The companies failed to reach an agreement before a 5 p.m. PT deadline Thursday.
Tegna owns 66 stations in 52 markets, including in top such DMAs as Dallas, Phoenix and Denver.
Football is a key programming element that will be affected in the near term.
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Top-rated Georgia will take on Alabama in the SEC Championship on CBS on Saturday afternoon.
Other major rivalries also are on the docket, such as the Army-Navy game on CBS on December 9.
NBCsSunday Night Footballis coming down the home stretch of the regular season.
Political news coverage and significant campaign advertising dollars are also hanging in the balance.
DirecTV recently had a 77-day carriage impasse with Nexstar Media Group, another top local station owner.
Tegna came into the negotiations on the heels of a major corporate setback.
