Local stations merging to form 2nd largest pure-play TV company in US

March 22, 2014 at 6:00a.m.

Staff report

LIN Media, which owns 43 television stations — including WKBN, WYFX and WYTV in Youngstown — will merge with Media General to form the second-largest pure-play television broadcasting company in the country.

The combined company will include 74 network-affiliated owned or serviced TV stations across 46 markets and will reach 26.5 million, or approximately 23 percent, of U.S. TV households.

LIN Media and Media General made the announcement Friday in a joint news release.

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