Once it swallows up Tegan, Nexstar will own 265 full-power television stations in 44 states and the District of Columbia.

Nexstar had previously acquired the two Hartford-based television stations from Tribune Broadcasting in 2019, but then sold the two media outlets to Tegna as part of a divestiture that allowed that deal to move forward and make it compliant with local and national television ownership rules.

Nexstar Media will acquire rival broadcast company Tegna for $6.2 billion according to a joint announcement on Tuesday, another sign of consolidation in an already contracting TV broadcast sector.