Exhibit 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY

STATE OF                            )
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COUNTY OF                           )

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS; that the undersigned has made, constituted
and appointed and BY THESE PRESENTS, does make, constitute and appoint Perry A.
Sook, G. Robert Thompson, Shirley E. Green and Darryl Much, each having an
address at c/o Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc., 909 Lake Carolyn Parkway, Suite
1450, Irving, Texas 75039, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact
to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc. (the
"Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 and in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4,
or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file
such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any
stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this ______ day of November 2003.

                                                       /s/ Michael Donovan
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                                                 Name: Michael Donovan

STATE OF                            )
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COUNTY OF                           )

I, ____________________________, a Notary Public in and for said County in
the State aforesaid, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT _________________________,
personally known to me to be the same person whose name is subscribed to the
foregoing instrument appeared before me this day in person and acknowledged that
he signed and delivered said instrument as his own free voluntary act for the
uses and purposes therein set forth.

GIVEN under my hand and notarial seal this ______ day of ____________ 200_.

______________________________
Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

DONOVAN MICHAEL 4