FORM 10-Q

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

(MARK ONE)

FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM ________________________________ TO _____________________________

Commission File Number 1-13452

PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (561) 659-4122

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes   x   No   o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes   x   No    o

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of October 29, 2004:

Table of Contents

PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

INDEX

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Part I — Financial Information

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

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PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION

     Paxson Communications Corporation (the “Company”), a Delaware corporation, was organized in 1993. The Company owns and operates television stations nationwide, and on August 31, 1998, launched PAX TV. PAX TV is the brand name for the programming that the Company broadcasts through its owned, operated and affiliated television stations, and through certain cable television system owners and satellite television providers. The financial information contained in the financial statements and notes thereto as of September 30, 2004 and for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 is unaudited. In the opinion of management, all adjustments necessary for the fair presentation of such financial information have been included. These adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its majority owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

     The preparation of financial statements requires the Company to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reported period. The Company believes the most significant estimates involved in preparing the Company’s financial statements include estimates related to the net realizable value of programming rights, barter revenue recognition, estimates used in accounting for leases and estimates related to the impairment of long-lived assets and FCC licenses. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and various other assumptions it believes are reasonable. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Company’s significant accounting policies are described in “Note 1. Nature of the Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in the notes to the Company’s consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003 (the “Fiscal 2003 Form 10-K”).

     Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted. These financial statements, footnotes and discussions should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and related footnotes and discussions contained in the Fiscal 2003 Form 10-K, and the definitive proxy statement for the annual meeting of stockholders held May 21, 2004, both of which were filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

     Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior year’s financial statements to conform to the 2004 presentation.

     The Company believes that unless its ratings and revenues improve significantly, its business operations are unlikely to provide sufficient cash flow to support the Company’s debt service and preferred stock dividend requirements. The Company has engaged Bear Stearns & Co. Inc. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. to act as its financial advisors and explore strategic alternatives for the Company. These strategic alternatives may include the sale of all or part of the Company’s assets, finding a strategic partner for the Company who would provide the financial resources to enable the Company to redeem, restructure or refinance the Company’s debt and preferred stock, or finding a third party to acquire the Company through a merger or other business combination or acquisition of the Company’s equity securities. The Company’s ability to pursue strategic alternatives is subject to various limitations and issues which the Company may be unable to control. See “Forward-Looking Statements and Associated Risks and Uncertainties — The outcome of our exploration of strategic alternatives is uncertain” in our Fiscal 2003 Form 10-K.

     During the third quarter of 2004, the Company recognized a charge of $4.6 million to reduce certain programming rights to their net realizable value. This charge resulted from a change in the estimated future advertising revenues expected to be generated by certain programming as a result of a change in expected usage of such programming.

     In the third quarter of 2004, the Company determined that it had not recorded certain taxes due in jurisdictions in which the Company has operations. The Company has estimated the amount of taxes due to be approximately $1.6 million, which resulted in corresponding increases in property and equipment and accrued liabilities. In addition, the Company recorded a $0.5 million depreciation charge related to the aforementioned increase in property and equipment.

     In 1998, the Company began entering into cable distribution agreements for periods generally up to ten years in markets where the Company does not own a television station. Certain of these cable distribution agreements also provided the Company with some level of promotional advertising to be run at the discretion of the cable operator, primarily during the first few years to support the launch of the Company’s PAX TV network on the cable systems. The Company had been amortizing these assets on an accelerated basis. In the second quarter of 2003, the Company determined that it had over-amortized certain of these assets and recorded a $4 million reduction to amortization expense. The remaining unamortized cost, which had been amortized over seven years, commenced to be amortized over the remaining contractual life of the agreements. In the third quarter of 2003, the Company determined that it had also been over amortizing certain satellite distribution agreements and certain other cable distribution agreements and recorded a $4.5 million reduction of its amortization expense. Additionally, in the third quarter of 2003, the Company recorded a reserve for state taxes in the amount of $2.9 million in connection with a tax liability related to certain states in which the Company has operations. Included in depreciation and amortization expense in the third quarter of 2003 is a $3.7 million impairment charge recorded in connection with a purchase option on a television station.

