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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
(AMENDMENT NO. 8)
INFORMATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO RULES 13d-1 AND 13d-2
UNDER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
BHC Communications, Inc.
(Name of Issuer)
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)
055448-10-4
(CUSIP Number)
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Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this
statement [ ].
The information required in the remainder of this cover page
shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section
18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or
otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the
Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act.
(Continued on following pages)
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CUSIP No. 055448-10-4 13G Page 2 of 5 Pages
1) Name of Reporting Person: Chris-Craft Industries, Inc.
SS or IRS Identification No. of Above Person:
IRS Identification No. 94-1461226
2) Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group*
(a) [ ]
(b) [ ]
3) SEC Use Only .........................................
4) Citizenship or Place of Organization: Delaware
5) Sole Voting Power: 18,000,000
Number of shares of Class A Common Stock
Shares
Beneficially 6) Shared Voting Power: NONE
Owned by
Each Reporting 7) Sole Dispositive Power: 18,000,000
Person with shares of Class A Common Stock
8) Shared Dispositive Power: NONE
9) Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting
Person:
18,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock
10) Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row 9 Excludes
Certain
Shares*...............................................
11) Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 9: 78.9%
12) Type of Reporting Person*:
CO
*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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Item 1(a). Name of Issuer:
BHC Communications, Inc.
Item 1(b). Address of Issuer's Principal Executive
Offices:
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10153
Item 2(a). Name of Person Filing:
Chris-Craft Industries, Inc. ("Chris-Craft")
Item 2(b). Address of Principal Business Office or, if
none,
Residence:
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10153
Item 2(c). Citizenship: Delaware
Item 2(d). Title of Class of Securities:
Class A Common Stock, par value
$0.01 per share ("Class A Stock")
Item 2(e). CUSIP Number: 055448-10-4
Item 3. If this statement is filed pursuant to Rules
13d-1(b), or 13d-2(b), check whether the
person is a: Inapplicable.
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Item 4. Ownership.
(a) Amount Beneficially
Owned 18,000,000 (1)
(b) Percent of Class (at
December 31, 1997) 78.9% (2)
(c) Number of shares as
to which such person
has:
(i) sole power to
vote or to direct
the vote 18,000,000 (1)
(ii) shared power
to vote or to direct
the vote NONE
(iii) sole power to
dispose or to direct
the disposition of 18,000,000 (1)
(iv) shared power to
dispose or to direct
the disposition of NONE
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(1) Issuable upon conversion of 18,000,000 shares of Class
B Common Stock (100% of the Class).
(2) Percentage calculated deeming as not outstanding 226,503
shares of Class A Common Stock held by a subsidary of the
issuer.
Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class:
Inapplicable.
Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of
Another Person: Inapplicable.
Item 7. Identification and Classification of the
Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being
Reported on By the Parent Holding Company:
Inapplicable.
Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of
the Group: Inapplicable.
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Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group: Inapplicable.
Item 10. Certification: Inapplicable.
Signature
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my
knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set
forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Date: February 10, 1998 CHRIS-CRAFT INDUSTRIES, INC.
By:/S/WILLIAM D. SIEGEL
William D. Siegel
Senior Vice President
