The largest station group to show refusal to air the special was LIN Television with Fox affiliates in six markets:

In 2005, Emmis sold the station to LIN Television (the station's current owner) in a group deal.

According to this station, LIN Television and Time Warner Cable were still trying to work on a deal even after the channels were dropped.

In March 1998, LIN Television was acquired by Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst, a leading private investment firm based in Dallas, Texas.

Under HMTFs ownership, LIN Television has grown considerably through a wide range of transactions:

Now owned by LIN Television:

Sunrise merged with LIN Television in 2001.

In July 2004, LIN Television sold KRBC to Mission Broadcasting.

WALA and WBPG were then sold to LIN Television in 2005 and 2006, respectively.

The rights to its programming were acquired by LIN Television, which placed those shows on WTVU (now WCTX).