Young Broadcasting is an American
holding company that operates 13
television stations. Though the company is publicly held, it is the outgrowth of the ad representation/invest firm Adam Young, Inc. which was founded in 1944 by Adam Young and is currently run in part by his son Vince. Young Broadcasting entered station ownership in
1986 and in
1999 set the record for the purchase of a single station with their purchase of
KRON in
San Francisco, California for $820 million from Chronicle Broadcasting.
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