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                                                                Exhibit 10.22


THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE "ACT"), NOR PURSUANT TO THE SECURITIES OR "BLUE SKY" LAWS OF ANY
STATE. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED,
HYPOTHECATED, OR OTHERWISE ASSIGNED, EXCEPT PURSUANT TO (A) A REGISTRATION
STATEMENT THAT IS EFFECTIVE UNDER THE ACT OR (B) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT, IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE
SECURITIES OR "BLUE SKY" LAWS OF ANY STATE.

                                     WARRANT

Date of Issuance:  February __, 2002                        Certificate No. W-__

         For value received, LIN TV CORP., a Delaware corporation ("LIN"),
hereby grants to HICKS, MUSE & CO. PARTNERS, L.P., a Texas limited partnership
("Purchaser"), and its assigns and transferees, the right to purchase from LIN
the Warrant Shares (as defined herein) at a price per share of $0.01 (the
"Exercise Price"). Certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in Section
2 hereof.

         This Warrant is subject to the following provisions:

         SECTION 1. Exercise of Warrant.

                  1.1 Exercise Period. The purchase rights represented by this
Warrant may only be exercised by the Registered Holder in accordance with
Section 1.2(a)(i) below prior to the expiration of ten (10) years from the date
hereof.

         1.2 Exercise Procedure.

                  (a) This Warrant shall be deemed to have been exercised
pursuant to Section 1.1 when all of the following items have been delivered to
LIN (the "Exercise Time"):

                           (i) a completed Exercise Agreement, in the form, set
         forth in Exhibit A hereto, executed by the Registered Holder;

                           (ii) this Warrant;

                           (iii) the aggregate Exercise Price (payable in the
         manner provided in Section 1.2(g) below); provided, however that in the
         event the Exercise Price per Warrant Share is less than the par value
         per share of the Class B Common Stock, the per share Exercise Price
         shall be increased to equal such par value per share; and

                           (iv) such documentation as LIN shall reasonably
         request, including as described in Section 1.2(f) below.


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                  (b) Certificates for Warrant Shares purchased upon exercise of
this Warrant shall be delivered by LIN to the Registered Holder within five (5)
business days after the date of the Exercise Time together with any cash payable
in lieu of a fraction of a share pursuant to Section 8 hereof.

                  (c) The Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of this
Warrant shall be deemed to have been issued to the Registered Holder at the
Exercise Time, and the Registered Holder shall be deemed for all purposes to
have become the record holder of such Warrant Shares at the Exercise Time.

                  (d) The issuance of certificates for Warrant Shares upon
exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the Registered Holder
for any issuance tax in respect thereof or other cost incurred by LIN in
connection with such exercise and the related issuance of Warrant Shares;
provided that LIN shall not be required to pay any taxes in respect of the
Warrant and Warrant Shares with respect to any permitted transfer of the Warrant
which taxes shall be paid by the transferee prior to the issuance of the Warrant
Shares.

                  (e) LIN shall at all times reserve and keep available out of
its authorized but unissued shares of Class B Common Stock solely for the
purpose of issuance upon the exercise of this Warrant, the maximum number of
Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant. All Warrant Shares
which are so issuable shall, when issued, be duly and validly issued, fully paid
and nonassessable and free of preemptive rights. LIN will use its commercially
reasonable efforts to ensure that all such Warrant Shares may be so issued
without violation by LIN of any applicable law or governmental regulation.

                  (f) Upon exercise of this Warrant, LIN may require customary
representations and warranties from the Registered Holder to assure that the
issuance and sale of the Warrant Shares shall not require registration or
qualification under the Act or any state securities law.

                  (g) The aggregate Exercise Price shall be paid by the
Registered Holder by certified or official bank check or by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to an account designated by LIN for this purpose;
provided, however, that the Registered Holder may elect to pay the aggregate
Exercise Price by the surrender of Warrant Shares (which surrender shall consist
of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is being exercised), and without the
payment of the aggregate Exercise Price in cash, in return for the delivery to
the Registered Holder of such number of Warrant Shares (rounded to the nearest
whole share) equal to the product of (1) the number of Warrant Shares for which
this Warrant is being exercised (as if the Exercise Price were being paid in
cash) and (2) the Cashless Exercise Ratio.



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         SECTION 2. Definitions. The following terms have the meanings set forth
below:

         "Cashless Exercise Ratio" means a fraction, the numerator of which is
the excess of the Fair Market Value of the Warrant Shares on the date of
exercise over the Exercise Price as of the date of exercise and denominator of
which is the Fair Market Value of the Warrant Shares on the date of exercise.

         "Class A Common Stock" means the Class A Common Stock of LIN, par value
$0.01 per share.

         "Class B Common Stock" means the Class B Common Stock of LIN, par value
$0.01 per share.

         "Fair Market Value" as of any specified date means (A) if the Class A
Common Stock, is publicly traded on such date the average of the market prices
per share for such shares during the 20 consecutive business days preceding such
date, or (B) if the Class A Common Stock is not publicly traded on such date,
the fair market value per share as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors set forth in a written notice to the Registered Holder.

         "Person" means any individual, partnership, limited liability
corporation, joint venture, corporation, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or department or agency thereof.

         "Registered Holder" means the holder of this Warrant as reflected in
the records of LIN maintained pursuant to Section 7.

         "Warrant Shares" means _________ shares of Class B Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, as subject to adjustment as provided
herein.

         SECTION 3. No Voting Rights. This Warrant shall not entitle the holder
hereof to any voting rights or other rights as a stockholder of LIN.

         SECTION 4. Adjustment to Warrant Shares.

                  (a) If there is any change in the number of outstanding shares
of Class B Common Stock through the declaration of stock dividends, stock splits
or similar transactions, the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of
the Warrant shall be automatically adjusted to reflect such stock dividends,
stock splits or similar transactions.

