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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;3, 2004</B>



<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt">Washington, DC 20549
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>Belo Corp.</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>75-0135890</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State of Other Jurisdiction of
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Incorporation or Organization)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Identification Number)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>P. O. Box 655237</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>75265</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Dallas, Texas</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Zip Code)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>BELO SAVINGS
PLAN<BR></B>
(Full Title of the Plan)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>RUSSELL F. COLEMAN<BR>
Vice President/General Counsel<BR>
BELO CORP.<BR>
P. O. Box 655237<BR>
Dallas, Texas 75265</B><BR>
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(214)&nbsp;977-6606</B><BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)



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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>Copy to</I>:
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>VAN M. JOLAS<BR>
Locke Liddell &#038; Sapp LLP<BR>
2200 Ross Avenue, Suite&nbsp;2200<BR>
Dallas, Texas 75201<BR>
(214)&nbsp;740-8000</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>


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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of Securities</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price per</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Aggregate Offering</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>to be Registered</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registered(1)</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Share(2)</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Price(2)</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registration Fee(2)</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Series&nbsp;A Common Stock,
$1.67 par value(1)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">5,000,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">25.355</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">126,775,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">16,062.39</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Employee Participations in the
Belo Savings Plan(3)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(4</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(4</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(4</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(4</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="right">(1)</TD>
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    <TD>This Registration Statement also covers an equal number of preferred
share purchase rights issuable pursuant to the terms of an Amended and
Restated Rights Agreement dated as of February&nbsp;28, 1996, between the
Registrant and The First National Bank of Boston, as Rights Agent, as
amended, which rights will be transferable only with related shares of
Series&nbsp;A Common Stock.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
This fee was calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, on the basis of the average of the high and low
prices for the Series&nbsp;A Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on
November&nbsp;30, 2004.</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of
interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Belo Savings Plan.</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h)(2) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
no separate registration fee is required with respect to interests in the
Belo Savings Plan.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#006">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#007">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="d20662exv5w1.htm">Opinion and Consent of Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>NOTE</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement relates to the registration of additional
securities under the Belo Savings Plan (formerly known as the A.H. Belo
Corporation Employee Savings and Investment Plan). In accordance with General
Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of each of two previous Registration
Statements filed by Belo Corp. on Form S-8, which are (i)&nbsp;File No.&nbsp;33-30994,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;11, 1989, as
amended by Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 thereto (File No.&nbsp;33-30994, filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January&nbsp;18, 1994), and (ii)&nbsp;File
No.&nbsp;333-88030, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;10,
2002, are hereby incorporated by reference in and made a part of this
Registration Statement, except as amended hereby.

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART I</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS</B>


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The information specified by Item&nbsp;1 of Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 is omitted from
this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Act&#148;), and the introductory note to Part&nbsp;I of
Form S-8.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The information specified by Item&nbsp;2 of Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 is omitted from
this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 under the Act and the
introductory note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8.


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents set forth below are hereby incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement. All documents subsequently filed by Belo Corp. (the
&#147;Company&#148;) and the Belo Savings Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
&#147;Exchange Act&#148;), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
deregisters the securities offered hereby then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be
a part hereof commencing on the respective dates on which such documents are
filed. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement or in any
other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated
by reference in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement, except as such statement is
so modified or superceded.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December&nbsp;31, 2003 (the &#147;2003 Form&nbsp;10-K&#148;) and the Plan&#146;s
Annual Report on Form 11-K for the plan year ended December&nbsp;31,
2003.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2004.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2004.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 2004.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered
by the 2003 Form 10-K.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) The description of the Company&#146;s Series&nbsp;A Common Stock
contained in the Company&#146;s Form 8-B Registration Statement dated
August&nbsp;10, 1987, as amended by the Company&#146;s Current Report on
Form 8-K dated May&nbsp;4, 1988, including any amendments or reports
that have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the &#147;Commission&#148;) for the purpose of updating such description.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) The description of the Company&#146;s Series&nbsp;B Common Stock
contained in the Company&#146;s Form 8-A Registration Statement dated
April&nbsp;19, 1989, including any amendments or reports that have been
filed with the Commission for the purpose of updating such
description.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) The description of the Preferred Share Purchase Rights
contained in the Company&#146;s Form 8-A dated March&nbsp;19, 1987, as
amended by the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated May&nbsp;4,
1988 and Form 8-A/A dated March&nbsp;1, 1996, including any amendments
or reports that have been filed with the Commission for the
purpose of updating such description.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The list of exhibits required by this item is set forth under the heading
&#147;INDEX TO EXHIBITS&#148; on pages II-6 and II-7 of this Registration Statement.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company hereby undertakes that it will submit or has submitted the
Plan and any amendments thereto to the Internal Revenue Service (&#147;IRS&#148;) in a
timely manner and has made or will make all changes required by the IRS in
order to qualify the Plan under Section&nbsp;401 of the Internal Revenue Code.


