Editing LIN Media (section)

== Former stations ==
* Stations are arranged in alphabetical order by state and [[city of license]].
* Two boldface asterisks appearing following a station's call letters ('''**''') indicate a station built and signed on by LIN Media.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Stations owned by LIN Media
! scope="col" | [[Media market]]
! scope="col" | State/Territory
! scope="col" | Station
! scope="col" | Purchased
! scope="col" | Sold
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]] || rowspan="3" | [[Alabama]]
! scope="row" | [[WIAT]]
| 2012 || 2014 || 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]]
! scope="row" | [[WALA-TV]]
| 2005 || 2014 || 
|-
! scope="row" | [[WFNA (TV)|WFNA]]
| 2006 || 2014 || {{efn|Known as WBPG prior to 2009.}}
|-
| [[San Diego]] || [[California]]
! scope="row" | [[KNSD]]
| 1997 || 1998 || {{efn|Through Station Venture Operations, LIN kept 24 percent ownership of these stations from 1998 to 2013.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/CMCSA/1750045147x0xS1193125-12-74400/902739/filing.pdf | title=NBCUniversal 2011Annual Report/ 10K | publisher=[[NBCUniversal]] | access-date=October 19, 2012 | archive-date=July 28, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728211346/http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/CMCSA/1750045147x0xS1193125-12-74400/902739/filing.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=rbr-lin/>|name=NBCVenture}}
|-
| [[Durango, Colorado|Durango]] || [[Colorado]]
! scope="row" | [[KREZ-TV]]
| 2005 || 2014 || {{efn-ua|name=KRQE}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]]–[[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]] || rowspan="2" | [[Connecticut]]
! scope="row" | [[WTNH]]
| 1994 || 2014 || 
|-
! scope="row" | [[WCTX]]
| 1995 || 2014 || {{efn|Known as WTVU from 1995 to 1996, and as WBNE from 1996 to 2000.}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]] || rowspan="2" | [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
! scope="row" | [[WJCL (TV)|WJCL]]
| 2012 || 2014 || 
|-
! scope="row" | [[WTGS]]
| 2012 || 2014 || {{efn|name=3rdParty}}
|-
| [[Honolulu]] || rowspan="3" | [[Hawaii]]
! scope="row" | [[KHON-TV]]
| 2012 || 2014 || 
|-
| [[Hilo, Hawaii|Hilo]]
! scope="row" | [[KHAW-TV]]
| 2012 || 2014 || {{efn-ua|Satellite of KHON-TV.|name=KHON}}
|-
| [[Wailuku, Hawaii|Wailuku]]
! scope="row" | [[KAII-TV]]
| 2012 || 2014 || {{efn-ua|Satellite of KHON-TV.|name=KHON}}
|-
| [[Decatur, Illinois|Decatur]]–[[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]]–[[Champaign, Illinois|Champaign]] || [[Illinois]]
! scope="row" | [[WAND (TV)|WAND]]
| 1965 || 2000 || {{efn|Known as WTVP prior to 1966.}}
|-
| [[Fort Wayne, Indiana|Fort Wayne]] || rowspan="6" | [[Indiana]]
! scope="row" | [[WANE-TV]]
| 1984 || 2014 || 
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Indianapolis]]
! scope="row" | [[WISH-TV]]
| 1984 || 2014 || 
|-
! scope="row" | [[WNDY-TV]]
| 2005 || 2014 || 
|-
! scope="row" | [[WIIH-CD]]
| 1992 || 2014 || {{efn-ua|Translator of WISH-TV.}}
|-
| [[Terre Haute, Indiana|Terre Haute]]
! scope="row" | [[WTHI-TV]]
| 2005 || 2014 || 
|-
| [[West Lafayette, Indiana|West Lafayette]]
! scope="row" | [[WLFI-TV]]
| 2000 || 2014 || 
|-
| [[Mason City, Iowa|Mason City]] || [[Iowa]]
! scope="row" | [[KIMT]]
| 2012 || 2014 || 
|-
| [[Colby, Kansas|Colby]] || rowspan="10" | [[Kansas]]
! scope="row" | [[KLBY]]
| 1999 || 2000 || {{efn-ua|Satellite of KAKE.|name=KAKE}}
|-
| [[Dodge City, Kansas|Dodge City]]
! scope="row" | [[KUPK-TV]]
| 1999 || 2000 || {{efn-ua|name=KAKE}}
|-
| [[Garden City, Kansas|Garden City]]
! scope="row" | [[KSNG]]
| 2012 || 2014 || {{efn-ua|Satellite of KSNW.|name=KSNW}}
|-
| [[Great Bend, Kansas|Great Bend]]
! scope="row" | [[KSNC]]
| 2012 || 2014 || {{efn-ua|name=KSNW}}
|-
| [[Salina, Kansas|Salina]]
! scope="row" | [[KSNL-LD]]
| 2012 || 2014 || {{efn-ua|name=KSNW}}
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Topeka, Kansas|Topeka]]
! scope="row" | [[KSNT]]
| 2012 || 2014 || 
|-
! scope="row" | [[KTMJ-CD]]
| 2012 || 2014 || 
|-
! scope="row" | [[KTKA-TV]]
| 2012 || 2014 || {{efn|name=3rdParty}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]]
! scope="row" | [[KAKE (TV)|KAKE-TV]]
| 1999 || 2000 || 
|-
! scope="row" | [[KSNW]]
| 2012 || 2014 || 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield]] || rowspan="2" | [[Massachusetts]]
