SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BRODSKY PETER S (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O HICKS, MUSE, TATE & FURST 200 CRESCENT COURT, SUITE 1600 (Street) DALLAS TX 75201 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol LIN TV CORP [ TVL ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 10/10/2006
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Class C Common Stock	10/10/2006		P(1)		1	A	$0	23,302,739	I(2)	See attached footnote(3)(4)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Equity Fund III, L.P. ("Fund III") purchased 1 share of Class C Common Stock held by Fojtasek Capital, Ltd. Peter Brodsky is an executive officer of Fund III.

2. Includes 2,000 shares of Class A Common Stock held of record by Mr. Brodsky. Also, includes shares held by the following persons or entities that are or may be deemed to be affiliated with Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Incorporated: (i) 18,122,110 shares held of record by Fund III, a limited partnership of which the ultimate general partner is Hicks, Muse Fund III Incorporated, (ii) 236,980 shares held of record by HM3 Coinvestors, L.P., a limited partnership of which the ultimate general partner is Hicks, Muse Fund III Incorporated, (iii) 4,692,329 shares held of record by Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Equity Fund IV,LP., a limited partnership of which the ultimate general partner is Hicks Muse Latin America Fund I Incorporated, (iv) 31,562 shares held of record by Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Private Equity fund IV, L.P., a limited partnership of which the ultimate general partner is Hicks, Muse Latin America Fund I Incorporated, (v) 72,820 shares held of record by HM4-EQ Coinvestors, L.P.,

3. a limited partnership of which the ultimate general partner is Hicks, Muse Fund IV, LLC , (vi) 13,016 shares held of record by HM-4EN Coinvestors, L.P., a limited partnership of which the ultimate general partner is Hicks, Muse fund IV, LLC, (vii) 8,329 shares held of record by HM4-P Coinvestors, L.P., a limited partnership of which the ultimate general partner is Hicks, Muse Fund IV, LLC, (viii) 127 shares held of record by HM 1-FOF Coinvestors, L.P., a limited partnership of which the ultimate general partner is Hicks, Muse Latin America Fund I Incorporated, and (ix) 123,466 shares held of record by Hicks, Muse & Co. Partners, L.P., a limited partnership of which the ultimate general partner is HM Partrners Inc. Mr. Brodsky disclaims beneficial ownership of shares not owned of record by him, except to the extent of pecuniary interest therein. In addition,

4. Jack D. Furst and John R. Muse are partners, stockholders and, together with Thomas O. Hicks, members of the management committee of Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Incorporated and, accordingly, may be deemed to beneficially own all or a portion of the shares held of record by the entities listed above. Each of Messrs. Furst, Muse, and Hicks disclaims the existence of a group and disclaims beneficial ownership of shares of common stock not owned of record by him.

	/s/ Peter E. Maloney, Attorney-in-fact for Peter S. Brodsky	10/11/2006
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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