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2. RESTRUCTURING

     During the fourth quarter of 2002, the Company adopted a plan to consolidate certain of its operations, reduce personnel and modify its programming schedule in order to significantly reduce the Company’s cash operating expenditures. In connection with this plan, the Company recorded a restructuring charge of approximately $2.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2002, consisting of $2.2 million in termination benefits for 95 employees and $0.4 million for costs associated with exiting leased properties and consolidating certain operations. Through September 30, 2004, the Company has paid $2.1 million in termination benefits to 94 employees and paid $0.5 million of lease termination and other costs. The Company has accounted for these costs pursuant to the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 146, “Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities” (“SFAS 146”), which the Company early adopted in the fourth quarter of 2002. SFAS 146 requires that a liability for a cost associated with an exit or disposal activity be recognized when the liability is incurred as opposed to when there is a commitment to a restructuring plan as set forth under Emerging Issues Task Force 94-3 “Liability Recognition for Certain Employee Termination Benefits and other costs to Exit an Activity”, which has been nullified by SFAS No. 146. As such, the Company will recognize additional restructuring costs as they are incurred.

     The Company has substantially completed its Joint Sales Agreement (“JSA”) restructuring plan commenced in the fourth quarter of 2000, except for certain contractual lease obligations for closed locations, the majority of which expire in 2004.

     The following summarizes the activity in the Company’s restructuring reserves for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively (in thousands):

3. ASSETS HELD FOR SALE

     The gain (loss) on sale of assets held for sale is included in the determination of the Company’s operating income (loss) from its continuing operations in accordance with SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets” (“SFAS 144”) since these assets do not constitute a component of the Company under SFAS 144. The Company generally maintains a geographic presence in the markets where assets have been sold by airing the PAX TV network through cable distribution agreements or the Company’s other owned or operated stations in the designated market areas.

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Assets held for sale consist of the following as of the date indicated (in thousands):

     In May 2004, the Company completed the sale of its television station KPXJ, serving the Shreveport, Louisiana market, for a cash purchase price of $10 million, resulting in a pre-tax gain of approximately $6.1 million.

     Included in assets held for sale are certain broadcast towers with a carrying value of $2.2 million and $2.7 million as of September 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003, respectively, for which the Company is in the process of transferring title and assigning the leases to the buyer.

     4. SENIOR SECURED NOTES, SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES AND BANK FINANCING

     Senior secured notes, senior subordinated notes and bank financing consists of the following as of (in thousands):

     On January 12, 2004, the Company completed a private offering of $365 million of senior secured floating rate notes (“Senior Secured Notes”). The Senior Secured Notes bear interest at the rate of LIBOR plus 2.75% per year and will mature on January 10, 2010. The Senior Secured Notes may be redeemed by the Company at any time at specified redemption prices and are secured by substantially all of the Company’s assets. In addition, a substantial portion of the Senior Secured Notes is unconditionally guaranteed, on a joint and several senior secured basis, by all of the Company’s subsidiaries. The indenture governing the Senior Secured Notes contains certain covenants which, among other things, restrict the incurrence of additional indebtedness, the payment of dividends, transactions with related parties, certain investments and transfers or sales of certain assets. The proceeds from the offering were used to repay in full the outstanding indebtedness under the Company’s Senior Credit Facility, pre-fund letters of credit supported by the revolving credit portion of the Company’s previously existing Senior Credit Facility and pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with the transaction. The refinancing resulted in a charge in the first quarter of 2004 in the amount of $6.3 million related to the debt issuance costs associated with the Senior Credit Facility.

     During the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, the Company issued letters of credit to support its obligation to pay for certain original programming. As of September 30, 2004, there was approximately $11.0 million of outstanding letters of credit all of which have been pre-funded by the Company and are reflected as “Deposits for programming letters of credit” in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. As of September 30, 2003, there were $12.4 million of outstanding letters of credit supported by the revolving credit portion of the Company’s previously existing Senior Credit Facility. The settlement of such letters of credit generally occurs in the first quarter of the year.

5. MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE AND CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

     In May 2003, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued SFAS No. 150, “Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Both Liabilities and Equity” (“SFAS 150”). This statement establishes standards for classifying and measuring as liabilities certain financial instruments that embody obligations of the issuer and have characteristics of both liabilities and equity. SFAS No. 150 requires liability classification for mandatorily redeemable equity instruments not convertible into common stock, such as the Company’s 14 1/4% Junior Exchangeable Preferred Stock. SFAS No. 150 was effective immediately with respect to instruments entered into or modified after May 31, 2003 and as to all other instruments that

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exist as of the beginning of the first interim financial reporting period beginning after June 15, 2003. The Company adopted SFAS No. 150 effective July 1, 2003. Upon adoption, the Company recorded a deferred asset for the unamortized issuance costs and recorded a liability for the mandatorily redeemable preferred stock balance related to its 14 1/4% Junior Exchangeable Preferred Stock. In addition, the amortization of the issuance costs and the dividends related to the 14 1/4% Junior Exchangeable Preferred Stock are being recorded as interest expense beginning July 1, 2003, whereas these costs were recorded as dividends and accretion on redeemable preferred stock in prior periods. Restatement of prior periods is not permitted upon adoption of SFAS No. 150. The Company’s 9 3/4% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and 16.2% Series B Convertible Exchangeable Preferred Stock are not affected by the provisions of SFAS No. 150 because of their equity conversion features.

     The following represents a summary of the changes in the Company’s mandatorily redeemable and convertible preferred stock during the nine month period ended September 30, 2004 (in thousands):

     On September 15, 1999, the Company entered into an investment agreement with the National Broadcasting Company, Inc. (“NBC”) under which wholly-owned subsidiaries of NBC purchased shares of the Company’s Series B preferred stock and warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $415 million. At the same time, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NBC entered into an agreement with Lowell W. Paxson, our chairman and controlling stockholder, and entities controlled by Mr. Paxson, under which the NBC subsidiary was granted the right to purchase all, but not less than all, of the 8,311,639 shares of the Company’s Class B common stock beneficially owned by Mr. Paxson. The Company has also entered into a number of agreements with NBC. Under these agreements, NBC sells the Company’s network spot advertising and performs the Company’s network research and sales marketing functions. The Company has also entered into JSAs with NBC with respect to most of its stations serving markets also served by an NBC owned and operated station, and with many independently owned NBC affiliated stations serving markets also served by the Company’s stations. During the nine months ended September 30, 2004, the Company paid or accrued amounts due to NBC totaling approximately $16.2 million for commission compensation and cost reimbursements incurred under our agreements with NBC.

     On November 13, 2003, NBC exercised its right to demand that the Company redeem, or arrange for a third party to acquire, all of the shares of the Company’s Series B preferred stock held by NBC, at a price equal to the aggregate liquidation preference thereof plus accrued and unpaid dividends, which as of September 30, 2004, totaled $583.9 million. The Company’s ability to effect any redemption is restricted by the terms of the Company’s outstanding debt and preferred stock. Further, the Company

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does not currently have sufficient funds to pay the redemption price for these securities and does not expect to be able to comply with NBC’s redemption demand. Should the Company fail to effect a redemption by November 13, 2004, NBC will be permitted to transfer, without restriction, any of the Company’s securities acquired by it, its right to acquire Mr. Paxson’s Class B common stock, its contractual rights with respect to the Company’s business, and its other rights under the related transaction agreements, to a third party selected by NBC in its discretion, which could have a material adverse effect upon the Company.

     On August 19, 2004, NBC filed a complaint against the Company in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware seeking a declaratory ruling regarding the terms of its investment in the Company. NBC’s complaint seeks a declaration as to the meaning of the terms “Cost of Capital Dividend Rate” and “independent” investment bank as used in the Certificate of Designation of the Company’s Series B preferred stock.

