Exhibit 2.1

                       CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP AND MERGER

                                       OF

                      MISSION BROADCASTING OF JOPLIN, INC.
                             a Delaware corporation

                                      INTO

                   MISSION BROADCASTING OF WICHITA FALLS, INC.
                             a Delaware corporation

It is hereby certified that:

     1. Mission Broadcasting of Wichita Falls, Inc. (the "Corporation") is a
business corporation of the State of Delaware.

     2. The Corporation is the owner of all of the outstanding shares of the
stock of Mission Broadcasting of Joplin, Inc. ("Joplin"), which is also a
business corporation of the State of Delaware.

     3. On September 30, 2002, the sole Director of the Corporation adopted the
following resolutions to merge Joplin into the Corporation:

     RESOLVED, that Joplin be merged into the Corporation, and that all of the
estate, property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of Joplin be vested
in and held and enjoyed by the Corporation as fully and entirely and without
change or diminution as the same were before held and enjoyed by Joplin it its
name.

     RESOLVED, that the Corporation shall assume all of the obligations of
Joplin.

     RESOLVED, that the Corporation shall cause to be executed and filed and/or
recorded the documents prescribed by the laws of the State of Delaware and by
the laws of any other appropriate jurisdiction and will cause to be performed
all necessary acts within the State of Delaware and within any other appropriate
jurisdiction.



     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Merger
as of this 30th day of September, 2002.

                                                MISSION BROADCASTING OF WICHITA
                                                FALLS, INC.

                                                By: /s/ David S. Smith
                                                    ---------------------------
                                                Name: David S. Smith
                                                Title: President