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                                                                    EXHIBIT 3.13

                          CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                                 LINBENCO, INC.

     The undersigned, a natural person, for the purpose of organizing a
corporation for conducting the business and promoting the purposes hereinafter
stated, under the provisions and subject to the requirements of the laws of the
State of Delaware (particularly Chapter 1, Title 8 of the Delaware Code, and the
acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, and known, identified, and
referred to as the "General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware"), hereby
certifies that:

                                 ARTICLE 1. NAME

     The name of this corporation is Linbenco, Inc.

                     ARTICLE 2. REGISTERED AGENT AND OFFICE

     The address of the initial registered office of this corporation is 1013
Centre Road, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware, 19805; and the
name of the registered agent of the corporation in the State of Delaware is The
Prentice-Hall Corporation System, Inc.

                               ARTICLE 3. PURPOSE

     The purpose of this corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity
for which corporations may be organized under the Delaware General Corporation
Law (the "DGCL").

                                ARTICLE 4. SHARES

     The total number of shares of stock which the corporation shall have the
authority to issue is 1,000. The par value of each such shares is $.01. All such
shares are of one class and are shares of Common Stock.



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                             ARTICLE 5. INCORPORATOR

     The name and address of the incorporator are as follows:

     Gayle C. Toney, c/o LIN Television Corporation, 1001 G Street, N.W., Suite
700E, Washington, DC 20001

                               ARTICLE 6. BY-LAWS

     The Board of Directors shall have the power to adopt, amend or repeal the
By-laws of this corporation; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may
not repeal or amend any By-law that the stockholders have expressly provided may
not be amended or repealed by the Board of Directors. The stockholders shall
also have the power to adopt, amend or repeal the By-laws.

                          ARTICLE 7. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

     The number of Directors of this corporation shall be determined in the
manner provided by the By-laws and may be increased or decreased from time to
time in the manner provided therein. Written ballots are not required in the
election of Directors.

                          ARTICLE 8. PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS

     Preemptive rights shall not exist with respect to shares of stock or
securities convertible into shares of stock of this corporation.

                          ARTICLE 9. CUMULATIVE VOTING

     The right to cumulate votes in the election of Directors shall not exist
with respect to shares of stock of this corporation.




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                    ARTICLE 10. AMENDMENTS TO CERTIFICATE OF
                                 INCORPORATION

     This corporation reserves the right to amend or repeal any of the
provisions contained in this Certificate of Incorporation in any manner now or
hereafter permitted by law, and the rights of the stockholders of this
corporation are granted subject to this reservation.

                  Article 11. LIMITATION OF DIRECTOR LIABILITY

     To the full extent that the DGCL, as it exists on the date hereof or may
hereafter be amended, permits the limitation or elimination of the liability of
directors, a director of this corporation shall not be liable to this
corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary
duty as a director. Any amendment to or repeal of this Article 11 shall not
adversely affect any right or protection of a director of this corporation for
or with respect to any acts of omissions of such director occurring prior to
such amendment or repeal. In addition to any requirements or any other
provisions herein or in the terms of any class or series of capital stock having
a preference over the common stock of this corporation as to dividends or upon
liquidation (and notwithstanding that a lesser percentage may be specified by
law), the affirmative vote of the holders of 80% or more of the voting power of
the outstanding voting stock of this corporation, voting together as a single
class, shall be required to amend, alter or repeal any provision of this Article
11.

     Signed on November 18, 1995.

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                                               Gayle C. Toney, Incorporator




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