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Robert W. Decherd, Dennis A. Williamson and Guy
H. Kerr, each of them or any of them, as his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, to execute in the name and on behalf of such person, in any and
all capacities, any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to
this Registration Statement now or hereafter filed by or on behalf of Belo
Corp. (the &#147;Company&#148;) covering securities issued or issuable under or in
connection with the Belo Savings Plan (as now or hereafter amended) and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents required in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any state or other
securities authority, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them or any of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do
in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them or any one of them, or his substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on the 3<SUP>rd</SUP> day of December,
2004.


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    <TD colspan="3">BELO CORP.<BR>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Russell F. Coleman
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    <TD colspan="2">Russell F. Coleman&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2">Vice President/General Counsel&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated:

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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Signature</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Date</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert W. Decherd
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chairman of the Board, President
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;3, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade width="80%" align="left">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">and Chief Executive Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Robert W. Decherd</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Henry P. Becton, Jr.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade width="80%" align="left">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;3, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Henry P. Becton, Jr.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Louis E. Caldera</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade width="80%" align="left">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;3, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Louis E. Caldera</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ France A. C&#243;rdova, Ph.D.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade width="80%" align="left">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;3, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">France A. C&#243;rdova, Ph.D.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Judith L. Craven, M.D., M.P.H.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade width="80%" align="left">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;3, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Judith L. Craven, M.D., M.P.H.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Roger A. Enrico</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade width="80%" align="left">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;3, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Roger A. Enrico</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Stephen Hamblett</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade width="80%" align="left">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;3, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Stephen Hamblett</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Dealey D. Herndon</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade width="80%" align="left">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;3, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Dealey D. Herndon</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Laurence E. Hirsch</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade width="80%" align="left">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;3, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Laurence E. Hirsch</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Wayne R. Sanders</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade width="80%" align="left">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;3, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Wayne R. Sanders</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William T. Solomon</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade width="80%" align="left">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;3, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">William T. Solomon</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ M. Anne Szostak</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade width="80%" align="left">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;3, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">M. Anne Szostak</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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</TABLE>
</DIV>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">II-3
</DIV>

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<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Lloyd D. Ward</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade width="100%" align="left">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;3, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Lloyd D. Ward</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ J. McDonald Williams</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade width="100%" align="left">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;3, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">J. McDonald Williams</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Dennis A. Williamson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Senior Corporate Vice President/
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;3, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade width="100%" align="left">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Dennis A. Williamson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Principal Financial Officer and</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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</TABLE>
</DIV>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">II-4
</DIV>

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Plan has
caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas,
on the 3<SUP>rd</SUP> day of December, 2004.


<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3">BELO SAVINGS PLAN<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">The Belo Benefits Administrative Committee
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="52%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">                                   /s/ Marian Spitzberg
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Marian Spitzberg, Chair&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">II-5
</DIV>

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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INDEX TO EXHIBITS</B>


