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FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OMB APPROVAL
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Washington, D.C. 20549 OMB Number 3235-0104
Expires: September 30, 1998
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INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Field pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of
the Investment Company Act of 1940
(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting 2. Date of Event Re- 4. Issuer Name and Ticker
Person* or Trading Symbol
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Requiring Statement
Hearst Broadcasting, Inc. (Month/Day/Year) Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc.
(Last) (First) (Middle) (NASDAQ: HATV)
959 Eighth Avenue 12/31/97
5. Relationship of Reporting 6. If Amendment,
(Street) Person to Issuer Date of
(Check all applicable) Original
New York, New York 10019 (Month/Day/Year)
3.IRS or Social Se-
(City) (State) (Zip) curity Number of __ Director <checked-box> 10% Owner
Reporting Person __ Officer (give __ Other (specify
(Voluntary) title below)
below)
7. Individual
or Joint/
Group Filing
(Check Appli-
cable Line)
<checked-box>Form
filed by One
Reporting Person
__ Form filed
by More than One
Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Form: Direct (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 4) (D) or Indirect
(I) (Instr. 5)
NONE.
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities
beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see
Instruction 5(b)(v). (SEC 1473 (9-96)
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls,
warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of
Security cisable and Amount sion or ship Indirect
(Instr. 4) Expiration of Securities Exercise Form of Beneficial
Date Underlying Price of Deri- Ownership
(Month/Day/ Derivative Deri- vative (Instr.5)
Year) Security vative Security:
(Instr. 4) Security Direct (D)
or Indirect
(I) (Instr. 5)
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Date Expiration Title Amount
Exercisable Date or Number
of Shares
Series B Common Stock (1) N/A Series A 41,298,648 (1) (D)
Common
Stock,
par value
$.01
Explanation of Responses:
(1) On December 31, 1997, The Hearst Corporation ("Hearst"), in connection
with a Hearst internal corporate reorganization contributed all of the
Issuer's Series B Common Stock, $.01 par value, owned by Hearst to Hearst
Broadcasting, Inc. Each share of the Issuer's Series B Common Stock is
convertible at any time into one share of the Issuer's Series A Common
Stock.
(2) Convertible at any time.
/s/ David J. Barrett 1/12/98
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Director
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient,
See Instruction 6 for procedure.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information
contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays
a currently valid OMB Number.
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