay                            WHB-674             08/01/2007
TV Intercity Relay                            WLI-324             08/01/2007
TV Intercity Relay                            WLI-325             08/01/2007
TV Intercity Relay                            WLI-337             08/01/2007


                               Erie, Pennsylvania
                     (Nexstar Broadcasting of Erie, L.L.C.)

Facility Type                                 Call Sign           Exp. Date
-------------                                 ---------           ---------

TV Broadcast Station License                  WJET-TV             08/01/2007
Auxiliary TV Broadcast Pickup                 KC-26079            08/01/2007
TV Intercity Relay                            WPJE-618            08/01/2007
Weather Radar Station                         WPOZ-488            09/14/2004
R/P Base Mobile System                        WSM-744             08/01/2007

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                              St. Joseph, Missouri
                  (Nexstar Broadcasting of the Midwest, Inc.)

Facility Type                          Call Sign              Exp. Date
-------------                          ---------              ----------

TV Broadcast Station License           KQTV                   02/01/2006
TV Pickup                              KC-26093               02/01/2006
R/P Automatic Relay                    KQB-577                02/01/2006

                                Joplin, Missouri
                    (Nexstar Broadcasting of Joplin, L.L.C.)

Facility Type                          Call Sign              Exp. Date
-------------                          ---------              ----------

TV Broadcast Station License           KSNF                   02/01/2006
TV Pickup                              KW-6078                02/01/2006
Business Radio                         WNKN-977               01/04/2003
Weather Radar Station                  WPMJ-419               08/12/2003

                              Terre Haute, Indiana
                  (Nexstar Broadcasting of the Midwest, Inc.)

Facility Type                          Call Sign              Exp. Date
-------------                          ---------              ----------

TV Broadcast Station License           WTWO                   08/01/2005
TV Pickup                              KC-26086               08/01/2005
R/P Base Mobile System                 KLH-391                08/01/2005
Weather Radar Station                  KVB-629                03/30/2004
Broadcast Auxiliary                    KW-4107                08/01/2005
Tv Pickup                              KW-4108                08/01/2005
Tv Intercity Relay                     WHF-306                08/01/2005
Tv Intercity Relay                     WMU-968                08/01/2005
Weather Radar Station                  WPPH-816               01/06/2005

                             Springfield, Illinois
                  (Nexstar Broadcasting of Champaign, L.L.C.)

Facility Type                          Call Sign              Exp. Date
-------------                          ---------              ----------

Tv Broadcast Station License           WCFN                   12/01/2005
Tv Studio Transmitter Link             WLD-973                12/01/2005

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                              Champaign, Illinois
                  (Nexstar Broadcasting of Champaign, L.L.C.)

Facility Type                          Call Sign              Exp. Date
-------------                          ---------              ----------

TV Broadcast Station License           WCIA                   12/01/2005
Auxiliary Low Power Station            BLP00192               12/01/2005
Auxiliary Low Power Station            BLP00322               12/01/2005
Auxiliary Low Power Station            BLP00544               12/01/2005
Auxiliary Low Power Station            BLP00883               12/01/2005
Auxiliary Low Power Station            BLP00919               12/01/2005
Auxiliary Low Power Station            BLP01124               12/01/2005
Auxiliary Low Power Station            BLP01288               12/01/2005
TV Pickup                              KA-95317               12/01/2005
TV Pickup                              KC-5875                12/01/2005
Auxiliary Remote Pickup                KSD-920                12/01/2005
Auxiliary Remote Pickup                KSD-921                12/01/2005
TV Studio Transmitter Link             KSG-35                 12/01/2005
TN Intercity Relay                     KSI-74                 12/01/2005
TV Intercity Relay                     KSI-75                 12/01/2005
TV Pickup                              KW-6073                12/01/2005
TV Pickup                              KW-6074                12/01/2005
TV Intercity Relay                     WBJ-983                12/01/2005
TV Intercity Relay                     WBJ-986                12/01/2005
TV Intercity Relay                     WBJ-987                12/01/2005
TV Intercity Relay                     WBJ-988                12/01/2005
TV Intercity Relay                     WLG-233                12/01/2005
TV Intercity Relay                     WPNL-408               12/01/2005

                                Peoria, Illinois
                    (Nexstar Broadcasting of Peoria, L.L.C.)

