Sean Compton

[1] Compton left Clear Channel radio in 2008 to join Tribune Broadcasting as President of television programming.

Compton currently serves as President of Nexstar Networks which includes the CW Network, NewsNation, Antenna TV and Rewind TV, WGN Radio, The Hill (newspaper), and programming content Acquisitions for Dallas-based Nexstar Media Group.

In January 2020, Nexstar announced it was launching "NewsNation" a Chicago based national primetime news program on cable network WGN America with Compton at the helm.

[2] That announcement came at the unveiling of New York City studios with a ribbon cutting ceremony by Mayor Eric Adams.

[3] NewsNation offers several blocks of news programming interspersed with talk shows hosted by Chris Cuomo, Dan Abrams, Ashleigh Banfield, Elizabeth Vargas and Leland Vittert.