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                                                                    EXHIBIT 3.35

                          CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                            WTNH BROADCASTING, 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 WTNH Broadcasting, Inc.

                     ARTICLE 2. REGISTERED AGENT AND OFFICE

                 The address of the initial registered office of this
        corporation is Suite L-100, 32 Loockerman Square, City of Dover, County
        of Kent, Delaware, 19904; 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.

                            ARTICLE 5. INCORPORATOR

                 The name and address of the incorporator are as follows:
                 Gayle C. Toney, c/o LIN Broadcasting Corporation, 5295 
                 Carillon Point,
                 Kirkland, Washington 98033




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                               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.

                    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




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        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 September 28, 1994.
                                                   
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                                                 Gayle C. Toney, Incorporator


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