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<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="87%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Number</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Description</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s
Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K dated March&nbsp;15, 2000 (the &#147;1999 Form&nbsp;10-K&#148;))</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Correction to Certificate of Incorporation dated May&nbsp;13, 1987
(Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the 1999 Form&nbsp;10-K)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" align="center">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Designation of Series&nbsp;A Junior Participating Preferred Stock
of the Company dated April&nbsp;16, 1987 (Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to the 1999 Form&nbsp;10-K)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" align="center">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Company dated
May&nbsp;4, 1988 (Exhibit&nbsp;3.4 to the 1999 Form&nbsp;10-K)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" align="center">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Company dated
May&nbsp;3, 1995 (Exhibit&nbsp;3.5 to the 1999 Form&nbsp;10-K)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" align="center">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Company dated
May&nbsp;13, 1998 (Exhibit&nbsp;3.6 to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for
the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 1998) (Commission File No.&nbsp;002-74702)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" align="center">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.7
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Ownership and Merger, dated December&nbsp;20, 2000, but effective
as of 11:59&nbsp;p.m. on December&nbsp;31, 2000 (Exhibit&nbsp;99.2 to Belo&#146;s Current Report
on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission on December&nbsp;29, 2000)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" align="center">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.8
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended Certificate of Designation of Series&nbsp;A Junior Participating Preferred
Stock of the Company dated May&nbsp;4, 1988 (Exhibit&nbsp;3.7 to the 1999 Form&nbsp;10-K)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" align="center">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.9
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Designation of Series&nbsp;B Common Stock of the Company dated May
4, 1988 (Exhibit&nbsp;3.8 to the 1999 Form&nbsp;10-K)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" align="center">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.10
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, effective December&nbsp;31, 2000
(Exhibit&nbsp;3.10 to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K dated March&nbsp;13,
2001 (the &#147;2000 Form&nbsp;10-K&#148;))</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" align="center">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.11
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, effective
February&nbsp;7, 2003 (Exhibit&nbsp;3.11 to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K
dated March&nbsp;12, 2003 )</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" align="center">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.12
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen Form of Certificate representing shares of the Company&#146;s Series&nbsp;A
Common Stock (Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to the 2000 Form&nbsp;10-K)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" align="center">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.13
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen Form of Certificate representing shares of the Company&#146;s Series&nbsp;B
Common Stock (Exhibit&nbsp;4.3 to the 2000 Form&nbsp;10-K)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" align="center">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.14
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Rights Agreement as of February&nbsp;28, 1996 between the
Company and Chemical Mellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C., a New York banking
corporation (Exhibit&nbsp;4.4 to the 1999 Form&nbsp;10-K)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" align="center">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.15
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Supplement No.&nbsp;1 to Amended and Restated Rights Agreement between the Company
and The First National Bank of Boston dated as of November&nbsp;11, 1996 (Exhibit
4.5 to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended
September&nbsp;30, 1996) (Commission File No.&nbsp;001-08598)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" align="center">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.16
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Supplement No.&nbsp;2 to Amended and Restated Rights Agreement between the Company
and The First National Bank of Boston dated as of June&nbsp;5, 1998 (Exhibit&nbsp;4.6
to the 2000 Form&nbsp;10-K)</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="77%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Number</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="7"><B>Description</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom" align="center">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.17
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" colspan="7">Instruments defining rights of debt securities:</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">(1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" colspan="4">Indenture dated as of June&nbsp;1, 1997 between the Company and The Chase
