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Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc.

(SBGI) is in the Media Industry

Market Cap:$159.1M

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$754.4M

Public
US

Dow Jones Description

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. is one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies in the country today. Sinclair owns and operates, programs, or provides sales services to 58 television stations in 35 markets. Sinclair's television group includes 20 FOX, 17 MyTV, 9 ABC, 9 CW, 2 CBS and 1 NBC affiliates and reaches approximately 22% of all U.S. television households. Sinclair, either directly or through its Ventures subsidiary, makes equity investments in strategic companies. Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. was founded in 1986, went public in 1995 and is traded on the Nasdaq Exchange under the ticker symbol SBGI.

Number of Employees 2,500

Contact Information

10706 Beaver Dam Road

Hunt Valley, Maryland 21030

sbgi.net

(410) 568-1500

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Radio Stations: 515112

Company News

Recent Events

Sinclair Broadcast Group Appoints Rob Weisboard As Director, Audra Swain As General Manager - Quick...

11/11/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Director - View Story
Sinclair Names Audra Swain General Manager of KVMY-TV and KVCW-TV in Las Vegas, NV

11/11/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - General Manager - View Story
Sinclair Names Rob Weisbord Director of Digital Interactive Marketing

11/12/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Director - View Story
Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results

11/11/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Financing & Caps: Gannett, Sinclair raise $1B in debt financing

10/27/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Sinclair expects to beat earlier Q3 sales projections

10/14/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
$$ Sign Up For Our Free Newsletter!!! $$ (NASDAQ: SBGI) Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., (OTCBB:...

8/25/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Sinclair Names Tom Humpage General Manager of WGME-TV in Portland, Maine

8/13/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - General Manager - View Story
Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results

8/12/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Sinclair, owner of channels 18, 24, works to avoid bankruptcy

7/15/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story
Sinclair to Report Second Quarter 2009 Results on August 5, 2009

7/22/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Sinclair Re-Elects Board, Ratifies and Approves Other Proposals

6/04/09 - Mgmt. Change Leaving - Vice President - View Story

News & Analysis

petition and sinclair broadcast group inc. - All News and Analysis

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
FCC Rejects Sinclair Petition, Says COFDM Could Hurt DTV Sales

- 2000-02-08

The FCC, heeding calls from nervous digital-television manufacturers, on Friday rejected an October petition by Sinclair Broadcast Group [SBGI] for a reconsideration of the type of modulation for the ATSC DTV standard. Broadcasters considered the petition their last chance to improve broadcast DTV quality before widespread availability. Sinclair, after...

Tags: FCC, Government, petition, Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., TVs
Will digital TV ever make it to market success?(Industry Trend or Event)

- 2000-01-01

Tune in tomorrow to see what happens next! The saga of digital TV resembles nothing more than a daytime television soap opera. It's constantly landing back in the hospital, otherwise known as the Federal Communications Commission, with one standards crisis after another....

Tags: chip, FCC, HARDWARE, petition, Semiconductors, Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., TVs