Tribune Co. has agreed to purchase 19 television stations owned by Local TV Holdings in a $2.73-billion deal that is expected to make Tribune the largest television station group in the country.

Two Local TV (Oak Hill) Fox affiliates and two Tribune CW affiliates will be joining forces via an LMA and an SSA. The local marketing agreement will be in force in Denver, where Local’s KDVR-TV will ...

Gary Deeb brought a razor-sharp wit and high standards to his role as the Tribune’s high-profile media critic in the 1970s and early ’80s. Long-feared by TV personalities both locally and nationally ...