Manhattan Bank, as Trustee (the &#147;Indenture&#148;)(Exhibit&nbsp;4.6(1) to the Company&#146;s
Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 1997 (Commission
File No.&nbsp;002-74702)(the &#147;2<SUP>nd</SUP> Quarter 1997 Form&nbsp;10-Q&#148;))</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">(2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(a)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">$200&nbsp;million 7-1/8% Senior Note due 2007 (Exhibit&nbsp;4.6(3)(a) to the
2<SUP>nd</SUP> Quarter 1997 Form&nbsp;10-Q)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(b)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">$100&nbsp;million 7-1/8% Senior Note due 2007 (Exhibit&nbsp;4.6(3)(b) to the 2<SUP>nd</SUP>
Quarter 1997 Form&nbsp;10-Q)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">(3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">$200&nbsp;million 7-3/4% Senior Debenture due 2027 (Exhibit&nbsp;4.6(4) to the 2<SUP>nd</SUP>
Quarter 1997 Form&nbsp;10-Q)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">(4</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">Officers&#146; Certificate dated June&nbsp;13, 1997 establishing terms of debt
securities pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1 of the Indenture (Exhibit&nbsp;4.6(5) to the
2<SUP>nd</SUP> Quarter 1997 Form&nbsp;10-Q)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">(5</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(a)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">$200&nbsp;million 7-1/4% Senior Debenture due 2027 (Exhibit&nbsp;4.6(6)(a) to
the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended September
30, 1997 (Commission File No.&nbsp;002-74702) (the &#147;3<SUP>rd</SUP> Quarter 1997 Form&nbsp;10-Q&#148;))</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(b)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">$50&nbsp;million 7-1/4% Senior Debenture due 2027 (Exhibit&nbsp;4.6(6)(b) to the
3<SUP>rd</SUP> Quarter 1997 Form&nbsp;10-Q)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">(6</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">Officers&#146; Certificate dated September&nbsp;26, 1997 establishing terms of debt
securities pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1 of the Indenture (Exhibit&nbsp;4.6(7) to the
3<SUP>rd</SUP> Quarter 1997 Form&nbsp;10-Q)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">(7</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">$350&nbsp;million 8.00% Senior Note due 2008 (Exhibit&nbsp;4.6(8) to the Company&#146;s
Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 2001 (the
&#147;3<SUP>rd</SUP> Quarter 2001 Form&nbsp;10-Q&#148;))</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">(8</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">Officers&#146; Certificate dated November&nbsp;1, 2001 establishing terms of debt
securities pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.1 of the Indenture (Exhibit&nbsp;4.6(9) to the
3<SUP>rd</SUP> Quarter 2001 Form&nbsp;10-Q)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" align="center">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.18
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" colspan="7">Belo Savings Plan Amended and Restated effective August&nbsp;1, 2004 (Exhibit
10.2(1)(a) to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter
ended June&nbsp;30, 2004)</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 3, 2004
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Belo Corp.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
75-0135890
(State of Other Jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)
Identification Number)
P. O. Box 655237
75265
Dallas, Texas
(Zip Code)
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
BELO SAVINGS
PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
RUSSELL F. COLEMAN
Vice President/General Counsel
BELO CORP.
P. O. Box 655237
Dallas, Texas 75265
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(214) 977-6606
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copy to
:
VAN M. JOLAS
Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP
2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 2200
Dallas, Texas 75201
(214) 740-8000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities
Amount to be
Offering Price per
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
to be Registered
Registered(1)
Share(2)
Price(2)
Registration Fee(2)
Series A Common Stock,
$1.67 par value(1)
5,000,000
$
25.355
$
126,775,000
$
16,062.39
Employee Participations in the
Belo Savings Plan(3)
(4
)
(4
)
(4
)
(4
)
(1)
This Registration Statement also covers an equal number of preferred
share purchase rights issuable pursuant to the terms of an Amended and
Restated Rights Agreement dated as of February 28, 1996, between the
Registrant and The First National Bank of Boston, as Rights Agent, as
amended, which rights will be transferable only with related shares of
Series A Common Stock.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
This fee was calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, on the basis of the average of the high and low
prices for the Series A Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on
November 30, 2004.
(3)
Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of
interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Belo Savings Plan.
(4)
Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(2) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
no separate registration fee is required with respect to interests in the
Belo Savings Plan.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
Item 1. Plan Information
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 8. Exhibits
