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Media General, Inc. announced today a definitive agreement with Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. under terms of which Media General will purchase WHTM TV, Channel 27, an ABC affiliate in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, currently owned by Allbritton Communications, for $83.4 million in cash. Sinclair previously announced that it would seek to divest the station in connection with its pending acquisition of Allbritton's broadcasting properties.
 
"WHTM TV is a marquee station in an attractive, capital-city market. It has a demonstrated, winning commitment to high-quality local news and programming and to its community. It fits perfectly with our Company," said George L. Mahoney, President and Chief Executive Officer of Media General. "We look forward to welcoming WHTM to Media General and to building further on its many accomplishments."
 
WHTM is the number-2 ranked television station in the 43rd-largest DMA in the country. The transaction is subject to the closing of the Sinclair-Allbritton transaction, to typical regulatory clearances, and to customary closing conditions for a transaction of this nature.
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