     On September 15, 2004, the rate at which dividends accrue on the Company’s Series B preferred stock, all of which is held by NBC, was adjusted to a rate of 16.2% from 8% as required by the terms of the Certificate of Designation of the Company’s Series B preferred stock. In connection with the rate adjustment, the Company incurred fees of $1.1 million, which were charged to dividends and accretion on redeemable and convertible preferred stock in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

     On October 14, 2004, the Company filed its answer and a counterclaim to NBC’s complaint. The Company’s answer largely denies the allegations of the NBC complaint and its counterclaim seeks a declaratory ruling that the Company is not obligated to redeem, and will not be in default under the terms of the Investment Agreement under which NBC made its initial $415 million investment in the Company if the Company does not redeem, the Series B preferred stock on or before November 13, 2004. NBC delivered a notice of demand for redemption on November 13, 2003, and has since asserted that the Company is obligated to redeem, and will be in default if it does not redeem, NBC’s Series B preferred stock on or before November 13, 2004.

6. COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

     The Company utilized an interest rate swap to manage the impact of interest rate changes on the Company’s borrowings under its Senior Credit Facility which was refinanced in January 2004. The interest rate swap matured on October 15, 2003 and was not renewed. Under the interest rate swap, the Company agreed with the other party to exchange, at specified intervals, the difference between fixed-rate and floating-rate interest amounts calculated by reference to an agreed notional principal amount. Income or expense under these instruments was recorded on an accrual basis as an adjustment to the yield of the underlying exposures over the periods covered by the contracts. The Company has accounted for the swap as a cash flow hedge pursuant to SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities”, as amended, with changes in the fair value included as a component of other comprehensive loss. At September 30, 2003, the fair value of the swap was a liability of approximately $0.9 million.

     Other comprehensive loss represents the unrealized gain on the Company’s interest rate swap accounted for as a cash flow hedge.

     The components of comprehensive loss are as follows (in thousands):

7. INCOME TAXES

     The Company has recorded a provision for income taxes based on its estimated annual effective income tax rate. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, the Company has recorded a valuation allowance for its deferred tax assets (resulting from tax losses generated during the periods) net of those deferred tax liabilities which are expected to reverse in determinate future periods, as it believes it is more likely than not that it will be unable to utilize its remaining net deferred tax assets.

     The Company structured the disposition of its radio division in 1997 and its acquisition of television stations during the period following this disposition in a manner that the Company believed would qualify these transactions as a “like kind” exchange under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code and would permit the Company to defer recognizing for income tax purposes up to approximately $333 million of gain. The IRS has examined the Company’s 1997 tax return and has issued the Company a “30-day letter” proposing to disallow all of the Company’s gain deferral. The Company filed a protest to this determination with the IRS appeals division, but cannot predict the outcome at this time, and may not prevail. In addition, the “30-day letter” offered the Company an alternative position that, in the event the IRS is unsuccessful in disallowing all of the gain deferral, approximately $62 million of the $333 million gain deferral will be disallowed. The Company filed a protest to this alternative

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determination as well. The Company may not prevail with respect to this alternative determination. Should the IRS successfully challenge the Company’s position and disallow all or part of its gain deferral, because the Company had net operating losses in the years subsequent to 1997 in excess of the amount of the deferred gain, the Company would not be liable for any tax deficiency, but could be liable for interest on the tax liability for the period prior to the carryback of its net operating losses. The Company has estimated the amount of interest for which it could be held liable to be approximately $17.4 million as of September 30, 2004 should the IRS succeed in disallowing all of the deferred gain. If the IRS were successful in disallowing only part of the gain under its alternative position, the Company estimates it would be liable for only a nominal amount of interest.

8. PER SHARE DATA

     Basic and diluted loss per common share was computed by dividing net loss less dividends and accretion on redeemable and convertible preferred stock by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. The effect of stock options and warrants is antidilutive. Accordingly, basic and diluted loss per share are the same for all periods presented.

