SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

~~June~~January 301, ~~2008~~2009

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

HEARST-ARGYLE TELEVISION, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware

1-14776

74-2717523

(State or Other Jurisdiction

Of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

300 West 57^th Street

New York, New York 10019

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(212) 887-6800

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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:

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Section 1 – Registrant’s Business and Operations

Item 15.0102. ~~Entry~~Departure ~~into~~of aDirectors ~~Material~~or ~~Definitive~~Certain ~~Agreement~~Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

~~As previously reported, the Company entered into agreements~~ (~~the “Lifetime Agreements”~~e) ~~dated March~~ ~~8, 2000, June~~On January 301, ~~2004,~~2009 ~~and~~Roger ~~April 2~~Keating, ~~2008,~~ ~~as amended from time to time, with Lifetime Entertainment Services (“Lifetime”), an entity owned 50% by an affiliate of The Hearst Corporation and 50% by The Walt Disney Company, whereby (i)~~ the Company’s ~~assists~~Senior ~~Lifetime~~Vice ~~in securing~~President, ~~distribution~~Digital ~~and subscribers for the Lifetime Television~~Media, ~~Lifetime~~became ~~Movie Network~~an ~~and/or~~executive ~~Lifetime~~officer ~~Real~~of ~~Women programming services (~~the ~~“Lifetime Services”); and (ii) Lifetime acts as the~~ Company~~’s agent with respect to the negotiation of its agreements with certain multi-channel video programming distributors~~.

AsOn ~~previously~~June 27, ~~reported~~2008 the Company entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Keating for a term commencing July 7, on2008 ~~January~~and ending December 31, ~~2006,~~2009. For the ~~Company~~period ~~entered~~July 7, ~~into~~2008 athrough December 31, ~~retransmission~~2008, ~~consent~~Mr. Keating’s employment agreement ~~(the~~provides ~~“EchoStar~~for ~~Agreement”)~~a ~~with~~prorated ~~EchoStar~~annual ~~Satellite~~base Lsalary of $440,000.~~L.C.~~ For calendar year 2009, ~~now~~the ~~known~~employment asagreement ~~DISH~~provides ~~Network~~for Lan annual base salary of $460,000.~~L.C.~~ ~~(“DISH”)~~For each of 2008 and 2009, ~~for~~Mr. Keating’s ~~the~~employment agreement ~~non-exclusive~~provides ~~retransmission~~for bya ~~DISH~~target and maximum bonus of 40% and 75% of the ~~Company~~annual base salary, respectively. For 2008, Mr. Keating’s employment ~~owned~~agreement ~~and~~provides ~~operated stations’~~for ~~broadcast~~a ~~signals~~guaranteed bonus of $85,000. ~~DISH was~~Mr. ~~one~~Keating ofhas served as the ~~multi-channel~~Company’s Senior ~~video~~Vice ~~programming~~President, ~~distributors~~Digital ~~contemplated~~Media bysince July 7, 2008. A copy of Mr. Keating’s Employment ~~the~~Agreement ~~Lifetime~~is ~~Agreements~~attached as Exhibit 10.1.

On June 30, 2008, in connection with a joint negotiation by DISH with Lifetime and with the Company, respectively, for DISH’s carriage of the Lifetime Services and DISH’s retransmission of the Company’s owned and operated stations’ broadcast signals, the Company and DISH amended the EchoStar Agreement and extended the term thereof. On June 30, 2008, the Company and Lifetime also amended the April 2, 2008 Lifetime Agreements to extend the permitted term of the retransmission consent agreements contemplated thereby. As previously reported, the Company believes that the material terms of the Lifetime Agreements constitute competitive information, and the Company sought confidential treatment of that information, and will seek confidential treatment of the material terms of the amendments to the Lifetime Agreements. The Company estimates that the aggregate annual consideration amount payable by Lifetime to the Company in 2009 under the Lifetime Agreement with respect to DISH, as amended, will be less than 1.6% of the Company’s estimated 2008 net operating revenues.

~~Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.~~SIGNATURES

~~(c) Exhibits~~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 hereunto duly authorized.

Item		Exhibit
	HEARST-ARGYLE TELEVISION, INC.
10.1		Amendment No. 1 to Lifetime Agreement executed June 30, 2008, between the Company and Lifetime Entertainment Services.
	By:	_/s/ Jonathan C. Mintzer
10.2		Amendment No. 1 to Lifetime Agreement executed June 30, 2008, between the Company and Lifetime Entertainment Services.
		Name: Jonathan C. Mintzer
		Title: Vice President, General
		Counsel and Secretary
Date: January 1, 2009

~~SIGNATURES~~EXHIBIT INDEX

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 hereunto duly authorized.

Exhibit No.		Exhibit

10.1		Employment Agreement, dated as June 27, 2008, between the Company and Roger Keating.

~~HEARST-ARGYLE TELEVISION, INC. By: /s/Jonathan C. Mintzer Name: Jonathan C. Mintzer Title: General Counsel, Vice President and Secretary~~4

Date: July 7, 2008

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Exhibit
10.1		Amendment No. 1 to Lifetime Agreement dated June 30, 2008, between the Company and Lifetime Entertainment Services.
10.2		Amendment No. 1 to Lifetime Agreement dated June 30, 2008, between the Company and Lifetime Entertainment Services.

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