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                                                                   Exhibit 10.19


                        TERMINATION AND RELEASE AGREEMENT

                  This TERMINATION AND RELEASE AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is
made and entered into as of February 20, 2002, by and among LIN Television
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), LIN Holdings Corp., a
Delaware corporation ("Holdings"), LIN TV Corp., a Delaware corporation (f/k/a
Ranger Equity Holdings Corporation) ("LIN"), Ranger Equity Holdings A Corp., a
Delaware corporation ("REHA"), Ranger Equity Holdings B Corp., a Delaware
corporation ("REHB" and, together with the Company, Holdings, LIN and REHA, the
"Clients"), and Hicks, Muse & Co. Partners, L.P., a Texas limited partnership
(together with its successors, "HMCo"), with respect to that certain Monitoring
and Oversight Agreement dated March 3, 1998, as amended, between the Clients and
HMCo, attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Monitoring Agreement").

                  WHEREAS, LIN has filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission a registration statement on Form S-1 (the "Registration Statement")
relating to the initial public offering of its Class A Common Stock, par value
$0.01 per share (the "IPO");

                  WHEREAS, the Clients and HMCo desire to terminate the
Monitoring Agreement, effective upon the consummation of the IPO (the "Effective
Time"); and

                  WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, the parties hereto have
entered into an Amended and Restated Financial Advisory Agreement (the "Amended
and Restated FAA"), pursuant to which as of the Effective Time the parties are
amending and restating their obligations under that certain Financial Advisory
Agreement dated March 3, 1998.

                  NOW, THEREFORE, intending to be legally bound and in
consideration for the mutual covenants and agreements contained in this
Agreement and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:

                  1. The Clients and HMCo hereby agree that, effective as of the
Effective Time, the Monitoring Agreement and any exhibits thereto shall
terminate and be of no further force and effect on any of the parties thereto
except that (i) Section 4 of the Monitoring Agreement shall survive the
termination of such agreements to the extent that HMCo is entitled to an expense
reimbursement for any services rendered in accordance with the terms thereof
prior to the Effective Time; (ii) Section 5 of the Monitoring Agreement shall
survive the termination of such agreement, and HMCo shall be entitled to
indemnity under Section 5, with respect to any services rendered by HMCo prior
to the Effective Time in accordance with the terms of such agreement; and (iii)
Section 6 of the Monitoring Agreement shall survive the termination of such
agreement.

                  2. Except for any claim that the Clients or their respective
successors or assigns may in the future have against HMCo under Section 6 of the
Monitoring Agreement, each of the Clients hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
releases, acquits and forever discharges HMCo, and each of its past, present or
future successors, assigns,



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employees, agents, stockholders, partners, subsidiaries, parent companies, other
affiliates (corporate or otherwise), and legal representatives, including their
past, present or future officers and directors, and each of them, of and from
any and all Released Claims (as defined herein), arising out of, based upon,
resulting from or relating to the negotiation, execution, performance, breach or
otherwise related to or arising out of the Monitoring Agreement. "Released
Claims" as used herein shall mean any and all charges, complaints, claims,
causes of action, promises, agreements, rights to payment, rights to any
equitable remedy, rights to any equitable subordination, demands, debts,
liabilities, express or implied contracts, obligations of payment or
performance, rights of offset or recoupment, accounts, damages, costs, losses or
expenses (including attorneys' and other professional fees and expenses) held by
any party hereto, whether known or unknown, matured or unmatured, suspected or
unsuspected, liquidated or unliquidated, absolute or contingent, direct or
derivative.

                  3. Except to the extent that Sections 4 and 5 of the
Monitoring Agreement survive the termination of such agreement as provided in
clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 1 hereof, HMCo hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally releases, acquits and forever discharges the Clients, and each
of their respective past, present or future successors, assigns, employees,
agents, stockholders, partners, subsidiaries, parent companies, other affiliates
(corporate or otherwise), and legal representatives, including their past,
present or future officers and directors, and each of them, of and from any and
all Released Claims arising out of, based upon, resulting from or relating to
the negotiation, execution, performance, breach or otherwise related to or
arising out of the Monitoring Agreement.

