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LIN Television Corporation

On December 19, 2014, Media General acquired LIN TV Corporation, gaining control of over 20 broadcast television stations across the USA.

LIN TV Corporation (NYSE: TVL) was a publicly traded company based in Providence, Rhode Island that operated broadcast television stations in the United States and Puerto Rico.

On October 12, 2012, LIN bought 13 television stations from New Vision Television, Inc. for $330.4 million and the assumption of $12 million in debt. The stations in the deal included KOIN TV in Portland, Oregon and KHON TV in Honolulu.

LIN TV Corporation was a corporate entity that owned 100% of LIN Television, and completed an initial public offering in 2002.

Since the founding of the original company (LIN Broadcasting Corporation) in the mid 1960s, the company had been bought, sold, sliced, diced, shuffled and dealt repeatedly by the likes of AT&T Corporation, Craig McCaw and the private investment company Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Incorporated (HMTF).


 
 
 

Comments

Comments to date: 9. The most recent comments are below.

Crystal from Fort Wayne
Posted on October 5, 2011

When are we going to get WANE-TV back on Mediacom Cable? It has been five weeks since we didn't have the WANE station - CBS has a lot of good programs. CBS used to be a free station - now you are charging an amount that Mediacom doesn't feel they should pay. PLEASE NEGOTIATE WITH THEM AT A PRICE THEY FEEL THEIR CUSTOMERS CAN AFFORD!!!!
Thank you for caring???

Ryan from Grand Rapids
Posted on March 9, 2011

This is about it.. You LIN people really need to stop with this s***. Im tired of u and dish network not being able to work out an agreement. I do not have my NBC and it is a local channel for me.. My family watch it alot and to have u cut the signle is BS.. this is not about Dish. its about US.. THE PEOPLE.. U expect us to buy an antenna when most of us do not have the funds for this.. Its hard enough paying for what we have now. I want my Channel back on.

Lois Carmony from Boykins, Va
Posted on March 8, 2011

Being disabled, am unable to visit a sports bar to
view my favorite, NASCAR. I can only hope your
contract with NASCAR expires soon and then I'll
never have to watch NBC/Wavy/Fox again.
Money is the root of all evil and you're plain old
evil.

Sherry Phelps from Mobile, AL
Posted on March 6, 2011

I don't appreciate losing the local FOX channel. I don't understand how blocking large numbers of people from watching your channel will benefit you or your sponsors. Make no mistake, we will still watch TV but we simply won't watch your offerings. So I guess you can all party by yourselves.

rjh from abq, NM
Posted on March 5, 2011

HOW DARE YOU IDIOTS REMOVE Channels 13 and 2 from DISH network. CORPORATE GREED at its finest. I hope your constituents run you out of business. I will do all I can to make this happen. You know the old adage that an unhappy customer tells 10 people whereas a happy customer tells only a few. Well...I plan to tell everyone I know that you people SUCK.

Edna McDowell from Hobbs,N>M>
Posted on March 1, 2011

I was just informed that Dish Network was asked for a increase of 140 percent for the local network... How am I as customer able to afford this and still keep my favorite shows,. contact me at creativeaddictions1@hotmail.com if you can explain this problem. My phone# is 575-390-5253,

Phil daDill from Austin, TX
Posted on December 4, 2009

It is moronic to put a show like The Office when it can be see on so many other stations and yet the only FREE W.W.E. show, Smackdown, is pulled. This is a trasity. How many times a day does a person need to a media whore like Tyra Banks? She was NEVER hot, and with such a large forehead, she act likes she lacks a brain.

DIANE from NORTH TONAWANDA
Posted on October 5, 2008

IT'S NOTHNING SHORT OF CORP.GREED!!!THAT'S WHY THE COUNTRYS IN THE SHAPE IT'S IN FROM GREEDY CEO'S AND LIN TV IS AN OWNER OF DISH NETWORK THAT'S WHY THEY WANT EVEYONE TO CHANGE IT'S ALL A SCAM!!!!NEWS 4 WILL NO LONGER BE # 1 I'LL WATCH MY SHOWS ON LINE FOR FREE!!!!

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