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Opinion and Consent of Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
NOTE
This Registration Statement relates to the registration of additional
securities under the Belo Savings Plan (formerly known as the A.H. Belo
Corporation Employee Savings and Investment Plan). In accordance with General
Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of each of two previous Registration
Statements filed by Belo Corp. on Form S-8, which are (i) File No. 33-30994,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 11, 1989, as
amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 thereto (File No. 33-30994, filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 18, 1994), and (ii) File
No. 333-88030, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 10,
2002, are hereby incorporated by reference in and made a part of this
Registration Statement, except as amended hereby.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.
The information specified by Item 1 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from
this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and the introductory note to Part I of
Form S-8.
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
The information specified by Item 2 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from
this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Act and the
introductory note to Part I of Form S-8.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The documents set forth below are hereby incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement. All documents subsequently filed by Belo Corp. (the
"Company") and the Belo Savings Plan (the "Plan") pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
deregisters the securities offered hereby then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be
a part hereof commencing on the respective dates on which such documents are
filed. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement or in any
other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated
by reference in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement, except as such statement is
so modified or superceded.
(1) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2003 (the "2003 Form 10-K") and the Plan's
Annual Report on Form 11-K for the plan year ended December 31,
2003.
(2) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended March 31, 2004.
(3) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended June 30, 2004.
(4) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended September 30, 2004.
(5) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered
by the 2003 Form 10-K.
(6) The description of the Company's Series A Common Stock
contained in the Company's Form 8-B Registration Statement dated
August 10, 1987, as amended by the Company's Current Report on
Form 8-K dated May 4, 1988, including any amendments or reports
that have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission") for the purpose of updating such description.
(7) The description of the Company's Series B Common Stock
contained in the Company's Form 8-A Registration Statement dated
April 19, 1989, including any amendments or reports that have been
filed with the Commission for the purpose of updating such
description.
(8) The description of the Preferred Share Purchase Rights
contained in the Company's Form 8-A dated March 19, 1987, as
amended by the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 4,
1988 and Form 8-A/A dated March 1, 1996, including any amendments
or reports that have been filed with the Commission for the
purpose of updating such description.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The list of exhibits required by this item is set forth under the heading
"INDEX TO EXHIBITS" on pages II-6 and II-7 of this Registration Statement.
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The Company hereby undertakes that it will submit or has submitted the
Plan and any amendments thereto to the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") in a
timely manner and has made or will make all changes required by the IRS in
order to qualify the Plan under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Robert W. Decherd, Dennis A. Williamson and Guy
H. Kerr, each of them or any of them, as his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, to execute in the name and on behalf of such person, in any and
all capacities, any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to
this Registration Statement now or hereafter filed by or on behalf of Belo
Corp. (the "Company") covering securities issued or issuable under or in
connection with the Belo Savings Plan (as now or hereafter amended) and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents required in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any state or other
securities authority, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them or any of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do
in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them or any one of them, or his substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on the 3
rd
day of December,
2004.
BELO CORP.
By:
/s/ Russell F. Coleman
Russell F. Coleman
Vice President/General Counsel
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated:
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Robert W. Decherd
Chairman of the Board, President
December 3, 2004
and Chief Executive Officer
Robert W. Decherd
/s/ Henry P. Becton, Jr.
Director
December 3, 2004
Henry P. Becton, Jr.
/s/ Louis E. Caldera
Director
December 3, 2004
Louis E. Caldera
/s/ France A. Córdova, Ph.D.
Director
December 3, 2004
France A. Córdova, Ph.D.
/s/ Judith L. Craven, M.D., M.P.H.
Director
December 3, 2004
Judith L. Craven, M.D., M.P.H.
/s/ Roger A. Enrico
Director