! scope="row" | [[WWLP]]
| 2000 || 2014 || 
|-
! scope="row" | [[WFXQ-CD]]
| 2006 || 2014 || {{efn-ua|Translator of WWLP.}}
|-
| [[Battle Creek, Michigan|Battle Creek]] || rowspan="5" | [[Michigan]]
! scope="row" | [[WOTV]]
| 2001 || 2014 || 
|-
| [[Bay City, Michigan|Bay City]]–[[Flint, Michigan|Flint]]–[[Saginaw, Michigan|Saginaw]]
! scope="row" | [[WEYI-TV]]
| 2002 || 2004 || 
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Grand Rapids, Michigan|Grand Rapids]]
! rowspan="2" | [[WOOD-TV]]
| 1983 || 1994 || {{efn|Known as WOTV prior to 1992.}}
|-
| 1999 || 2014 || 
|-
! scope="row" | [[WXSP-CD]]
| 2002 || 2014 || 
|-
| [[McCook, Nebraska|McCook]] || rowspan="2" | [[Nebraska]]
! scope="row" | [[KSNK]]
| 2012 || 2014 || {{efn-ua|name=KSNW}}
|-
| [[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]]
! scope="row" | [[WOWT]]
| 1999 || 2000 || 
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[Albuquerque, New Mexico|Albuquerque]]–[[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]] || rowspan="6" | [[New Mexico]]
! scope="row" | [[KRQE]]
| 2005 || 2014 || 
|-
! scope="row" | [[KASA-TV]]
| 2007 || 2014 || 
|-
! scope="row" | [[KWBQ]]
| 2010 || 2014 || {{efn|name=3rdParty}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[KASY-TV]]
| 2010 || 2014 || {{efn|name=3rdParty}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Roswell, New Mexico|Roswell]]
! scope="row" | [[KBIM-TV]]
| 2005 || 2014 || {{efn-ua|Satellite of KRQE.|name=KRQE}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[KRWB-TV]]
| 2010 || 2014 || {{efn-ua|Satellite of KWBQ.}}{{efn|name=3rdParty}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]] || rowspan="2" | [[New York (state)|New York]]
! scope="row" | [[WIVB-TV]]
| 1995 || 2014 || 
|-
! scope="row" | [[WNLO (TV)|WNLO]]
| 2001 || 2014 || 
|-
| [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]] || rowspan="7" | [[Ohio]]
! scope="row" | [[WWHO]]
| 2005 || 2012 || 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Dayton, Ohio|Dayton]]–[[Springfield, Ohio|Springfield]]
! scope="row" | [[WDTN]]
| 2002 || 2014 || 
|-
! scope="row" | [[WBDT]]
| 2010 || 2014 || {{efn|name=3rdParty}}
|-
| [[Toledo, Ohio|Toledo]]
! scope="row" | [[WUPW]]
| 2002 || 2012 || 
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Youngstown, Ohio|Youngstown]]
! scope="row" | [[WYFX-LD]]
| 2012 || 2014 || 
|-
! scope="row" | [[WKBN-TV]]
| 2012 || 2014 || 
|-
! scope="row" | [[WYTV]]
| 2012 || 2014 || {{efn|name=3rdParty}}
|-
| [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]] || [[Oregon]]
! scope="row" | [[KOIN]]
| 2012 || 2014 || 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]] || rowspan="2" | [[Rhode Island]]
! scope="row" | [[WPRI-TV]]
| 2002 || 2014 || 
|-
! scope="row" | [[WNAC-TV]]
| 2001 || 2014 || {{efn|name=3rdParty}}
|-
| [[Abilene, Texas|Abilene]] || rowspan="7" | [[Texas]]
! scope="row" | [[KRBC-TV]]
| 2002 || 2003 || 
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Austin, Texas|Austin]]
! scope="row" | [[KXAN-TV]]
| 1979 || 2014 || {{efn|Known as KTVV prior to 1987.}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[KNVA]]
| 1994 || 2014 || {{efn|name=3rdParty}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[KBVO-CD]]
| 2001 || 2014 || {{efn-ua|Translator of KBVO.}}
|-
| [[Llano, Texas|Llano]]
! scope="row" | [[KBVO]] **
| 1991 || 2014 || {{efn|Known as KLNO in 1991 and KXAM from 1991 to 2009.}}
|-
| [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]]–[[Dallas]]
! scope="row" | [[KXAS-TV]]
| 1974 || 1998 || {{efn|name=NBCVenture}}
|-
| [[San Angelo, Texas|San Angelo]]
! scope="row" | [[KSAN-TV|KACB-TV]]
| 2002 || 2003 || 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Portsmouth, Virginia|Portsmouth]]–[[Norfolk, Virginia|Norfolk]]–[[Newport News, Virginia|Newport News]] || rowspan="2" | [[Virginia]]
! scope="row" | [[WAVY-TV]]
| 1968 || 2014 || 
|-
! scope="row" | [[WVBT]]
| 1995 || 2014 || 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Green Bay, Wisconsin|Green Bay]] || rowspan="2" | [[Wisconsin]]
! scope="row" | [[WLUK-TV]]
| 2005 || 2014 || 
|-
! scope="row" | [[WCWF]]
| 2010 || 2014 || 
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]] || rowspan="2" | [[Puerto Rico]]
! scope="row" | [[WAPA-TV]]
| 1998 || 2007 || 
|-
! scope="row" | [[WJPX]]
| 2001 || 2007 || 
|}
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