agreement ending the three-month-long dispute. January 2019 Charter Spectrum dispute Due to a carriage dispute with Charter Spectrum, Tribune Broadcasting announced at the end of 2018 that 33 stations would go dark beginning in the new year. Although the block was scheduled to begin at midnight on January 1, 2019, negotiations extended the deadline to January 2, 2019. Tribune blocked stations such as WJW, KDAF, WGNO, WTTV, KTLA, KCPQ, WPIX, WGN-TV, and WGN America. The stations returned to the system on January 11 after a nine-day blackout. References The CW Mass media companies established in 1924 Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2008 Defunct broadcasting companies of the United States Nexstar Media Group 2019 mergers and acquisitions Mass media companies disestablished in 2019