SANTA ROSA BEACH — Cable provider Cox Communications and Gray Television, which broadcasts WJHG (NBC), WECP (CBS) and the CW, have failed to reach an agreement to allow the cable company to continue to air the broadcaster’s content.
However, the planned blackout at midnight Wednesday has been delayed. Gray and Cox have agreed to extend the negotiation deadline to midnight Jan. 6.
“We’re still optimistic and we’re still actively working with them on the agreement,” said Cam Johnson, public affairs manager for Cox Communications. “We’re hopeful that it will be worked out by the sixth.”
If an agreement cannot be reached, the broadcast channels would be available to Cox cable viewers with an antenna.