Barrington Broadcasting

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Barrington Broadcasting Group, LLC
Company type Private
Industry Mass 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
Successor Sinclair Broadcast Group
Headquarters,
USA
Number of locations
Fifteen ranked television markets (U.S.)
Key people
  • K. James Yager, CEO
  • Warren Spector, CFO
Services Broadcasting
Parent Pilot 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.

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

City of license / Market StationChannelYears ownedCurrent status
Colorado SpringsPueblo, CO KXRM-TV 212006–2013 [lower-alpha 1] Fox affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
KXTU-LD 572006–2013 [lower-alpha 1] The CW station owned-and-operated (O&O) by Nexstar Media Group
Albany, GA WFXL 312006–2013 [lower-alpha 1] Fox affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
PeoriaBloomington, IL WHOI 192004–2013 [lower-alpha 2] TBD affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
Marquette, MI WLUC-TV 62006–2013 [lower-alpha 1] NBC affiliate owned by Gray Television
SaginawBay CityFlintMidland, MI WEYI-TV 252004–2013 [lower-alpha 2] NBC affiliate owned by Howard Stirk Holdings [lower-alpha 3]
WBSF 462004–2013The CW affiliate owned by Cunningham Broadcasting [lower-alpha 3]
Traverse CityCheboyganCadillac
Sault Ste. Marie, MI
WPBN-TV 72006–2013 [lower-alpha 1] NBC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
WTOM-TV [upper-alpha 1] 42006–2013 [lower-alpha 1] NBC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
WGTU 292009–2013 [lower-alpha 4] ABC affiliate owned by Cunningham Broadcasting [lower-alpha 3]
WGTQ [upper-alpha 2] 82009–2013 [lower-alpha 4] ABC affiliate owned by Cunningham Broadcasting [lower-alpha 3]
ColumbiaJefferson City, MO KRCG 132005–2013 CBS affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
Hannibal, MOQuincy, ILKeokuk, IA KHQA-TV 72004–2013 [lower-alpha 2] CBS affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
Kirksville, MOOttumwa, IA KTVO 32006–2013 [lower-alpha 1] ABC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
Syracuse, NY WSTM-TV 32006–2013 [lower-alpha 1] NBC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
WTVH 5 [lower-alpha 5] CBS affiliate owned by Granite Broadcasting [lower-alpha 6]
WSTQ-LP 142006–2013 [lower-alpha 1] The CW affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
Toledo, OH WNWO-TV 242006–2013 [lower-alpha 1] NBC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
Columbia, SC WACH 572006–2013 [lower-alpha 1] Fox affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
FlorenceMyrtle Beach, SC WPDE-TV 152005–2013ABC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
WWMB 21 [lower-alpha 7] Dabl affiliate owned by Howard Stirk Holdings [lower-alpha 3]
Amarillo, TXClovis, NM KVII-TV 72005–2013ABC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
KVIH-TV [upper-alpha 3] 122005–2013ABC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
HarlingenMcAllenBrownsville, TX KGBT-TV 42006–2013 [lower-alpha 1] Antenna TV affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
  1. Satellite of WPBN.
  2. Satellite of WGTU.
  3. Satellite of KVII.
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Acquired from Raycom Media.
  2. 1 2 3 Founding station of Barrington Broadcasting.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Operated through an SSA by Sinclair Broadcast Group.
  4. 1 2 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.

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References

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