December 3, 2004
Roger A. Enrico
/s/ Stephen Hamblett
Director
December 3, 2004
Stephen Hamblett
/s/ Dealey D. Herndon
Director
December 3, 2004
Dealey D. Herndon
/s/ Laurence E. Hirsch
Director
December 3, 2004
Laurence E. Hirsch
/s/ Wayne R. Sanders
Director
December 3, 2004
Wayne R. Sanders
/s/ William T. Solomon
Director
December 3, 2004
William T. Solomon
/s/ M. Anne Szostak
Director
December 3, 2004
M. Anne Szostak
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/s/ Lloyd D. Ward
Director
December 3, 2004
Lloyd D. Ward
/s/ J. McDonald Williams
Director
December 3, 2004
J. McDonald Williams
/s/ Dennis A. Williamson
Senior Corporate Vice President/
December 3, 2004
Chief Financial Officer
Dennis A. Williamson
(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Plan has
caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas,
on the 3
rd
day of December, 2004.
BELO SAVINGS PLAN
By:
The Belo Benefits Administrative Committee
By:
/s/ Marian Spitzberg
Marian Spitzberg, Chair
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K dated March 15, 2000 (the "1999 Form 10-K"))
4.2
Certificate of Correction to Certificate of Incorporation dated May 13, 1987
(Exhibit 3.2 to the 1999 Form 10-K)
4.3
Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock
of the Company dated April 16, 1987 (Exhibit 3.3 to the 1999 Form 10-K)
4.4
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Company dated
May 4, 1988 (Exhibit 3.4 to the 1999 Form 10-K)
4.5
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Company dated
May 3, 1995 (Exhibit 3.5 to the 1999 Form 10-K)
4.6
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Company dated
May 13, 1998 (Exhibit 3.6 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended June 30, 1998) (Commission File No. 002-74702)
4.7
Certificate of Ownership and Merger, dated December 20, 2000, but effective
as of 11:59 p.m. on December 31, 2000 (Exhibit 99.2 to Belo's Current Report
on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on December 29, 2000)
4.8
Amended Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred
Stock of the Company dated May 4, 1988 (Exhibit 3.7 to the 1999 Form 10-K)
4.9
Certificate of Designation of Series B Common Stock of the Company dated May
4, 1988 (Exhibit 3.8 to the 1999 Form 10-K)
4.10
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, effective December 31, 2000
(Exhibit 3.10 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K dated March 13,
2001 (the "2000 Form 10-K"))
4.11
Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, effective
February 7, 2003 (Exhibit 3.11 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
dated March 12, 2003 )
4.12
Specimen Form of Certificate representing shares of the Company's Series A
Common Stock (Exhibit 4.2 to the 2000 Form 10-K)
4.13
Specimen Form of Certificate representing shares of the Company's Series B
Common Stock (Exhibit 4.3 to the 2000 Form 10-K)
4.14
Amended and Restated Rights Agreement as of February 28, 1996 between the
Company and Chemical Mellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C., a New York banking
corporation (Exhibit 4.4 to the 1999 Form 10-K)
4.15
Supplement No. 1 to Amended and Restated Rights Agreement between the Company
and The First National Bank of Boston dated as of November 11, 1996 (Exhibit
4.5 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
September 30, 1996) (Commission File No. 001-08598)
4.16
Supplement No. 2 to Amended and Restated Rights Agreement between the Company
and The First National Bank of Boston dated as of June 5, 1998 (Exhibit 4.6
to the 2000 Form 10-K)
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Exhibit
Number
Description
4.17
Instruments defining rights of debt securities:
(1
)
Indenture dated as of June 1, 1997 between the Company and The Chase
Manhattan Bank, as Trustee (the "Indenture")(Exhibit 4.6(1) to the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1997 (Commission
File No. 002-74702)(the "2
nd
Quarter 1997 Form 10-Q"))
(2
)
(a)
$200 million 7-1/8% Senior Note due 2007 (Exhibit 4.6(3)(a) to the
2
nd
Quarter 1997 Form 10-Q)
(b)
$100 million 7-1/8% Senior Note due 2007 (Exhibit 4.6(3)(b) to the 2
nd
Quarter 1997 Form 10-Q)
(3
)
$200 million 7-3/4% Senior Debenture due 2027 (Exhibit 4.6(4) to the 2
nd
Quarter 1997 Form 10-Q)
(4
)
Officers' Certificate dated June 13, 1997 establishing terms of debt
securities pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Indenture (Exhibit 4.6(5) to the
2
nd
Quarter 1997 Form 10-Q)
(5
)
(a)
$200 million 7-1/4% Senior Debenture due 2027 (Exhibit 4.6(6)(a) to
the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September
30, 1997 (Commission File No. 002-74702) (the "3
rd
Quarter 1997 Form 10-Q"))
(b)
$50 million 7-1/4% Senior Debenture due 2027 (Exhibit 4.6(6)(b) to the
3
rd
Quarter 1997 Form 10-Q)
(6
)
Officers' Certificate dated September 26, 1997 establishing terms of debt
securities pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Indenture (Exhibit 4.6(7) to the
3
rd
Quarter 1997 Form 10-Q)
(7
)
$350 million 8.00% Senior Note due 2008 (Exhibit 4.6(8) to the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2001 (the
"3
rd
Quarter 2001 Form 10-Q"))
(8
)
Officers' Certificate dated November 1, 2001 establishing terms of debt
securities pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Indenture (Exhibit 4.6(9) to the
3
rd
Quarter 2001 Form 10-Q)
4.18
Belo Savings Plan Amended and Restated effective August 1, 2004 (Exhibit
10.2(1)(a) to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended June 30, 2004)
5.1
Opinion of Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.2
Consent of Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
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Power of Attorney (set forth on page II-2 hereof)
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