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LIN Holdings Corp.
 PROFILE
LIN Television keeps TV screens glowing across the US. It owns 11 and operates six television stations, mostly in the Midwest and Northeast, of which four are NBC affiliates, four broadcast CBS programs, one is affiliated with the ABC network, and two are independent (Puerto Rico, and Buffalo, NY). It also owns one-third of another ABC affiliate in Illinois. Through local marketing agreements, LIN operates FOX, WB, ABC, and UPN affiliates. LIN also operates a low power network. In 2001 it bought Buffalo, New York's independent affiliate WNLO-TV for $25 million. Investment firm Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst, owns 75% of LIN Television.

 COMPETITION
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 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: December
1999 Sales (mil.): 224.40
1-Yr. Sales Growth: (3.8)%
Employees: 1,454
Revenue per employee: $154,332.87

 KEY PEOPLE
• Gary R. Chapman
    CEO
• Peter E. Maloney
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
Four Richmond Sq., Ste. 400
Providence, RI 02906
US
Phone: 401-454-2880
Fax: 401-454-0089
Online: Web Site

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