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• Sinclair Responds to Mediacom's Letter to Congress

  - 2007-01-16

  To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: Barry M. Faber, V.P. & General Counsel, Sinclair Broadcast Group, +1-410-568-1500 BALTIMORE, Jan. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) today sent the attached letter to members of Congress to respond to the inaccurate and outrageous claims made by Mediacom Communications Corp. (Nasdaq: MCCC) in...

  Tags: Company, FCC, FINANCE, Government, Mediacom Communications Corp., Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., U.S. Congress

• Sinclair Broadcasting spins FCC indecency rules, Veteran's Day movie not to be aired.

  - 2004-11-15

  M2 PRESSWIRE-15 November 2004-Axcess News: Sinclair Broadcasting spins FCC indecency rules, Veteran's Day movie not to be airedC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:11152004 Baltimore - Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) announced Thursday that as a result of ambiguities in the Federal...

  Tags: FCC, Government, movie, Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc.

• Carolina activists challenge licenses for conservative Sinclair TV stations.

  - 2004-11-03

  By David Ranii, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 3--A nonprofit public interest group has challenged the broadcast license renewals of Sinclair Broadcast Group television stations in North and South Carolina, including two in the Triangle. ...

  Tags: FCC, Government, petition, Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., TVs

• Hunt Valley, Md.-based Sinclair Broadcasting takes heat for anti-Kerry show.

  - 2004-10-24

  By Andrea K. Walker, The Baltimore Sun Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 24--Its controversial program about political documentaries is behind it, but the political ramifications for Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. likely aren't over. Sinclair, one of the largest independent...

  Tags: FCC, Government, Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., TVs

• Free speech trumps politics

  - 2004-10-18

  In the final days of the presidential campaign, it's understandable that Sen. John Kerry wants to do everything he can to protect the upsurge in public opinion polls that he has enjoyed since the debates again President Bush. With the election too close to call, neither Bush nor...

  Tags: documentary, FCC, Government, Kerry, Leadership, Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc.

• Baltimore-Based Broadcaster Seek to Buy Charleston, S.C., Fox Affiliate.

  - 2003-06-04

  By John P. McDermott, The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 4--A Baltimore-based broadcaster that owns a television station in the Charleston market expects to move ahead with a long-delayed deal to buy the local Fox affiliate now...

  Tags: broadcaster, FCC, Government, Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., TVs

• Media Companies Likely to Pursue More Mergers Due to Recent Court Rulings.

  - 2002-02-22

  By Christopher Carey, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--Media companies emboldened by two appellate court rulings this week might embark soon on a new round of industry consolidation. "This will likely lead to an explosion of mergers among...

  Tags: Acme Communications Inc., FCC, FINANCE, Government, Investment, merger, Pulitzer Inc., Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc.

• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Business Briefs Column.

  - 2001-12-12

  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 12--MELLON PLACES LAID-OFF EMPLOYEES: Mellon Financial Corp. said yesterday that of the 98 employees laid off when it shut down its IRS processing unit in Pittsburgh in August, 75 were offered new jobs and 54 accepted. A...

  Tags: FCC, FINANCE, Government, Mellon Financial Corp., Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., Taxes

• Sinclair Group Wins Reprieve over North Charleston, S.C., Fox TV Affiliate.

  - 2001-06-22

  By John P. McDermott, The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 23--A broadcaster that controls two local television stations can continue operating North Charleston-based WTAT-TV 24 at least until next year. A federal appeals court on Thursday...

  Tags: FCC, Government, Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., TVs

• Digital Doubts - problems with FCC standards for digital television - Brief Article

  - 2000-04-01

  Every television station in the country is required to shift to digital broadcasting in the next seven years, following broadcast standards developed and approved by the federal government. The broadcast industry is spending billions of dollars to implement the Federal Communications Commission's orders; more than 100 stations reaching 50 percent...

  Tags: broadcasting, FCC, Government, Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., standards, TVs