TVL Lin TV Corp

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 31, 2013.

Registration No. 333-166881

Registration No. 333-181776

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-166881

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-181776

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

LIN TV Corp.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

One West Exchange Street, Suite 5A

Providence, Rhode Island 02903

(401) 454-2880

 (Address, Including Zip Code, of Principal Executive Offices)

Amended and Restated 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

(Full Title of the Plan)

Denise M. Parent, Esq.

Senior Vice President Chief Legal Officer

One West Exchange Street, Suite 5A

Providence, Rhode Island 02903

(401) 454-2880

 (Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

Copies to:

Glenn D. West, Esq.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

200 Crescent Court, Suite 300

Dallas, Texas 75201

(214) 746-7700

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (this “Post-Effective Amendment”) to the Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Registration Nos. 333-166881 and 333-181776) (the “Registration Statements”) filed by LIN TV Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, removes from registration 250,252 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Shares”) issuable under the LIN TV Corp. Amended and Restated 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Plan”).

On February 12, 2013, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with LIN Media LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“LIN LLC”), providing for the merger of the Company with and into LIN LLC (the “Merger”), with LIN LLC continuing as the surviving entity.  The Merger became effective at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on July 30, 2013 (the “Effective Time”), pursuant to the Certificate of Merger filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

In connection with the Merger, the Company terminated the Plan and all offerings of its securities pursuant to the Registration Statements issuable under the Plan immediately prior to the Effective Time.  In accordance with an undertaking made by the Company in the Registration Statements to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any securities which remain unsold at the termination of the Plan, the Company hereby removes from registration all securities registered under the Registration Statements issuable under the Plan that remain unsold as of the date of this Post-Effective Amendment.

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment to Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.