**Exhibit 10.5**

**[CBS letterhead]**

 

October 6, 2004

** **

**VIA FACSIMILE — 615-369-7388 &**

**DHL EXPRESS**

 

 

Ms. Deborah McDermott 

President, Broadcast Group 

Young Broadcasting

441 Murfreesboro Road 

Nashville, TN 37210

 

Re:                               StationAffiliation Agreements dated September 19, 1994 (as amended) between (i) YoungBroadcasting of Lansing, Inc. and CBS for WLNS-TV in Lansing, Michigan; and(ii) KLFY, L.P. and CBS for KLFY-TV in Lafayette, Louisiana (“CBSAffiliation Agreements”)

 

Deb,

 

In order to extend the Agreement for an additional one(1) week, Paragraph 3(a) of the Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced by thefollowing new Paragraph 3(a):

 
|   | “3. | Term and Termination.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|--------|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|   |     | (a)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Term. |
|   |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|   |     | The term of this Agreement shall be the period  commencing on October 6, 2004 and expiring on October 13, 2004.  Notwithstanding any provision of any offer or acceptance under Paragraph 1  hereof, upon the expiration or any termination of the term of this Agreement,  Broadcaster shall have no right whatsoever to broadcast over Affiliated  Station any Network Program.” |

 

Please sign below indicating your acceptance andreturn to us for counter-execution.

 

Sincerely,

 
| CBS Affiliate Relations,  a subsidiary of CBS, Inc. | YOUNG BROADCASTING |
|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|                                                |               |
| /s/ Peter K. Schruth                                |               | /s/ Deborah McDermott |   |
| Peter K. Schruth                                    | Deborah McDermott  |
|                                                     |                    |  |  |

 

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