UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

~~January~~February 125, 2009

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

HEARST-ARGYLE TELEVISION, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware		1-14776		74-2717523
(State or Other Jurisdiction Of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

300 West 57th Street

New York, New York 10019

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(212) 887-6800

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act

~~Section~~o 1Soliciting –material ~~Registrant’s~~pursuant ~~Business~~to ~~and~~Rule 14a-12 under ~~Operations~~the Exchange Act

~~Item~~o Pre-commencement ~~5.02.~~communications pursuant ~~Departure~~to ofRule 14d-2(b) under ~~Directors~~the orExchange ~~Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.~~Act

~~(e)~~o ~~On January 1,~~Pre-commencement ~~2009 Roger Keating, the Company’s Senior Vice President,~~communications ~~Digital~~pursuant ~~Media,~~to ~~became~~Rule 13e-4(c) under ~~an executive officer of~~ the ~~Company.~~Exchange Act

~~On June 27,~~Item ~~2008 the Company entered into an employment agreement with Mr~~2. ~~Keating for a term commencing July 7, 2008 and ending December 31, 2009~~02. ~~For~~ ~~the~~Results ~~period July 7, 2008 through December 31, 2008, Mr. Keating’s employment agreement provides for a prorated annual base salary~~ of ~~$440,000. For~~Operations ~~calendar year 2009, the employment agreement provides for an annual base salary of $460,000. For each of 2008~~ and ~~2009,~~Financial MrCondition. Keating’s employment agreement provides for a target and maximum bonus of 40% and 75% of the annual base salary, respectively. For 2008, Mr. Keating’s employment agreement provides for a guaranteed bonus of $85,000. Mr. Keating has served as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Digital Media since July 7, 2008. A copy of Mr. Keating’s Employment Agreement is attached as Exhibit 10.1.

2On February 25, 2009, the Registrant issued a press release reporting financial results and earnings for the Registrant’s quarterly period and year ended December 31, 2008.

~~SIGNATURES~~The information contained in Item 2.02, Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 of Item 9.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to liability under that Section. In addition, the information contained in Item 2.02, Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 of Item 9.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

~~Pursuant~~Item to7.01. ~~the~~Regulation ~~requirements~~FD ~~of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized~~Disclosure.

	HEARST-ARGYLE TELEVISION, INC.
	By:	_/s/ Jonathan C. Mintzer
		Name: Jonathan C. Mintzer
		Title: Vice President, General
		Counsel and Secretary
Date: January 1, 2009

See Item 2.02 above.

3Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

~~EXHIBIT INDEX~~(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.		Exhibit
Item		Exhibit
10.1		Employment Agreement, dated as June 27, 2008, between the Company and Roger Keating.
99.1		Press Release dated February 25, 2009.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	HEARST-ARGYLE TELEVISION, INC.

	By:	/S/ JONATHAN C. MINTZER

		Jonathan C. Mintzer
		Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Date: February 25, 2009

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Exhibit
99.1		Press Release of the Registrant, dated February 25, 2009.

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