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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington , D.C. 20549 FORM 10 - K ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 for the fiscal year ended December 31 , 2020 OR TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 for the transition period from to Commission File Number : 000-50478 NEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP , INC . ( Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter ) Delaware ( State of Organization or Incorporation ) 545 E. John Carpenter Freeway , Suite 700 , Irving , Texas ( Address of Principal Executive Offices ) ( 972 ) 373-8800 ( Registrant's Telephone Number , Including Area Code ) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( b ) of the Act : Title of each class Class A Common Stock 23-3083125 ( I.R.S. Employer Identification No. ) 75062 ( Zip Code ) Trading Symbol ( s ) NXST Securities registered pursuant to section 12 ( g ) of the Act : None Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is a well - known seasoned issuer , as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act . Yes X Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15 ( d ) of the Act . Yes No Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant ( 1 ) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 ( d ) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that it was required to file such reports ) , and ( 2 ) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days . Yes X No Name of each exchange on which registered NASDAQ Global Select Market No Indicate by checkmark whether the Registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S - T ( §232.405 of this chapter ) during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to submit such files ) . Yes X No Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer , an accelerated filer , a non - accelerated filer , a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company . See the definitions of “ large accelerated filer , ” “ accelerated filer ” , “ smaller reporting company ” and “ emerging growth company " in Rule 12b - 2 of the Exchange Act . ( check one ) : 冈 Accelerated filer Smaller reporting company Large accelerated filer Non - accelerated filer Emerging growth company If an emerging growth company , indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13 ( a ) of the Exchange Act . Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 ( b ) of the Sarbanes - Oxley Act ( 15 U.S.C. 7262 ( b ) ) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report . Yes Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company ( as defined in Rule 12b - 2 of the Exchange Act ) . No > As of June 30 , 2020 , the aggregate market value of the voting and non - voting common equity held by non - affiliates of the Registrant was $ 3,644,752,141 . As of February 23 , 2021 , the Registrant had 43,384,534 shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding . DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Portions of the Proxy Statement for the Registrant's 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders will be filed with the Commission within 120 days after the close of the Registrant's fiscal year and incorporated by reference in Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10 - K .