Barrington Broadcasting

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Barrington Broadcasting Group, LLC, headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois, was an American corporation focused on broadcast television, primarily in middle and small size media markets. Barrington was owned or operated via duopoly twenty-four television stations, with the potential to reach about 3.4 percent of households in the U.S.[1] It was owned by Pilot Group, a private equity firm.

History

Barrington Broadcasting is a media company that was established in May 2003 by a team of former executives from Benedek Broadcasting. Following Benedek's bankruptcy and subsequent divestiture of all television assets in 2002, K. James Yager, the former President, along with Senior Vice-Presidents Chris Cornelius, Keith Bland, and Mary Flodin, formed a company for medium and small market broadcasting.[2]

The company began operations in January 2004 with its purchases of former Benedek stations WHOI-TV (Peoria, Illinois) and KHQA-TV (Hannibal, Missouri/Quincy, Illinois) along with WEYI-TV in Vienna Township, Michigan. Barrington grew slowly at first, adding five more stations between 2004 and early 2006. A major expansion took place on March 27, 2006, when Raycom Media agreed to sell twelve of its network-affiliated TV stations to Barrington for $262 million.[3] The sale was completed on August 11.[4] In recent years, Barrington has been at the forefront of integrating social media and the internet into their on-air content.[2]

In late 2012, it was announced that Pilot Group had put Barrington up for sale and that both Nexstar Broadcasting Group and Sinclair Broadcast Group were in final talks to acquire the full regiment of stations.[5] On February 28, 2013, Barrington announced that it would sell its stations to Sinclair.[6] The sale was granted FCC approval on November 18.[7] The transaction was formally consummated on November 25.[8]

Former stations

Stations owned by Barrington Broadcasting
Media market State Station Purchased Sold Notes
Colorado Springs–Pueblo Colorado KXRM-TV 2006 2013
KXTU-LD 2006 2013
Albany Georgia WFXL 2006 2013
Peoria–Bloomington Illinois WHOI 2004 2013
Quincy KHQA-TV 2004 2013
Marquette Michigan WLUC-TV 2006 2013
Saginaw–Bay City–Flint WEYI-TV 2004 2013
WBSF 2004 2013
Sault Ste. Marie, MI WGTQ 2009 2013 Template:Efn-uaTemplate:Efn
WTOM-TV 2006 2013 Template:Efn-ua
Traverse City WGTU 2009 2013 Template:Efn
WPBN-TV 2006 2013
Columbia–Jefferson City Missouri KRCG 2005 2013
Kirksville KTVO 2006 2013
Clovis New Mexico KVIH-TV 2005 2013 Template:Efn-ua
Syracuse New York WSTM-TV 2006 2013
WTVH 2009 2013 Template:Efn
WSTQ-LP 2006 2013
Toledo Ohio WNWO-TV 2006 2013
Columbia South Carolina WACH 2006 2013
Florence–Myrtle Beach WPDE-TV 2005 2013
WWMB 2005 2013 Template:Efn
Amarillo Texas KVII-TV 2005 2013
Harlingen–McAllen–Brownsville KGBT-TV 2006 2013

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References

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  3. ↑ Raycom and Barrington Announce Deal For Twelve Television Stations, businesswire.com, March 27, 2006, Retrieved November 6, 2018.
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  7. ↑ FCC approves sales of three Syracuse TV stations cnyradio.com, Retrieved November 19, 2013
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