UNITED STATESSECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D. C. 20549
 FORM 10-K/A(Amendment No. 1) (Mark One)x
    
    ANNUAL REPORT
      PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
    1934For the fiscal year ended December 31,
      2004o
    
    TRANSITION REPORT
      PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
    1934For the transition period from
      
      to
 Commission File Number 1-5846 THE LIBERTY CORPORATION 
  South Carolina
    
    
    
    57-0507055(State or other jurisdiction of
    
    
    
    (I.R.S. Employerincorporation or organization)
    
    
    
    Identification No.)
 Post Office Box 502, 135 South Main
      Street, Greenville, S. C. 29602(Address of principal executive offices)
    
    (Zip
Code)
 Registrants telephone number, including
area code (864) 241-5400 Securities registered pursuant to
Section 12(b) of the Act: Name of Each ExchangeTitle of
      Each Class
    
    on Which
      RegisteredCommon Stock, no par value
      per share
    
    New York Stock ExchangeRights to Purchase
      Series A Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock
    
    New York Stock Exchange
 Indicate
by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to
be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to
the filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No o Indicate by
check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of
Regulation S-K is not contained herein and will not be contained, to the best of
Registrants knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to
this Form 10-K. x Indicate by check mark whether the
registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).
Yes x No o The
aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the
Registrant as of June 30, 2004: Common Stock, No Par Value
    
    $881,276,383
 The
number of shares outstanding of each of Registrants classes of common stock as
of February 15, 2005: Common Stock, No Par Value
    
    18,477,855
 DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Portions of
The Liberty Corporation Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders
on May 3, 2005 are incorporated into Part III, Items 10, 11, 12, 13,
and 14 by reference. This report is comprised of pages 1
through 7. The exhibit index is on page 4.




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Explanatory Note:

The Liberty Corporation (the Company) is filing this Amendment to the
    Annual Report on Form 10-K filed March 4, 2005 (the Original Form 10-K) to replace Exhibit 23 (Consent
    of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm) with the amended version submitted herewith. The
    original Exhibit 23 omitted Ernst & Young LLP's consent to the incorporation by reference into
    certain of the Company's SEC filings of Ernst and Young LLP's report dated March 2, 2005 with respect
    to Company management's assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting
and the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting.

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SIGNATURES Pursuant to
the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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, as of the 17th day of March, 2005. THE LIBERTY CORPORATION
    
    
    
    By:
    
    /s/ Hayne HippRegistrant
    
    
    
    
    
    Hayne HippChief Executive Officer
 Pursuant to
the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been
signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the
capacities indicated, as of the 17th day of March, 2005. By:
    
    /s/ Howard L. Schrott
    
    
    
    *By:
    
    /s/ Frank E. MeltonHoward L. Schrott
    
    
    
    
    
    Frank E. MeltonChief Financial Officer
    
    
    
    
    
    Director*By:
    
    /s/ Edward E. Crutchfield
    
    
    
    *By:
    
    /s/ John H. Mullin IIIEdward E. Crutchfield
    
    
    
    
    
    John H. Mullin IIIDirector
    
    
    
    
    
    Director*By:
    
    /s/ John R. Farmer
    
    
    
    *By:
    
    /s/ J. Thurston RoachJohn R. Farmer
    
    
    
    
    
    J. Thurston RoachDirector
    
    
    
    
    
    DirectorBy:
    
    /s/ Hayne Hipp
    
    
    
    *By:
    
    /s/ Eugene E. Stone, IVHayne Hipp
    
    
    
    
    
    Eugene E. Stone, IVDirector
    
    
    
    
    
    Director*By:
    
    /s/ William O. McCoy
    
    
    
    *By:
    
    /s/ William B. TimmermanWilliam O. McCoy
    
    
    
    
    
    William B. TimmermanDirector
    
    
    
    
    
    Director*By:
    
    /s/ Martha G. Williams*Martha G. Williams,as Special Attorney in Fact
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Annual Report on
Form 10-KThe Liberty CorporationDecember 31, 2004 Index to Exhibits PageEXHIBITS
    
    Number23
    
    Consent of Independent
      Registered Public Accounting Firm
    
    531
    
    Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a)
      Certifications
    
    6-7
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