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The station gained a major ratings windfall in the fall of 1994, as it became Lafayette's secondary home for the Indianapolis Colts. In December 1993, Fox outbid CBS to obtain the broadcast rights to football games from the [[wikipedia:National Football Conference|National Football Conference]] of the [[wikipedia:National Football League|NFL]].<ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4205316.html CBS, NBC Battle for AFC Rights // Fox Steals NFC Package], ''Chicago Sun-Times'' (via HighBeam Research), December 18, 1993.</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=NBC Gets Final N.F.L. Contract While CBS Gets Its Sundays Off|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/21/sports/nbc-gets-final-nfl-contract-while-cbs-gets-its-sunday-off.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|accessdate=June 22, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 21, 1993}}</ref>  
 
The station gained a major ratings windfall in the fall of 1994, as it became Lafayette's secondary home for the Indianapolis Colts. In December 1993, Fox outbid CBS to obtain the broadcast rights to football games from the [[wikipedia:National Football Conference|National Football Conference]] of the [[wikipedia:National Football League|NFL]].<ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4205316.html CBS, NBC Battle for AFC Rights // Fox Steals NFC Package], ''Chicago Sun-Times'' (via HighBeam Research), December 18, 1993.</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=NBC Gets Final N.F.L. Contract While CBS Gets Its Sundays Off|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/21/sports/nbc-gets-final-nfl-contract-while-cbs-gets-its-sunday-off.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|accessdate=June 22, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 21, 1993}}</ref>  
  
[[Image:Fox 12 WLIN.jpeg|thumb|left|WLIN logo 2009-2012]]
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Owing to the market's status as a secondary market for the Indianapolis Colts, Colts games on WLIN are consistently among the highest-rated programs in the market during the Colts season when they host an NFC opponent. Imperial Broadcasting signed an unprecedented lifetime affiliation deal with Fox, which was establishing itself as a major network and was looking for more VHF stations. In late 1994, most stations owned by New Avon Communications (and eventual sister stations of WLIN) dropped their longtime "Big Three" affiliations and switched to Fox.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fox Gains 12 Stations in New World Deal|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4230288.html|accessdate=June 1, 2013|newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times|date=May 23, 1994}}</ref><ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-22619938.html Fox Network Takes 12 Stations from Big Three], ''[[The Buffalo News]]'' (via HighBeam Research), May 24, 1994.</ref>
 
Owing to the market's status as a secondary market for the Indianapolis Colts, Colts games on WLIN are consistently among the highest-rated programs in the market during the Colts season when they host an NFC opponent. Imperial Broadcasting signed an unprecedented lifetime affiliation deal with Fox, which was establishing itself as a major network and was looking for more VHF stations. In late 1994, most stations owned by New Avon Communications (and eventual sister stations of WLIN) dropped their longtime "Big Three" affiliations and switched to Fox.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fox Gains 12 Stations in New World Deal|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4230288.html|accessdate=June 1, 2013|newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times|date=May 23, 1994}}</ref><ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-22619938.html Fox Network Takes 12 Stations from Big Three], ''[[The Buffalo News]]'' (via HighBeam Research), May 24, 1994.</ref>
  

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