8-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

Form 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 21, 2005

LIN TV Corp.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

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

LIN Television Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

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

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

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

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

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

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Item 8.01 Other Events

LIN TV Corp., a Delaware corporation, and its wholly owned subsidiary, LIN Television Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“LIN Television”), are jointly filing this current report on Form 8-K for the purpose of filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission LIN TV’s press release dated September 21, 2005 announcing that LIN Television plans to issue, pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, $175 million aggregate principal amount of Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015 (the “Notes Offering”).

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

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release, dated September 21, 2005.

SIGNATURE

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

	LIN TV Corp.
Date: September 21, 2005	By:	/s/ William A. Cunningham
		Name:	William A. Cunningham
		Title:	Vice President and Controller
	LIN Television Corporation
Date: September 21, 2005	By:	/s/ William A. Cunningham
		Name:	William A. Cunningham
		Title:	Vice President and Controller

Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release, dated September 21, 2005.

EX-99.1

EXHIBIT 99.1

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

LIN TV Corp. Announces that its LIN Television Corporation Subsidiary
Intends to Offer $175 Million of its Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015

Providence, R.I. – September 21, 2005 — LIN TV Corp. (NYSE:TVL) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary LIN Television Corporation intends to offer $175 million of its Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015 (the “Notes”). The Notes will be guaranteed by LIN TV Corp. and certain of LIN Television Corporation’s subsidiaries. The proceeds from the sale of the Notes will be used to repay a portion of the amounts owing under LIN Television Corporation’s existing credit facility.

The Notes will be issued in private placements and are expected to be resold by the initial purchasers to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933 and outside of the United States in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933.

The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements. This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes in any jurisdiction in which such an offer or sale would be unlawful.

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