Facility Type                          Call Sign              Exp. Date
-------------                          ---------              ----------

TV Broadcast Station License           WMBD-TV                12/01/2005
TV Pickup                              KA-88843               12/01/2005
TV Pickup                              KA-88844               12/01/2005
Remote Pickup Mobile System            KS-2010                12/01/2005
TV Intercity Relay                     KSI-71                 12/01/2005
TV Intercity Relay                     KSI-72                 12/01/2005
TV Intercity Relay                     KSI-73                 12/01/2005
TV Studio Transmitter Link             KSK-48                 12/01/2005
TV Intercity Relay                     WBJ-984                12/01/2005
TV Intercity Relay                     WBJ-985                12/01/2005
TV Intercity Relay                     WLG-752                12/01/2005
TV Intercity Relay                     WMV-276                12/01/2005
__________________________

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                              Wichita Falls, Texas
                 (Mission Broadcasting of Wichita Falls, Inc.)

Facility Type                          Call Sign              Exp. Date
-------------                          ---------              ----------

TV Broadcast Station License           KJTL                   08/01/2006
LPTV Broadcast Station License         KJBO-LP                08/01/2006
TV Translator License                  K47DK                  06/01/2006
TV Translator License                  K53DS                  06/01/2006
TV Studio Transmitter Link             WLD-942                08/01/2006
TV Studio Transmitter Link             WLJ-748                08/01/2006

                             Scranton, Pennsylvania
                          (Bastet Broadcasting, Inc.)

Facility Type                          Call Sign              Exp. Date
-------------                          ---------              ----------

TV Broadcast Station License           WYOU                   08/01/2007
TV Translator License                  W19AR                  08/01/2007
TV Translator License                  W26AT                  08/01/2007
TV Translator License                  W54AV                  08/01/2007
TV Translator License                  W55AG                  08/01/2007
TV Translator License                  W60AH                  08/01/2007
TV Translator License                  W66AI                  08/01/2007
Auxiliary Low Power                    BLQ-375                08/01/2007
TV Pickup                              KA-35173               08/01/2007
TV Pickup                              KA-35174               08/01/2007
TV Pickup                              KA-35184               08/01/2007
TV Pickup                              KA-35185               08/01/2007
Auxiliary Remote Pickup                KB-97161               08/01/2007
TV Studio Transmitter Link             KGH-69                 08/01/2007
TV Intercity Relay                     KGI-49                 08/01/2007
TV Intercity Relay                     KHC-88                 08/01/2007
TV Pickup                              KO-9753                08/01/2007
Auxiliary Remote Pickup                KPH-450                08/01/2007
Auxiliary Remote Pickup                KPJ-719                08/01/2007
Auxiliary Remote Pickup                KQB-642                08/01/2007
Auxiliary Remote Pickup                KQB-643                08/01/2007
TV Intercity Relay                     WFD-523                08/01/2007
TV Studio Transmitter Link             WLL-212                08/01/2007
TV Intercity Relay                     WLO-276                08/01/2007
TV Intercity Relay                     WLO-277                08/01/2007
TV Studio Transmitter Link             WPNF-884               08/01/2007


                               Erie, Pennsylvania
                          (Bastet Broadcasting, Inc.)

Facility Type                          Call Sign              Exp. Date
-------------                          ---------              ----------

TV Broadcast Station License           WFXP                   08/01/2007

                                     III-6
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TV Studio Transmitter Link             WLD-767                08/01/2007

                                     III-7
<PAGE>

                                  SCHEDULE IV
                         Initial Purchasers Information

                                     IV-1
<PAGE>

                                 SCHEDULE 1(ee)

Nexstar Equity Corp. intends in the ordinary course to obtain customary
directors' and officers' insurance coverage.

                                 Schedule 1(ee)
<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT A

                                      A-1
<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT B

                                      B-1
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                                 ATTACHMENT A

                                 Attachment-1