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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-<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></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>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>05-0501252</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or Other Jurisdiction of
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Incorporation or Organization)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Four Richmond Square</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Providence, Rhode Island</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>02906</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of Principal Executive
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Zip Code)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Offices)</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Amended and Restated 2002 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 nowrap align="center">Securities to be</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Amount of</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Registered</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Share</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Class&nbsp;A Common
Stock, $0.01 par
value per share
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">3,600,000 shares
</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>

<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$14.12(2)
</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$50,832,000(2)
</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$5,983</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <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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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8
for the purpose of registering 3,600,000 additional shares of the Registrant&#146;s Class&nbsp;A Common Stock
issuable pursuant to the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated 2002 Stock Plan.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 incorporates by reference the contents of the
Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No.&nbsp;333-87920, relating to the Registrant&#146;s Amended and
Restated 2002 Stock Plan.

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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 by reference.


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



<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 Providence, Rhode Island on this 14th day of July&nbsp;2005.

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">LIN TV CORP.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Gary R. Chapman</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Gary R. Chapman</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman, President and</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer</TD>
    <TD>&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 valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Gary R. Chapman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 14, 2005</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">Gary R. Chapman</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal executive officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Vincent L. Sadusky</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 14, 2005</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Vincent L. Sadusky
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<TD valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ William A. Cunningham</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President, Controller
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 14, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">William A. Cunningham
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Randall S. Fojtasek</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 valign="top" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Randall S. Fojtasek
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Royal W. Carlson, III</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 14, 2005</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Royal W. Carlson, III
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ 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>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">William S. Banowsky
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&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="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ 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>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">William H. Cunningham
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&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="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ 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>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Wilma Jordan
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&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="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ 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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Peter S. Brodsky
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Number</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.1(1)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of LIN TV
Corp., as amended</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"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.2(2)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated By-Laws of LIN TV Corp.</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"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP</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"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</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>
</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"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</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"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP for Station Ventures Holdings, LLC</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</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.&nbsp;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.&nbsp;001-31311) and
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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
05-0501252
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Incorporation or Organization)
Four Richmond Square
Providence, Rhode Island
02906
(Address of Principal Executive
(Zip Code)
Offices)
Amended and Restated 2002 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
Title of
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Securities to be
Amount to be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
Registered
Registered(1)
Share
Price
Registration Fee
Class A Common
Stock, $0.01 par
value per share
3,600,000 shares
$14.12(2)
$50,832,000(2)
$5,983
(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
Item 8. Exhibits
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Opinion/Consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Consent of KPMG LLP
Table of Contents
STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8
for the purpose of registering 3,600,000 additional shares of the Registrant's Class A Common Stock
issuable pursuant to the Registrant's Amended and Restated 2002 Stock Plan.
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 incorporates by reference the contents of the
Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-87920, relating to the Registrant's Amended and
Restated 2002 Stock Plan.
Item 8. Exhibits
The Exhibit Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated by reference.
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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 Providence, Rhode Island on this 14th day of July 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
Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer
July 14, 2005
Gary R. Chapman
(Principal executive officer)
/s/ Vincent L. Sadusky
Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer
July 14, 2005
Vincent L. Sadusky
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ William A. Cunningham
Vice President, Controller
July 14, 2005
William A. Cunningham
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Randall S. Fojtasek
Director
July 14, 2005
Randall S. Fojtasek
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Royal W. Carlson, III
Director
July 14, 2005
Royal W. Carlson, III
/s/ William S. Banowsky
Director
July 14, 2005
William S. Banowsky
/s/ William H. Cunningham
Director
July 14, 2005
William H. Cunningham
/s/ Wilma Jordan
Director
July 14, 2005
Wilma Jordan
/s/ Peter S. Brodsky
Director
July 14, 2005
Peter S. Brodsky
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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.