Attachment Exhibit E

This document pretains to SES-ASG-20170111-00027 for Assignment on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESASG2017011100027_1164035

                                                                                      FCC Form 312
                                    EXHIBIT E
                      DESCRIPTION OF PRO FORMA TRANSACTION

         The instant Form 312 application serves as notification of the pro forma assignment of receive-
only earth station license E060024 from WTAE Hearst Television Inc. (“WTAEHTV”) to Hearst Stations
Inc. (“Hearst Stations”). WTAEHTV is also the licensee of television station WTAE-TV, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania. A Media Bureau application on FCC Form 316 with respect to WTAE-TV has been filed
and granted, and the transaction has consummated.

        WTAEHTV and Hearst Stations are wholly owned subsidiaries of Hearst Television Inc. (“Hearst
Television”). Hearst Television is owned by Hearst Broadcasting, Inc. (“HBI”); HBI is owned by Hearst
Communications, Inc. (“Communications”); Communications is owned by Hearst Holdings, Inc.
(“Holdings”); and Holdings is owned by The Hearst Corporation (“Hearst”). For corporate organizational
reasons, Hearst has merged WTAEHTV with and into Hearst Stations. Hearst Stations is the surviving
entity.

        Following is a summary depiction of the proposed pro forma transaction:




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               CHANGES IN INTERESTS AS A RESULT OF TRANSACTION


                                                                           Interest Held
       Names and Addresses         Citizenship
                                                      Before Transaction                   After Transaction

                                                 % of Votes        % of Assets       % of Votes       % of Assets

The Hearst Corporation
                                   Domestic
(Indirect Parent Company of                       100%               100%              100%             100%
                                  Corporation
the Parties to the Application)


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                                                                           FCC Form 312

                                   EXHIBIT F
                          PUBLIC INTEREST STATEMENT

       The assignment of the registration for E060024 from WTAEHTV to Hearst Stations Inc.
serves the public interest by allowing the licensee to continue to use the facility in its
newsgathering operations in connection with the operation of television station WTAE-TV.


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