Tribune Co. said its local broadcast TV stations went off the air yesterday for DirectTV subscribers in 19 key markets including New York City.

New York’s WPIX-TV was among the stations that were blacked out at midnight early Sunday as Tribune and DirectTV haggled over contracts for 23 broadcast stations, according to Bloomberg News.

Other markets affected by the blackouts — in which Tribune owns a local affiliate for either Fox or CW — included Chicago, Philadelphia and Washington, DC.

“Tribune is asking for an agreement that is similar to those that DirecTV already has in place with hundreds of other broadcasters and program providers,” the bankrupt Chicago-based media company said.

“We’re fully prepared to pay Tribune fairly for their stations,” DirecTV spokesman Darris Gringeri responded. “This issue is that they are asking for a price that is far above market value and that’s not fair to our customers.”

DirecTV on Saturday said the two sides reached a “handshake deal” on March 29.

But Tribune said later that day that DirecTV’s statement left them “puzzled,” denying an accord was reached.