     As of September 30, 2004 and 2003, the following securities, which could potentially dilute earnings per share in the future, were not included in the computation of earnings per share, because to do so would have been antidilutive (in thousands):

9. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

     Employee stock options are accounted for using the intrinsic value method. Stock-based compensation to non-employees is accounted for using the fair value method. When options are granted to employees, the Company records stock-based compensation expense equal to the difference between the exercise price and the quoted market price of the common stock underlying the options on the date of grant over the vesting period of the options.

     In October 2003, the Company granted 3,598,750 options under the Company’s 1998 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Plan”), to purchase one share of the Company’s Class A common stock at an exercise price of $0.01 per share to certain employees and directors. The options provided for a one business day exercise period. All holders of the options exercised their options and received shares of Class A common stock that were subject to restrictions on transfer and a risk of forfeiture (restricted stock). The restricted stock issued upon the exercise of the options included 2,278,000 shares which were to vest in their entirety at the end of a five year period. Of the remaining shares of restricted stock issued upon the exercise of the options, 1,000,750 shares were to vest ratably over a three year period and 320,000 shares were to vest ratably over a five year period. The award resulted in non-cash stock-based compensation expense of approximately $17.9 million, which will be recognized on a straight-line basis over the vesting period. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004, the Company recognized approximately $1.2 million and $5.0 million, respectively, in stock-based compensation expense in connection with these grants. Approximately $1.3 million will be recognized during the fourth quarter of 2004, and $10.1 million will be recognized between 2005 and 2008. As further described in Note 12, in September 2004, holders of unvested restricted stock awards issued in connection with the October 2003 grants were provided with the option to exchange all of their unvested restricted stock for stock options with an exercise price of $0.01 per share and identical vesting provisions. The exchange was consummated in October 2004 and did not result in any additional stock-based compensation expense.

     In January 2003, the Company consummated a stock option exchange offer under which the Company issued to holders who tendered their eligible options in the exchange offer new options under the Plan to purchase one share of the Company’s Class A common stock for each two shares of Class A common stock issuable upon the exercise of tendered options, at an exercise price of $0.01 per share. The terms of the new options provided for a one business day exercise period. All holders who tendered their eligible options in the exchange offer exercised their new options promptly after the issuance of those new options. Approximately 5.5 million options issued under the Company’s stock option plans and 1.8 million additional non-qualified options were tendered in the exchange offer and approximately 2.6 million new shares of Class A common stock were issued upon exercise of the new options, net of approximately 1.0 million shares of Class A common stock withheld, in accordance with the Plan’s provisions, at the holders’ elections to cover withholding taxes and the option exercise price totaling approximately $2.4 million. The stock option exchange resulted in a fixed non-cash stock-based compensation expense of approximately $8.7 million, of which approximately $0.5 million and $7.9 million related to vested and unvested shares was recognized in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2003, respectively, $0.7 million of the remaining compensation expense was recognized during the fourth quarter of 2003 and $0.1 million was recognized in the first quarter of 2004. The stock-based compensation expense was recognized on a straight-line basis over the one year vesting schedule of the modified award. In addition, the remaining deferred stock compensation expense totaling approximately $2.5 million at December 31, 2002 associated with the tendered options was recognized on a straight-line basis over the one year vesting schedule of the modified award ($0.6 million and $1.7 million was recognized in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2003, respectively, $0.6 million of the remaining compensation expense was recognized during the fourth quarter of 2003, and $0.2 million was

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recognized in the first quarter of 2004). As of September 30, 2004, there were 125,000 shares of restricted stock issued upon the exercise of options issued in the January 2003 exchange that had not vested as a result of elections to defer vesting made by the holders.

     Had compensation expense for the Company’s option plans been determined using the fair value method, the Company’s net loss and net loss per share would have been as follows (in thousands except per share data):

     The fair value of each option grant was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model assuming a dividend yield of zero, expected volatility range of 50% to 79%, risk free interest rates of 2.6% to 6.9% and weighted average expected option terms of one day to 7.5 years.

10. SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION

     Supplemental cash flow information and non-cash operating and financing activities are as follows (in thousands):

11. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

     In December 2003, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 46 (revised December 2003) “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, an Interpretation of Accounting Research Bulletin (ARB) No. 51” (“FIN 46”). FIN 46 clarifies the application of ARB No. 51 to certain entities in which the equity investors do not have the characteristics of a controlling financial interest or do not have sufficient equity at risk for the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support from other parties. Application of FIN 46 is required in financial statements of public entities that have interests in variable interest or potential variable interest entities commonly referred to as special-purpose entities for periods ending after December 31, 2003. Application by public entities for all other types of entities is required in financial statements for periods ending after March 15, 2004. The adoption of FIN 46 did not have any effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

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     In May 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No. 150, “Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Both Liabilities and Equity” (“SFAS 150”). This statement establishes standards for classifying and measuring as liabilities certain financial instruments that embody obligations of the issuer and have characteristics of both liabilities and equity. SFAS 150 requires liability classification for mandatorily redeemable equity instruments not convertible into common stock, such as the Company’s 14 1/4% Junior Exchangeable Preferred Stock. SFAS 150 was effective immediately with respect to instruments entered into or modified after May 31, 2003 and as to all other instruments that exist as of the beginning of the first interim financial reporting period beginning after June 15, 2003. The Company adopted SFAS 150 effective July 1, 2003. Upon adoption, the Company recorded a deferred asset for the unamortized issuance costs and recorded a liability for the mandatorily redeemable preferred stock balance related to its 14 1/4% Junior Exchangeable Preferred Stock. In addition, the amortization of the issuance costs and the dividends related to the 14 1/4% Junior Exchangeable Preferred Stock are being recorded as interest expense beginning July 1, 2003 versus the recording of these costs as dividends and accretion on redeemable preferred stock in prior periods. Restatement of prior periods was not permitted upon adoption of SFAS 150. The Company’s 9 3/4% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and 16.2% Series B Convertible Exchangeable Preferred Stock are not affected by the provisions of SFAS 150 because of their equity conversion features.

12. OTHER

     Acquisition of Network Operations Facility - During the third quarter of 2004, the Company purchased the television production and distribution facility that it had previously leased from The Christian Network, Inc. (“CNI”), for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $1.7 million. The Company uses this facility as its network operations center and to originate the PAX TV network signal. CNI is a section 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit corporation of which Lowell W. Paxson, the Company’s controlling stockholder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, was a co-founder and member of the Board of Stewards through 1993.

     Investment Commitment — The Company has options for which it paid $4.0 million to purchase the assets of two television stations serving the Memphis and New Orleans markets for an aggregate purchase price of $36.0 million. The owners of these stations also have the right to require the Company to purchase these stations. In September 2004, the Company and the station owners amended their agreement to provide that the period during which the Company may be required to purchase the stations will commence on January 1, 2007 and expire on December 31, 2008, to extend the time brokerage arrangement through December 31, 2008, and to increase the time brokerage fees payable by the Company.

     Subsequent Event — In October 2004, the Company completed an exchange offer pursuant to which 3,197,250 restricted shares of Class A common stock were exchanged for options to purchase an equivalent number of shares of Class A common stock, at an exercise price of $0.01 per share with identical vesting provisions as the original awards. The restricted shares were originally issued to certain employees and directors in the October 2003 grant as further described in Note 9. This exchange did not result in any additional stock-based compensation expense. The number of shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2004 will be reduced by an amount equal to the number of restricted shares exchanged.

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13. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL INFORMATION

     Paxson Communications Corporation (the “Parent Company”) and its wholly owned subsidiaries are joint and several guarantors under the Company’s debt obligations. There are no restrictions on the ability of the guarantor subsidiaries or the Parent Company to issue dividends or transfer assets to any other subsidiary guarantors. The accounts of the Parent Company include network operations, network sales, programming and other corporate departments. The accounts of the wholly owned subsidiaries primarily include the television stations owned and operated by the Company.

     The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial information has been prepared and presented pursuant to SEC Regulation S-X Rule 3-10 “Financial statements of guarantors and issuers of guaranteed securities registered or being registered.” This information is not intended to present the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the individual companies or groups of companies in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)