The owner of your local FOX station WPMT is TEGNA Inc., a major broadcaster headquartered in Virginia. TEGNA Inc. has decided to make a private negotiation public to create unnecessary and premature concern among our Harrisburg-Lancaster PA customers to try to extract higher rates for WPMT.
Unfortunately, that’s become the industry norm as the costs to retain free local stations have soared more than 20 percent yearly despite declining popularity and less compelling content.
We will continue to meet our Harrisburg-Lancaster PA, customers’ demands for greater choice and value. We will do our utmost to shield them from unwarranted price hikes as we work with TEGNA Inc. to renew WPMT without interruption.