There are 4 article(s) tagged WATN:

• October 2026

  • Grizzlies, local TV station reveal plans to broadcast multiple games for free

    Grizzlies plan to offer “the largest slate of over-the-air local broadcasts since the team arrived in Memphis in 2001.”

    By Tim Buckley October 02, 2026

• August 2025

  • If $6.2B deal is approved, 3 Memphis TV stations would have 1 owner

    If the deal for Nexstar Media Group to buy rival Tegna goes through, one owner will control three of the Memphis market’s five primary news stations. 

    By Jody Callahan August 20, 2025

• September 2020

  • Denisha Thomas named Local 24 news director

    Memphian Denisha Thomas is returning to her hometown to become news director of WATN Local 24.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff September 24, 2020

• December 2018

  • Proposed TV deal could spell changes for Memphis stations

    The television station landscape in Memphis could be changing with Nexstar Media Group’s bid to acquire Tribune Media Co. and create the nation’s largest TV conglomerate.

    By Wayne Risher December 03, 2018