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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2
 
               CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
 
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
LIN Television Corporation
 
   
     We consent to the references to our firm under the captions "Summary
Historical Financial Data," "Selected Consolidated Financial and Operating
Data," "Change In Accountant," and "Experts" and to the use of our reports dated
January 19, 1998, except for Note 2, as to which the date is March 3, 1998 and
dated March 3, 1998, in the Registration Statement (Form S-1 No. 333-54003) and
related Prospectus of LIN Television Corporation.
    
 
                                            ERNST & YOUNG LLP
 
Fort Worth, Texas
   
August 6, 1998