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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * MCCOLLOUGH W ALAN   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol CIRCUIT CITY STORES INC [CC] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chairman & CEO (Last) (First) (Middle) 9950 MAYLAND DRIVE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 04/22/2005 (Street) RICHMOND, VA 23233 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Circuit City Stores, Inc. Common Stock 04/22/2005   M   251,983 A $ 9.83 813,788 D   Circuit City Stores, Inc. Common Stock 04/22/2005   S   1,000 D $ 15.8 812,788 D   Circuit City Stores, Inc. Common Stock 04/22/2005   S   2,000 D $ 15.79 810,788 D   Circuit City Stores, Inc. Common Stock 04/22/2005   S   1,500 D $ 15.78 809,288 D   Circuit City Stores, Inc. Common Stock 04/22/2005   S   1,000 D $ 15.77 808,288 D   Circuit City Stores, Inc. Common Stock 04/22/2005   S   2,000 D $ 15.76 806,288 D   Circuit City Stores, Inc. Common Stock 04/22/2005   S   30,000 D $ 15.75 776,288 D   Circuit City Stores, Inc. Common Stock 04/22/2005   S   72,500 D $ 15.74 703,788 D   Circuit City Stores, Inc. Common Stock 04/22/2005   S   42,200 D $ 15.72 661,588 D   Circuit City Stores, Inc. Common Stock 04/22/2005   S   1,400 D $ 15.71 660,188 D   Circuit City Stores, Inc. Common Stock 04/22/2005   S   12,400 D $ 15.7 647,788 D   Circuit City Stores, Inc. Common Stock 04/22/2005   S   800 D $ 15.68 646,988 D   Circuit City Stores, Inc. Common Stock 04/22/2005   S   22,000 D $ 15.67 624,988 D   Circuit City Stores, Inc. Common Stock 04/22/2005   S   6,500 D $ 15.66 618,488 D   Circuit City Stores, Inc. Common Stock 04/22/2005   S   18,800 D $ 15.65 599,688 D   Circuit City Stores, Inc. Common Stock 04/22/2005   S   1,700 D $ 15.64 597,988 D   Circuit City Stores, Inc. Common Stock 04/22/2005   S   5,200 D $ 15.63 592,788 (1) D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Employee Stock Option (right to purchase)

$ 9.83

04/22/2005

M

251,983

(2)

04/15/2006

Common Stock

251,983

(3)

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
MCCOLLOUGH W ALAN 9950 MAYLAND DRIVE RICHMOND, VA 23233	X		Chairman & CEO

Signatures

/s/ Alice G. Givens		04/25/2005
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Transaction involves stock option exercise of grant scheduled to expire on April 16, 2006. The reporting person retained 30,983 shares following the transaction, which represents approximately 50% of the shares remaining after satisfaction of exercise cost and withholding taxes.
(2)	The options became exercisable on April 15, 1997 and on each of the seven succeeding anniversaries of that date, in cumulative installments of 10%, 20%, 30%, 50%, 70%, 80%, 90% and 100%, respectively, of the option shares.
(3)	N/A - stock option awarded to the reporting person on April 4, 1996.

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