                  (b) In case of any reclassification of the Class B Common
Stock or any consolidation of LIN with, or merger of LIN into, any other Person,
any merger of another Person into LIN (other than a merger that does not result
in any reclassification, conversion, exchange or cancellation of outstanding
shares of Class B Common Stock), any dissolution, liquidation or any compulsory
share exchange pursuant to which share exchange the Class B Common Stock is
converted into, or has the right to receive, other securities, cash or other
property, then lawful provision shall be made as




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part of the terms of such transaction whereby the Holder of the Warrant shall
have the right thereafter, during the period the Warrant shall be exercisable,
to exercise the Warrant for (but only for) the kind and amount of securities,
cash and other property receivable upon the reclassification, consolidation,
merger, dissolution, liquidation or share exchange by a holder of the number of
shares of Class B Common Stock into which the Warrant would have been
exercisable immediately prior to the reclassification, consolidation, merger,
dissolution, liquidation or share exchange. If applicable, LIN or the Person
formed by the consolidation or resulting from the merger, as the case may be,
shall make provision in its certificate or articles of incorporation or other
constituent documents to establish such rights. The certificate or articles of
incorporation or other constituent documents shall provide for adjustments,
which, for events subsequent to the effective date of the certificate or
articles of incorporation or other constituent document, shall be as nearly
equivalent as may be practicable, to the adjustments provided for in this
Section 4(b). The provisions of this Section 4(b) shall similarly apply to
successive reclassifications, consolidations, mergers, or share exchanges.

         SECTION 5. Replacement. Upon receipt of evidence satisfactory to LIN
(an affidavit of the Registered Holder shall be satisfactory) of the ownership
and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any certificate evidencing
this Warrant, and in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon
receipt of indemnity satisfactory to LIN or, in the case of any such mutilation
upon surrender of such certificate, LIN shall, at the expense of the Registered
Holder, execute and deliver in lieu of such certificate a new certificate of
like kind representing the same rights represented by such lost, stolen,
destroyed or mutilated certificate and dated the date of such lost, stolen,
destroyed or mutilated certificate.

         SECTION 6. Notices. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all
notices and deliveries referred to in this Warrant shall be in writing, shall be
delivered personally, sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested and postage prepaid or sent via nationally recognized overnight
courier or via facsimile and shall be deemed to have been given when so
delivered (or when received, if delivered by any other method) if sent (i) to
LIN, at its principal executive offices and (ii) to the Registered Holder, at
such holder's address as it appears in the records of LIN (unless otherwise
indicated by such holder). At least thirty (30), but not more than ninety (90)
days prior to LIN taking any action or the occurrence of any event that would
cause an adjustment pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, LIN shall provide to
the Registered Holder a notice specifying the date or expected date on which any
such action is to be taken or anticipated to be taken or such event is to occur
or anticipated to occur, and the character of such action or event. Whenever the
number of Warrant Shares shall be adjusted pursuant to terms of this Warrant,
LIN shall forthwith prepare a certificate to be executed by its chief financial
officer setting forth, in reasonable detail, the event requiring the adjustment
and the method by which such adjustment was calculated, specifying the number of
Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable and describing the number
and kind of any other shares or other property for which this Warrant is
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         SECTION 7. Warrant Register. LIN shall maintain at its principal
executive offices books for the registration and, to the extent permitted by the
laws of the State of Delaware, the registration of transfer of the Warrant. Upon
any transfer of the Warrant, the Registered Holder shall deliver to LIN a
Transfer Agreement substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B hereto. LIN
may deem and treat the Registered Holder as the absolute owner hereof
(notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon made by
anyone) for all purposes and shall not be affected by any notice to the
contrary.

         SECTION 8. Fractions of Shares. LIN shall make a cash payment in
respect of any fraction of a Warrant Share issuable upon exercise of this
Warrant in an amount equal to the same fraction of the Fair Market Value of a
Warrant Share on the date of such exercise.

         SECTION 9. Descriptive Headings; Governing Law. The descriptive
headings of the several Sections and paragraphs of this Warrant are inserted for
convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Warrant. THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS WARRANT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT
GIVING EFFECT TO ANY PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW OR CHOICE OF LAW OF THE
STATE OF DELAWARE OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHICH WOULD RESULT IN THE
APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF DELAWARE.



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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, LIN has caused this Warrant to be signed and
attested by its duly authorized officers and to be dated the date hereof.

                                           LIN TV CORP.



                                           By:
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                                           Name:
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                                           Title:
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                                                                       EXHIBIT A

                               EXERCISE AGREEMENT



To:                                                          Dated:
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         The undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached
Warrant (Certificate No. W-____________), hereby agrees to subscribe for the
purchase of __________ Warrant Shares covered by such Warrant. Payment of the
Exercise Price therefor takes the form of (check appropriate box):

         A. [ ] $______ in lawful money of the United States; or

         B. [ ] the cancellation of such portion of the attached Warrant as is
         exercisable for a total of ______ Warrant Shares (using a Cashless
         Exercise Ratio of $______ per share for purposes of this calculation)

                                             Signature:
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                                             Name:
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                                             Address:
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                                                                       EXHIBIT B

                           FORM OF TRANSFER AGREEMENT


         FOR VALUE RECEIVED, ___________________________________________ hereby
sells, assigns and transfers unto


Name
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                  (please typewrite or print in block letters)


Address ________________________________________________________________________
its right to purchase ___________ shares of Class B Common Stock
represented by this Warrant and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
Attorney, to transfer the same on the books of LIN, with full power of
substitution in the premises.


Date:
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                                             Signature:
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                                             Name:
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                                             Address:
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