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                                                                    EXHIBIT 3.19

   STATE OF DELAWARE
  SECRETARY OF STATE
DIVISION OF CORPORATIONS
FILED 09:00 AM 08/27/1999
  991359078 -- 3089114






                          CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                        LIN TELEVISION OF SAN JUAN, 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 LIN Television of San Juan, Inc.

                     ARTICLE 2. REGISTERED AGENT AND OFFICE

         The address of the initial registered office of this corporation 1013
Centre Road, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware, 19805; and the
name of the registered agent of the corporation in the State of Delaware is
Corporation Service Company.

                               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 5,000. 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:

         Marcia L. Greene, c/o LIN Television Corporation, 1001 G Street, N.W.,
         Suite 700 East, Washington, D.C. 20001.


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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may not be amended or repealed by the Board of Directors.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 addition to any requirements or any other
provisions herein or in the terms of any



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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 August 27, 1999.

                                                  /s/ MARCIA L. GREENE
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                                                  Marcia L. Greene, Incorporator














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