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Barrington Broadcasting

Barrington Broadcasting Group, LLC
Company typePrivate
IndustryMass media
GenreTelevision broadcasting
FoundedMay 2003; 21 years ago (2003-05)
Founders
  • Keith Bland
  • Chris Cornelius
  • Mary Flodin
  • K. James Yager
DefunctNovember 25, 2013; 10 years ago (2013-11-25)
FateAcquired by Sinclair
SuccessorSinclair Broadcast Group
Headquarters
Schaumburg, Illinois
,
USA
Number of locations
Fifteen ranked television markets (U.S.)
Key people
  • K. James Yager, CEO
  • Warren Spector, CFO
ServicesBroadcasting
ParentPilot Group

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

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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

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Stations are arranged in alphabetical order by state and city of license.

City of license / Market Station Channel Years owned Current status
Colorado Springs–Pueblo, CO KXRM-TV 21 2006–2013[a] Fox affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
KXTU-LD 57 2006–2013[a] The CW station owned-and-operated (O&O) by Nexstar Media Group
Albany, GA WFXL 31 2006–2013[a] Fox affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
Peoria–Bloomington, IL WHOI 19 2004–2013[b] TBD affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
Marquette, MI WLUC-TV 6 2006–2013[a] NBC affiliate owned by Gray Television
Saginaw–Bay City–Flint–Midland, MI WEYI-TV 25 2004–2013[b] NBC affiliate owned by Howard Stirk Holdings[c]
WBSF 46 2004–2013 The CW affiliate owned by Cunningham Broadcasting[c]
Traverse City–Cheboygan–Cadillac–
Sault Ste. Marie, MI 		WPBN-TV 7 2006–2013[a] NBC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
WTOM-TV[A] 4 2006–2013[a] NBC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
WGTU 29 2009–2013[d] ABC affiliate owned by Cunningham Broadcasting[c]
WGTQ[B] 8 2009–2013[d] ABC affiliate owned by Cunningham Broadcasting[c]
Columbia–Jefferson City, MO KRCG 13 2005–2013 CBS affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
Hannibal, MO–Quincy, IL–Keokuk, IA KHQA-TV 7 2004–2013[b] CBS affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
Kirksville, MO–Ottumwa, IA KTVO 3 2006–2013[a] ABC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
Syracuse, NY WSTM-TV 3 2006–2013[a] NBC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
WTVH 5 [e] CBS affiliate owned by Granite Broadcasting[f]
WSTQ-LP 14 2006–2013[a] The CW affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
Toledo, OH WNWO-TV 24 2006–2013[a] NBC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
Columbia, SC WACH 57 2006–2013[a] Fox affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
Florence–Myrtle Beach, SC WPDE-TV 15 2005–2013 ABC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
WWMB 21 [g] Dabl affiliate owned by Howard Stirk Holdings[c]
Amarillo, TX–Clovis, NM KVII-TV 7 2005–2013 ABC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
KVIH-TV[C] 12 2005–2013 ABC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
Harlingen–McAllen–Brownsville, TX KGBT-TV 4 2006–2013[a] Antenna TV affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
  1. ^ Satellite of WPBN.
  2. ^ Satellite of WGTU.
  3. ^ Satellite of KVII.
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Acquired from Raycom Media.
  2. ^ a b c Founding station of Barrington Broadcasting.
  3. ^ a b c d e Operated through an SSA by Sinclair Broadcast Group.
  4. ^ a b Owned by Tucker Broadcasting, Barrington operated WGTU under an LMA.
  5. ^ Owned by Granite Broadcasting, Barrington operated WTVH under an LMA.
  6. ^ Operated under an LMA by Sinclair Broadcast Group.
  7. ^ Owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting, Barrington operated WWMB under an LMA.

References

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  1. ^ "About Us". Barrington Broadcasting corporate website. 2012. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  2. ^ a b Malone, Michael (2011). "K. James Yager, CEO and Co-founder, Barrington Broadcasting Group, LLC". Broadcasting & Cable magazine via website. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  3. ^ Raycom and Barrington Announce Deal For Twelve Television Stations, businesswire.com, March 27, 2006, Retrieved November 6, 2018.
  4. ^ "Barrington and Raycom Announce Completion of Transaction for Twelve Television Stations". Raycom Media. August 11, 2006. Archived from the original on August 21, 2006. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
  5. ^ "Sinclair, Nexstar in Running for Barrington". TV News Check-Jack Messmer. November 29, 2012. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
  6. ^ Malone, Michael (February 28, 2013). "Sinclair's Chesapeake TV Acquires Barrington Stations". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
  7. ^ FCC approves sales of three Syracuse TV stations cnyradio.com, Retrieved November 19, 2013
  8. ^ "Sinclair Broadcast Group Closes On Acquisition Of Barrington Stations". Sinclair Broadcast Group. November 25, 2013. Retrieved January 12, 2018.