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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;14, 2005



<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-_____</DIV>


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

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


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

<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>LIN TV 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><BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation<BR>
or Organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>05-0501252</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Four Richmond Square<BR>
Providence, Rhode Island</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><B>02906</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Amended and Restated 2002 Non-Employee Director Stock Plan</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Gary R. Chapman<BR>
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
LIN TV Corp.<BR>
Four Richmond Square<BR>
Providence, Rhode Island 02906</B><BR>
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>401-454-2880</B><BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Copy to:



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Thomas S. Ward, Esq.<BR>
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP<BR>
60 State Street<BR>
Boston, Massachusetts 02109<BR>
617-526-6000</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>


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                    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">Class&nbsp;A Common Stock, $0.01<BR>
par value per share
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$14.12(2)
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">In accordance with Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities that may from time to time be
offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
transactions.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c)
and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and based upon the average of the high
and low prices of the Registrant&#146;s Class&nbsp;A Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock
Exchange on July&nbsp;7, 2005.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000"> PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item 1. Plan Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003"> PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005"> Item 4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006"> Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">Item 8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#010">Item 9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011"> SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#012">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="d26924exv5.htm">Opinion/Consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="d26924exv23w2.htm">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART I<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The information required by Item&nbsp;1 is included in documents sent or given to participants in
the plan covered by this registration statement pursuant to Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;).

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The written statement required by Item&nbsp;2 is included in documents sent or given to
participants in the plan covered by this registration statement pursuant to Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the
Securities Act.

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II<BR>
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 Registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements of Sections&nbsp;13(a),
14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), and in
accordance therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;). The following documents, which are on file with the
Commission, are incorporated in this registration statement by reference:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s latest annual report filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act or the latest prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act that
contains audited financial statements for the Registrant&#146;s latest fiscal year for which such
statements have been filed.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;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 document referred to in (a)&nbsp;above.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;The description of the securities contained in the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on
Form 8-A filed under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
updating such description.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be
part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for the purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration
statement.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP has opined as to the legality of the securities
being offered by this registration statement.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Exculpation</I>. Section&nbsp;102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law allows a corporation to
eliminate the personal liability of directors of a corporation to the corporation or its
securityholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where the
director breached his duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional
misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock
repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has included such provisions in its Second Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended to date.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Indemnification</I>. Section&nbsp;145 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware provides that a
corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation
and certain other persons serving at the request of the corporation in related capacities against
amounts paid and expenses incurred in connection with an action or proceeding to which he is a
party, or is threatened to be made a party by reason of such position, if such person shall have
acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation, and, in any criminal proceeding, if such person had no reasonable
cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; provided that, in the case of actions brought by or in
the right of the corporation, no indemnification shall be made with respect to any matter as to
which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the
extent that the adjudicating court determines that such indemnification is proper under the
circumstances.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended to
date, provides for indemnification of its respective officers and directors to the full extent
permitted by applicable law.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Insurance</I>. The Registrant has in effect, and intends to maintain, insurance to cover any
person who is or was one of its directors, officers, employees or agents, or a director, officer,
employee or agent of a subsidiary of the Registrant or is or was serving at the request of the
Registrant or its subsidiaries as a director, officer, employee or agent of another entity against
any liability asserted against him or her in that capacity, or arising out of his or her status as
such.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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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 Exhibit&nbsp;Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated herein by reference.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.&nbsp;<U><I>Item&nbsp;</I><I>512(a)</I><I> of Regulation&nbsp;S-K</I></U>. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement; and


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (i)&nbsp;and (ii)&nbsp;do not apply if the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed
with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of
the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.&nbsp;<U><I>Item&nbsp;</I><I>512(b)</I><I> of Regulation&nbsp;S-K</I></U>. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that,
for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated
by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.&nbsp;<U><I>Item&nbsp;</I><I>512(h)</I><I> of Regulation&nbsp;S-K</I></U>. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that
in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of
expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a
court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.


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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 Registrant 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 Providence, State of Rhode Island, on July &nbsp;14, 2005.


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    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>LIN TV CORP.</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" colspan="2">/s/ Gary R. Chapman</TD>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Gary R. Chapman     &nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES</B>




<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We, the undersigned officers and directors of LIN TV Corp., hereby severally constitute and
appoint Gary R. Chapman and William A. Cunningham, and each of them singly, our true and lawful
attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the
capacities indicated below, the registration statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all
subsequent amendments to said registration statement, and generally to do all such things in our
names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable LIN TV Corp. to
comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be
signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all
amendments thereto.


<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 dates indicated.