                  4. At the Effective Time and in consideration for the
termination of the Monitoring Agreement, subject to Paragraph 1 hereof, in full
satisfaction of all future compensation obligations under the Monitoring
Agreement, LIN shall (i) issue a stock purchase warrant to HMCo, in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, which grants HMCo a warrant
exercisable for the number of shares (rounded to the nearest whole share) of its
Class B Common Stock, as is determined by dividing $6,375,000 by the Fair Market
Value (as defined below) of a share of LIN's Class A Common Stock and (ii) (A)
in the event that the merger of Sunrise Television Corp. ("Sunrise") with and
into LIN (the "Merger") and the proposed sale (the "North Dakota Sale") of the
North Dakota stations of STC Broadcasting, Inc. ("STC"), a subsidiary of
Sunrise, to Smith Television of North Dakota, Inc. and/or its affiliates have
occurred prior to the IPO, transfer to HMCo any consideration (the "Excess
Consideration"), including the proposed promissory note in the principal amount
of $9,625,000 to be received by STC in connection with the North Dakota Sale, in
excess of $28,875,000 in cash or (B) in the event that the Merger and the North
Dakota Sale have not occurred prior to the Effective Time, promptly following
the Merger and the North Dakota Sale, transfer to HMCo the Excess Consideration;
provided, however, that if for any reason, the Merger or the North Dakota Sale
is terminated, then, within ten (10) days of such occurrence LIN shall pay to
HMCo by wire transfer of immediately available funds $9,625,000. For purposes
hereof, "Fair Market Value" shall mean the public offering price per share of
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Common Stock in the IPO, less underwriting discounts and commissions and $0.01.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is acknowledged and agreed that although an
aggregate amount of consideration is expressed herein, one-half of the
consideration described in this Section 4 to be received by HMCo is attributable
to, in consideration for, and being given in respect of the termination of the
Monitoring Agreement and one-half is attributable to, in consideration for, and
being given in respect of the execution of the Amended and Restated FAA.

                  5. Should any provision of this Agreement be declared or be
determined to be illegal, invalid, or otherwise unenforceable, the validity of
the remaining parts, terms, and provisions hereof will not be affected thereby
but such will remain valid and enforceable, and said illegal or invalid parts,
terms, or provisions shall be deemed not to be a part of this Agreement.

                  6. This Agreement shall be construed, interpreted, and
enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, excluding any
choice-of-law provisions thereof.

                  7. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument, and the signature of any
party to any counterpart shall be deemed a signature to, and may be appended,
any other counterpart.

                  8. This Agreement shall automatically terminate without any
further action of the parties hereto upon the withdrawal by LIN of the
Registration Statement or the failure of the Effective Time to occur on or
before August 1, 2002. Upon the termination of this Agreement pursuant to this
Section 8, the parties acknowledge that the Monitoring Agreement shall not be
terminated as provided herein and shall remain in full force and effect.




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                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be signed, all as of the date first written above.

                                        HICKS, MUSE & CO. PARTNERS, L.P.

                                        By:   HM PARTNERS INC.,
                                               its general partner

                                              By: /s/ DAVID W. KNICKEL
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                                              Name: David W. Knickel
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                                              Title: Vice President
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                                        LIN TELEVISION CORPORATION

                                        By: /s/ GARY R. CHAPMAN
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                                        Name: Gary R. Chapman
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                                        Title: Chairman, President & CEO
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                                        LIN HOLDINGS CORP.

                                        By: /s/ GARY R. CHAPMAN
                                           -------------------------------------
                                        Name: Gary R. Chapman
                                             -----------------------------------
                                        Title: Chairman, President & CEO
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                                        LIN TV CORP.

                                        By: /s/ GARY R. CHAPMAN
                                           -------------------------------------
                                        Name: Gary R. Chapman
                                             -----------------------------------
                                        Title: Chairman, President & CEO
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                                        RANGER EQUITY HOLDINGS A CORP.

                                        By: /s/ GARY R. CHAPMAN
                                           -------------------------------------
                                        Name: Gary R. Chapman
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                                        Title: Chairman, President & CEO
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                                        RANGER EQUITY HOLDINGS B CORP.

                                        By: /s/ GARY R. CHAPMAN
                                           -------------------------------------
                                        Name: Gary R. Chapman
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                                        Title: Chairman, President & CEO
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