Richard Craver

WXLV's parent company, which serves the Triad, has lifted its boycott of the ABC network show “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” effective Friday.

Sinclair Broadcast Group, the nation’s largest ABC affiliate group at 38 stations and a conservative-learning media group, said Friday that "while we understand that not everyone will agree with our decisions about programming, it is simply inconsistent to champion free speech while demanding that broadcasters air specific content."

Sinclair said its decision was based in part on feedback from viewers, advertisers and community leaders.

The fluidity of the Sinclair and Nexstar preemptions and the ABC decision to suspend — and then lift the suspension — has liberal and conservative groups calling for a national boycott of Disney and ABC.

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