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    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/&nbsp;Gary R. Chapman<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Gary R. Chapman</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer<BR>
(Principal executive officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July &nbsp;14, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/&nbsp;Vincent L. Sadusky<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Vincent L. Sadusky</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer<BR>
(Principal Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July &nbsp;14, 2005</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/&nbsp;William A. Cunningham<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
William A. Cunningham</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Vice President, Controller<BR>
(Principal Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July &nbsp;14, 2005</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/&nbsp;Randall S. Fojtasek<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Randall S. Fojtasek</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July &nbsp;14, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Royal W. Carlson, III<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Royal W. Carlson, III</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 14, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ William S. Banowsky<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
William S. Banowsky</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 14, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ William H. Cunningham<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
William H. Cunningham</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 14, 2005</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Wilma Jordan<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Wilma Jordan</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 14, 2005</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Peter S. Brodsky<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Peter S. Brodsky</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 14, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of LIN TV
Corp., as amended</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated By-Laws of LIN TV Corp.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
(included in Exhibit&nbsp;5)</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP for Station Ventures Holdings, LLC</TD>
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registration statement)</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2004 (File No.
001-31311) and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the
Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2004 (File No.
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As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on July 14, 2005
Registration No. 333-_____
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
LIN TV Corp.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation
or Organization)
05-0501252
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
Four Richmond Square
Providence, Rhode Island
02906
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Amended and Restated 2002 Non-Employee Director Stock Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Gary R. Chapman
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
LIN TV Corp.
Four Richmond Square
Providence, Rhode Island 02906
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
401-454-2880
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
Copy to:
Thomas S. Ward, Esq.
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
60 State Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
617-526-6000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities to be
Amount to be
Maximum Offering
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
Registered
Registered(1)
Price Per Share
Price
Registration Fee
Class A Common Stock, $0.01
par value per share
400,000 shares
$14.12(2)
$5,648,000(2)
$665
(1)
In accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities that may from time to time be
offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
transactions.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c)
and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and based upon the average of the high
and low prices of the Registrant's Class A Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock
Exchange on July 7, 2005.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Opinion/Consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Consent of KPMG LLP
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.
The information required by Item 1 is included in documents sent or given to participants in
the plan covered by this registration statement pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
The written statement required by Item 2 is included in documents sent or given to
participants in the plan covered by this registration statement pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) of the
Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The Registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements of Sections 13(a),
14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in
accordance therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). The following documents, which are on file with the
Commission, are incorporated in this registration statement by reference:
(a) The Registrant's latest annual report filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act or the latest prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act that
contains audited financial statements for the Registrant's latest fiscal year for which such
statements have been filed.
(b) 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 document referred to in (a) above.
(c) The description of the securities contained in the Registrant's registration statement on
Form 8-A filed under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be
part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for the purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration
statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
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Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP has opined as to the legality of the securities
being offered by this registration statement.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Exculpation
. Section 102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law allows a corporation to
eliminate the personal liability of directors of a corporation to the corporation or its
securityholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where the
director breached his duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional
misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock
repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit.
The Registrant has included such provisions in its Second Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended to date.
Indemnification
. Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware provides that a
corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation
and certain other persons serving at the request of the corporation in related capacities against
amounts paid and expenses incurred in connection with an action or proceeding to which he is a
party, or is threatened to be made a party by reason of such position, if such person shall have
acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation, and, in any criminal proceeding, if such person had no reasonable
cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; provided that, in the case of actions brought by or in
the right of the corporation, no indemnification shall be made with respect to any matter as to
which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the
extent that the adjudicating court determines that such indemnification is proper under the
circumstances.
The Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended to
date, provides for indemnification of its respective officers and directors to the full extent
permitted by applicable law.
Insurance
. The Registrant has in effect, and intends to maintain, insurance to cover any
person who is or was one of its directors, officers, employees or agents, or a director, officer,
employee or agent of a subsidiary of the Registrant or is or was serving at the request of the
Registrant or its subsidiaries as a director, officer, employee or agent of another entity against
any liability asserted against him or her in that capacity, or arising out of his or her status as
such.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The Exhibit Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 9. Undertakings.
1.
Item
512(a)
of Regulation S-K
. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement;
provided, however,
that paragraphs (i) and (ii) do not apply if the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed
with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
2.
Item
512(b)
of Regulation S-K
. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that,
for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated
by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
3.
Item
512(h)
of Regulation S-K
. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that
in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of
expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a
court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant 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 Providence, State of Rhode Island, on July  14, 2005.
LIN TV CORP.
By:
/s/ Gary R. Chapman
Gary R. Chapman
Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
We, the undersigned officers and directors of LIN TV Corp., hereby severally constitute and
appoint Gary R. Chapman and William A. Cunningham, and each of them singly, our true and lawful
attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the
capacities indicated below, the registration statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all
subsequent amendments to said registration statement, and generally to do all such things in our
names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable LIN TV Corp. to
comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be
signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all
amendments thereto.
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 dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Gary R. Chapman
Gary R. Chapman
Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer
(Principal executive officer)
July  14, 2005
/s/ Vincent L. Sadusky
Vincent L. Sadusky
Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer)
July  14, 2005
/s/ William A. Cunningham
William A. Cunningham
Vice President, Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
July  14, 2005
/s/ Randall S. Fojtasek
Randall S. Fojtasek
Director
July  14, 2005
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Royal W. Carlson, III
Royal W. Carlson, III
Director
July 14, 2005
/s/ William S. Banowsky
William S. Banowsky
Director
July 14, 2005
/s/ William H. Cunningham
William H. Cunningham
Director
July 14, 2005
/s/ Wilma Jordan
Wilma Jordan
Director
July 14, 2005
/s/ Peter S. Brodsky
Peter S. Brodsky
Director
July 14, 2005
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Number
Description
3.1(1)
Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of LIN TV
Corp., as amended
3.2(2)
Amended and Restated By-Laws of LIN TV Corp.
5
Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
23.1
Consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
(included in Exhibit 5)
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.3
Consent of KPMG LLP for Station Ventures Holdings, LLC
24
Power of attorney (included on the signature pages of this
registration statement)
(1)
Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 3.1 to the
Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2004 (File No.
001-31311) and incorporated herein by reference.
(2)
Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 3.2 to the
Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2004 (File No.
001-31311) and incorporated herein by reference.