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Benedek Broadcasting is a former television broadcaster, who owned and operated 22 network-affiliated television stations throughout the United States, all affiliated with major television networks, serving mainly small and medium-size markets. Image File history File links Information_icon. ... Image File history File links Wiki_letter_w. ...

Based in Hoffman Estates, IL the company was led by A. Richard Benedek, chairman and chief executive Officer, and K. James Yager, president and chief operating officer. The company began operations in the early 1990s and was largely formed by their buyouts of Brisette Broadcasting and Stauffer Communications.

Benedek Broadcasting filed for bankruptcy in 2002, and sold off its 22 stations to different owners, many of them to Gray Television. Barrington Broadcasting, which began operations in 2004 with former Benedek president K. James Yager as CEO, currently occupies what had been Benedek's headquarters and also owns two former Benedek stations. Gray Television, Inc. ... Barrington Broadcasting Company, LLC (best known as Barrington Broadcasting), headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois is an entity wholly focused on broadcast television. ...

Benedek was also notable in cancelling the license of U.S. Virgin Islands station WBNB-TV soon after their purchase of Brisette Broadcasting. WBNB went dark in 1989 when Brisette could not afford to replace the facilities damaged by Hurricane Hugo. WBNB-TV is the former CBS affiliate for the U.S. Virgin Islands, broadcasting from a 316 kW transmitter in Charlotte Amalie, on the island of Saint Thomas. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hurricane Hugo was a destructive Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that struck Puerto Rico, St. ...