8-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 28, 2005

LIN TV Corp.	LIN Television Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)	(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware	001-31311	05-0501252	Delaware	000-25206	13-3581627
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)	(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

Four Richmond Square, Suite 200, Providence, Rhode Island	02906
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (401) 454-2880

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

	Item 8.01. Other Events
	Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
SIGNATURE
EXHIBIT INDEX
Press Release

Item 8.01. Other Events

     LIN TV Corp., a Delaware corporation (“LIN TV”), and its wholly owned subsidiary, LIN Television Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“LIN Television”), are jointly filing this current report on Form 8-K for the purpose of filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission LIN TV’s press release dated January 28, 2005 announcing that LIN Television has completed its sale of $175 million aggregate principal amount of its 6½% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013 (the “Notes”) in previously announced private placements.

     A copy of the press release relating to the announcement of the completion of the sale of the Notes is attached to this current report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

     (c)     Exhibits

               99.1     Press release dated January 28, 2005.

SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each of the registrants has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	LIN TV Corp.
Date: January 31, 2005	By:	/s/ William A. Cunningham
		Name:	William A. Cunningham
		Title:	Vice President and Controller

	LIN Television Corporation
Date: January 31, 2005	By:	/s/ William A. Cunningham
		Name:	William A. Cunningham
		Title:	Vice President and Controller

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Press Release dated January 28, 2005.

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Contacts:	Investors:	Media:
	Vincent L. Sadusky	Mark Semer
	Chief Financial Officer	Kekst and Company
	401-457-9403	212-521-4802

LIN TV Corp.’s Subsidiary Completes Sale of $175 Million
of 6½% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2013

Providence, R.I. – January 28, 2005 – LIN TV Corp. (NYSE: TVL) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary LIN Television Corporation completed its sale of $175 million aggregate principal amount of its 6½% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013 (the “Notes”) in a previously announced private placements. The Notes are expected to be resold by the initial purchasers to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and outside of the United States in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act.

The Notes are guaranteed by LIN TV Corp. and certain of LIN Television Corporation’s subsidiaries, and are additional securities under the indenture pursuant to which LIN Television Corporation issued $200 million aggregate principal amount of Notes in May 2003. It is intended that the proceeds from the sale of the Notes will be used to repurchase or redeem approximately $166.4 million principal amount of LIN Television Corporation’s 8% Senior Notes due 2008.

The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.

Forward Looking Statements

This announcement includes forward-looking statements, including LIN Television Corporation’s plans regarding the repurchase or redemption of the 8% Senior Notes due 2008. LIN Television Corporation has based these forward-looking statements on its current expectations and projections about future events. Although LIN Television Corporation believes that its assumptions made in connection with the forward-looking statements are reasonable, no assurances can be given that its assumptions and expectations will prove to have been correct. These forward-looking statements are subject to various risks, uncertainties and assumptions. LIN Television Corporation undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events discussed in this announcement might not occur.