LIN Names Blumenthal and Munson Regional Vice Presidents; White and Rogers Named Station Managers.

Entertainment Editors/Business Editors

PROVIDENCE, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 15, 2003

Today, Paul Karpowicz, Vice President-Television of LIN TV Corp., named Scott Blumenthal and Edward Munson Regional Vice Presidents of LIN Television Corporation; and named Jeff White Station Manager of WISH-TV in Indianapolis, IN and David Rogers Station Manager of WAVY-TV, in Norfolk, Virginia.

Scott Blumenthal will continue to oversee operations at WISH and WIIH, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Additionally, he will take on an oversight role in other LIN mid-west markets. He will also oversee LIN TV's mid-west hub, which will ultimately house programming, accounting, traffic, tape room and master control operations for the LIN mid-west stations.

Blumenthal began his broadcasting career in 1970 at WTWO in Terre Haute, Indiana. In 1975, he moved to WRTV in Indianapolis, Indiana where he held several positions in production and programming before moving into sales. He joined LIN TV in 1983 as the Local Sales Manager at WISH in Indianapolis. In 1988, he was promoted to General Sales Manager at WISH and held that position until 1994 when he was named President and General Manager of the LIN TV stations WOOD and WOTV in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 1999, he returned to WISH where he was named President and General Manager.

Ed Munson will continue to oversee operations at WAVY and WVBT in Norfolk, Virginia. Additionally, he will take on an oversight role in other LIN East Coast markets.

Munson began his career at WBKO in Bowling Green, Kentucky and has worked as an Account Executive at WHAS in Louisville and WXEX (now WRIC) in Richmond, Virginia and as a Local Sales Manager at WSOC in Charlotte, North Carolina and WAVE in Louisville, Kentucky. He joined LIN TV and WAVY in 1991 as General Sales Manager and was later promoted to Vice President and General Manager.

Jeff White, who will be responsible for the day-to-day operations and development of WISH-TV in Indianapolis, began his broadcasting career as a radio account executive at WLNZ in Lansing Michigan. He later made the move to LIN TV and WOOD as an account executive in 1986. White joined WISH as an account executive in 1989. He was promoted to National Sales Manager in 1994, Local Sales Manager in 1995 and General Sales Manager in 1998.

David Rogers began his career as a buyer and media planner for Redmond, Amundson & Rice Advertising, in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He spent five years in television advertising sales as an account executive at WVEC and WYAH in Norfolk before moving to LIN TV and WAVY. Over the past twelve years, Rogers has held various positions at WAVY including National Sales Manager, Local Sales Manager and General Sales Manager.

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Financial information and overviews of LIN TV's stations are available on the Company's website at www.lintv.com. Across the United States and Puerto Rico, today, LIN operates twenty-three television stations, including two under local marketing agreements, and two low-power networks.