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LIN TV Corp. (NYSE: TVL), a local television and digital media company, is pleased to announce that Allyn Hoang is the recipient of its 2008 Minority Scholarship and Training Program. Ms. Hoang, a junior at the University of Texas, will receive a two-year scholarship, for twenty thousand ($20,000) dollars per year that she can use toward tuition, fees, books, and room and board. In addition, LIN TV will provide Ms. Hoang with hands-on broadcast training through a paid summer internship program at WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids, MI, where she will gain valuable experience in all areas of television station operations. LIN TV�s 2007 Minority Scholarship Recipient, Stacie Thompson, now a senior at the University of Missouri, is currently working at WDTN-TV in Dayton, OH, in the Community Affairs Department and later this summer will be working with the Promotions & News Departments. Both women may be offered full-time permanent positions at a television station owned and/or operated by LIN TV upon graduation and successful completion of the program. "By encouraging bright students to pursue their goals in journalism, we are helping to ensure the dynamic future of the broadcast industry,� said Vincent L. Sadusky, president and chief executive officer. After winning the scholarship, Ms. Hoang remarked: �This opportunity is absolutely incredible. I am so honored to have LIN TV not only support my career aspirations, but also train me to achieve it.� For more than a decade, LIN TV has awarded scholarships to ambitious students pursuing a wide spectrum of fields in or relating to broadcast television and digital media, ranging from producing and engineering to broadcast journalism, community affairs and sales. They were selected to receive the Minority Scholarship because of their academic achievement, their passion for broadcasting and their desire to contribute to the overall advancement of the industry. About LIN TV LIN TV Corp., along with its subsidiaries (�LIN TV� or �the Company�), is a local television and digital media company, owning and/or operating�29 television stations in 17 U.S. markets, all of which are affiliated with a national broadcast network. LIN TV�s highly-rated stations deliver important local news and community stories, along with top-rated sports and entertainment programming, to 9% of U.S. television homes, reaching an average of 10 million households per week. LIN TV is also a leader in the convergence of local broadcast television and the Internet through its television station web sites and a growing number of local online innovations that reach 15% of U.S. broadband households. LIN TV is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol �TVL�. Financial information about the company is available at www.lintv.com.