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This chronology is indicative only.
Context
is provided by the broader communications and media timeline
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1948
WTNH founded
1949 WOOD-TV founded as WLAV-TV
1957 WLAV-TV acquired by Time
1962 KTHS (later KAAY) radio acquired by Lin Broadcasting
Corporation
1962 buys KEEL Shreveport
1967 pays US$7.5m for KILT radio Houston
1968 LIN Broadcasting buys WAVY-AM and WAVY-TV
1968 buys King Starday Records for US$5m
1971 sells James Brown music catalogue to Polydor
1971 sells King Starday to Leiber & Stoller's Tennessee
Recording & Publishing
1974 buys KXAS Fort Worth from Amon Carter Publications
for US$35m
1975 sells KAAY to Multimedia
1976 buys WPBS (later WUSL) radio Philadelphia
1979 buys KTVV-TV (later KXAN) from Kingstip Communications
1983 buys WOOD-TV
1986 LIN Broadcasting sells paging operations
1986 LIN Broadcasting sells six of its radio stations
1990 McCaw Cellular Communications acquires 52% interest
in LIN Broadcasting
1991 LIN Broadcasting takes stake in Radio Satellite Corp
with Hughes
1994 McCaw acquired by AT&T
for US$11.5bn
1994 LIN broadcasting stations spun off as LIN TV
1995 AT&T acquires rest of LIN Broadcasting
1998 Lin TV acquired by Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst
for US$1.9bn
1999 acquires WOOD-TV Grand Rapids
1999 LIN establishes Banks Broadcasting, minority-owned
tv broadcaster (KWCV-TV Wichita and KNIN-TV Boise) in
which it has a 50% interest
1999 buys WAPA-TV in San Juan, Puerto Rico
2000 acquires WLFI-TV Lafayette from Block
in exchange for 66% of WAND-TV (Champaign, Springfield,
Decatur)
2000 buys WWLP-TV Springfield
2001 buys WJPX-TV and two satellite facilities in Puerto
Rico
2001 buys WNLO-TV Buffalo (formerly WIVB) for US$25m
2002 buys WOTV-TV Battle Creek and WVBT-TV Norfolk
2002 agrees to acquire seven stations in six markets from
STC Broadcasting (formerly HMTF-controlled Sunrise Television),
inc WDTN-TV Dayton, WEYI-TV and WUPW-TV
2002 IPO on the New York Stock Exchange
2002 sells KRBC TV Abilene and KACB TV San Angelo to Mission
Broadcasting
2005 buys WNDY-TV Indianapolis and WWHO-TV Columbus from
Viacom
2005 announces agreement to purchase WALA-TV and WBPG-TV
(Mobile), WTHI-TV (Terre Haute), WLUK-TV (Green Bay) and
KRQE-TV (Albuquerque) from Emmis
for US$260m
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