EX-23.1 2 dex231.htm CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Auditors

The Board of Directors

Media General, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following registration statements of Media General, Inc.:

 

Registration Statement Number

  

Description

2-56905

  

Form S-8

33-23698

  

Form S-8

33-26853

  

Form S-3

33-52472

  

Form S-8

333-16731

  

Form S-8

333-16737

  

Form S-8

333-69527

  

Form S-8

333-54624

  

Form S-8

333-57538

  

Form S-8

333-67612

  

Form S-3

our report dated June 20, 2006, with respect to the combined statement of assets acquired and liabilities assumed of NBC Universal, Inc. (Certain Television Stations of NBC Universal) as of December 31, 2005, and the related combined statement of revenues and direct operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2005, which report appears in the Form 8-K of Media General, Inc. dated June 21, 2006 and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the prospectus supplement to the registration statement (No. 333-67612) on Form S-3 expected to be filed June 22, 2006.

/s/ KPMG LLP

New York, New York

June 21, 2006