Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
Registration No. 333-107754

PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NO. 8
(To Prospectus dated January 16, 2004)

     This prospectus supplement supplements the prospectus dated January 16, 2004 of LIN Television Corporation relating to the resale from time to time by selling securityholders of our 2.50% Exchangeable Senior Subordinated Debentures due 2033 and LIN TV Corp. shares of class A common stock issuable upon conversion of the debentures. This prospectus supplement should be read in conjunction with the prospectus, as supplemented, which is required to be delivered with this prospectus supplement.

     The securities offered hereby involve a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the “Risk Factors” referenced on page 9 of the prospectus in determining whether to purchase the LIN Television Corporation 2.50% Exchangeable Senior Subordinated Debentures due 2033 or the LIN TV Corp. shares of class A common stock issuable upon conversion of the debentures.

     Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus supplement. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

     The section of the prospectus entitled “Selling Securityholders” on pages 25–26 of the prospectus is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

SELLING SECURITYHOLDERS

     LIN Television issued the debentures covered by this prospectus in private placements on May 12, 2003 and May 16, 2003. The debentures were resold by the initial purchasers to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A under the Securities Act. Selling securityholders, including their transferees, pledgees, donees or their successors, may offer and sell the debentures and the LIN TV class A common stock into which the debentures are convertible pursuant to this prospectus.

     The following table sets forth information with respect to the selling securityholders and the principal amount of debentures and LIN TV common stock into which the debentures are convertible beneficially owned by each selling securityholder that may be offered pursuant to this prospectus. The information is based on information provided by or on behalf of the following selling securityholders to us in a questionnaire and is as of the date specified by the security holders in those questionnaires.

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     None of the selling securityholders has held any position or office with, or has otherwise had a material relationship with, us or any of our subsidiaries within the past three years, other than Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., which were initial purchasers of the debentures and our 6 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013.

The date of this prospectus supplement is September 22, 2004.

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