**Exhibit 10.16**

 

**AMENDMENT TOPRIMARY TELEVISION AFFILIATION AGREEMENT**

 

**TELEVISIONSTATION:  WKBW – Buffalo, NY**

 

American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. (“ABC or “we”) and Queen CityBroadcasting of New York, Inc. (“you”) hereby mutually agree upon the followingamendments to this Primary Television Affiliation Agreement between ABC and youdated December 1, 1994, with respect to Television Station WKBW (the“Primary Agreement”), effective June 30, 1995.

 

# 1.                                       The preamble ofthe Primary Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with thefollowing:

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The following shall constitute the agreement between AmericanBroadcasting Companies, Inc. (“ABC” or “we”) and Queen City Broadcasting of NewYork, Inc. (“you”), in order that Television Station WKBW, Buffalo, New York(“your station”) may continue to serve the public interest, convenience andnecessity.  We and you hereby mutuallyagree upon the following plan of network cooperation which shall replace theaffiliation agreement between you and us dated February 8, 1990, asamended.

 

You represent, warrant and agree that (i) pursuant to the prior consentof the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) (FCC File No. BALCT-950516XG),effective June 29, 1995, the broadcast license of your station was assignedfrom you, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Granite BroadcastingCorporation (“Granite”), to WKBW-TV License, Inc. (“Licensee”), also anindirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Granite; (ii) the sole purpose of Licenseeis to hold the broadcast license of your station; (iii) in the event yourstock, assets or the operating equipment and facilities of your station aretransferred or assigned to a third party (“Transferee”), all of the stock andassets, including the broadcast license, of Licensee shall also be transferredor assigned to Transferee so that the transaction shall result in the transferor assignment of your station as a single entity with all its licenses,authorities, equipment and facilities necessary to operate a televisionbroadcast station, subject to prior approval of the FCC, ABC and any otherthird party as required by FCC regulations, the terms of this Agreement asherein amended or otherwise.  Youfurther agree that during the term of this Agreement as herein amended youshall (i) cause Licensee to perform all acts necessary for you to perform fullyall of the obligations undertaken by you in this Agreement as herein amended,and (ii) cause Licensee to forbear from acting in any manner forbidden by, orinconsistent with, the terms of this Agreement as herein amended.

 

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# 2.                                       Section IIof the Primary Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced withthe following:

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II.                                     TERM

 

This Agreement shall become effective at 3:00AM, NYT, on the 30th day of June, 1995, and shall continue until 3:00 AM, NYT,on the 30th day of June, 2005.

 

### 3.                                       Paragraph(a)(i) of Schedule A of the Primary Agreement is hereby deleted in itsentirety and replaced with the following:

 

(i)                                     Your network station rate ofFive Thousand and Two ($5,002) Dollars or such other rate applicable pursuantto the terms of Section III of the Agreement; by

 

Except as herein amended, the Primary Agreement shall remain in fullforce and effect on all its same terms as therein stated.

 

AGREED TO:

 
| AMERICAN BROADCASTING  COMPANIES, INC. |    | QUEEN CITY BROADCASTING  OF NEW YORK, INC. |
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| By:                                    |    |                                       | By: |   |
| Title:                                 |    |                                       | Title: |   |
| Date:                                  | 6/29/95 |                                       | Date: | 6/29/95 |
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