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.
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.
Barrington Viscount Barrington William Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington John Barrington, 1st Viscount Barrington George Barrington, 7th Viscount Barrington Barrington baronets Patrick Barrington, 11th Viscount Barrington Great Barrington, Massachusetts Barrington, Rhode Island William Barrington, 6th Viscount Barrington Walter Barrington, 9th Viscount Barrington Barrington station Barrington, Illinois Barrington, New Hampshire Barrington Street Barrington High School (Rhode Island) Francis Barrington Martin Barrington Samuel Barrington Ken Barrington Barrington Hills, Illinois John Barringt…
on CFS Barrington Barrington Public Schools Barrington, New Jersey William Barrington Percy Barrington, 8th Viscount Barrington Robert Barrington Barrington Moore Jr. Robert Barrington-Ward Municipality of the District of Barrington Lake Barrington (Tasmania) Barrington High School (Illinois) South Barrington, Illinois Barrington Passage, Nova Scotia Barrington D. Parker Richard Barrington (naturalist) Charles Barrington Jonah Barrington North Barrington, Illinois Richard Barrington Little Barrington Barrington, New Zealand Mount Barrington Barrington J. Bayley Jonah Barrington (judge) George Barrington Barrington Civic Center Historic District Mark Barrington-Ward Michael Barrington Barrington Broadcasting William Barrington-Coupe Barrington College Barrington River (Nova Scotia) Manliffe Barrington Amy Barrington Sir Thomas Barrington, 2nd Baronet Barrington Tower Tom Barrington Lake Barrington, Illinois Barrington Hall Great Barrington (CDP), Massachusetts Great Barrington station Society of the Congregational Church of Great Barrington Barrington River Henry Barrington John Barrington-Ward Barrington Levy Great Barrington Declaration United States Post Office–Great Barrington