EXHIBIT 99.5

              CONSENT OF PERSON NAMED AS ABOUT TO BECOME A DIRECTOR

         I hereby consent to my being named in the Registration Statement on
Form S-4, as amended, of Triple Crown Media, Inc. as a person who is expected to
become a director of Triple Crown Media, Inc. upon the consummation of the
transactions contemplated therein.


October 17, 2005                                  /s/ J. Mack Robinson
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                                                  J. Mack Robinson







              CONSENT OF PERSON NAMED AS ABOUT TO BECOME A DIRECTOR

         I hereby consent to my being named in the Registration Statement on
Form S-4, as amended, of Triple Crown Media, Inc. as a person who is expected to
become a director of Triple Crown Media, Inc. upon the consummation of the
transactions contemplated therein.


October 17, 2005                                    /s/ Thomas J. Stultz
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                                                    Thomas J. Stultz






              CONSENT OF PERSON NAMED AS ABOUT TO BECOME A DIRECTOR

         I hereby consent to my being named in the Registration Statement on
Form S-4, as amended, of Triple Crown Media, Inc. as a person who is expected to
become a director of Triple Crown Media, Inc. upon the consummation of the
transactions contemplated therein.


October 17, 2005                                  /s/ Gerald N. Agranoff
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                                                  Gerald N. Agranoff






              CONSENT OF PERSON NAMED AS ABOUT TO BECOME A DIRECTOR

         I hereby consent to my being named in the Registration Statement on
Form S-4, as amended, of Triple Crown Media, Inc. as a person who is expected to
become a director of Triple Crown Media, Inc. upon the consummation of the
transactions contemplated therein.


October 17, 2005                                     /s/ James W. Busby
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                                                     James W. Busby






              CONSENT OF PERSON NAMED AS ABOUT TO BECOME A DIRECTOR

         I hereby consent to my being named in the Registration Statement on
Form S-4, as amended, of Triple Crown Media, Inc. as a person who is expected to
become a director of Triple Crown Media, Inc. upon the consummation of the
transactions contemplated therein.


October 17, 2005                               /s/ Hilton H. Howell, Jr.
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                                               Hilton H. Howell, Jr.






              CONSENT OF PERSON NAMED AS ABOUT TO BECOME A DIRECTOR

         I hereby consent to my being named in the Registration Statement on
Form S-4, as amended, of Triple Crown Media, Inc. as a person who is expected to
become a director of Triple Crown Media, Inc. upon the consummation of the
transactions contemplated therein.


October 17, 2005                                    /s/ Monte C. Johnson
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                                                    Monte C. Johnson