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Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc.

(SBGI) is in the Media Industry

Market Cap:$172.9M

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

News & Analysis

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

Duel standards.(Statistical Data Included)

- 2000-04-12

COFDM, 8-VSB proponents square off in the desert The debate over the U.S. digital transmission standard rages on at this week's NAB convention, where two competing camps--those who support the current 8-VSB standard and those who want a switch to Europe's COFDM...

Tags: broadcaster, Consumer Electronics Association, Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., standards, 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
Sinclair Leaves DTV with Shadow of Doubt

- 2000-02-14

After the Federal Communications Commission FCC put off a challenge to its digital television DTV broadcast standards Feb. 4, one analyst said that the petitioner who brought it could leave a kernel of doubt among consumers. Whether that doubt has any ramifications for OEMs or chipmakers may take a...

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