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	Sinclair Broadcast Group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Sinclair Broadcast Group (SBG) NASDAQ: SBGI is the operator of the largest number of local television stations in the United States with a total of 59 stations across the country in 38 (mostly) small and medium markets.
		SBG had experimented with using a centralized news organization called News Central that provided prepackaged news segments for distribution to several of the group's stations.
		In 2004, Sinclair attracted controversy when it decided that eight ABC stations it owned would not be allowed to broadcast an April 30 airing of a Nightline tribute to the 721 soldiers killed in the 2003 invasion and occupation of Iraq.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sinclair_Broadcast_Group (1314 words)

	Sinclair Broadcast Group: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A television station is a type of broadcast station that broadcasts both audio and video to television receivers in a particular area....
		SBG has experimented with using a centralized news organization called "News Central" that provides pre-packaged news segments for distribution to several of the group's stations.
		Mark hyman is the vice president for corporate relations for sinclair broadcast group, the largest chain of local television stations in the united states....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/si/sinclair_broadcast_group.htm (2362 words)

	Sinclair Broadcast Group
		To ensure that great future, Sinclair continues to believe each of our stations is an important aspect of the communities in which they are located.
		Sinclair employees, our most valued asset, are an important part of the communities we serve and are active members of many charitable organizations.
		Our growth in the broadcast industry has its roots in diversity; Sinclair's 62 stations are acquisitions from several different broadcasting entities and are representative of the bright and varied cultures each of their employees embody.
	jobs.sbgnet.com /sbghire/JobCulture.jsp?marketID=8 (438 words)

	Sinclair Broadcast Group Refuses to Run Nightline
		Sinclair's move caught the attention of Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.), a leading critic of media consolidation, who said Sinclair is the company making a political statement, not ABC.
		The Hunt Valley, Md.-based TV group said it was aware of at least one spouse of a fallen soldier who opposed the reading of her husband's name.
		Sinclair also questioned why ABC and Koppel chose to read the names of those killed in Iraq, rather than the names of the thousands of private citizens who were killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center.
	www.adweek.com /aw/search/article_display.jsp?schema=&vnu_content_id=1000500784 (376 words)

	Sinclair Broadcast Group - dKosopedia
		Sinclair's track record of illegally influencing elections was one reason the reaction to the originally scheduled "Stolen Honor" broadcast was so intense.
		Sinclair has decided that its end strategy will be to run a news story on the use of documentaries and media to influence elections on approximately 40 of its stations.
		Broadcasting "Stolen Honor" this close to the election would have violated the Fairness Doctrine, an FCC rule that mandated stations, as holders of scarce broadcasting licences, provide balanced coverage of political issues.
	www.dkosopedia.com /index.php/Sinclair_Broadcast_Group (4777 words)

	AlterNet: The Death of Local News
		The corporate tactics of the Sinclair Broadcast Group offers a glimpse of the post-deregulation world where local news may be produced in one giant newsroom.
		Sinclair aptly calls its innovative strategy "NewsCentral" - it is very likely to spell the demise of local news as we know it.
		Today, Sinclair touts itself as "the nation's largest commercial television broadcasting company not owned by a network." You've probably never heard of them because the 62 stations they run -- garnering 24 percent of the national TV audience -- fly the flags of the networks they broadcast: ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, and the WB.
	www.alternet.org /story/15718 (1372 words)

	FCC Indecency Rules Cause Preemption of 'Saving Private Ryan'
		The movie, which is being broadcast by the ABC network in its original theatrical form without any editing for television, contains numerous unedited uses of the "F-word." It is unclear whether this broadcast violates the relevant portions of the FCC's rules prohibiting the broadcast of indecent material between the hours of 6:00 a.m.
		It is similarly unfortunate, however, that the actions by a small but vocal group of individuals in the past have influenced the FCC to the extent that broadcasters are fearful of exercising their First Amendment rights, lest they result in fines by the FCC or action being taken against their licenses.
		Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies, currently owns and operates, programs or provides sales services to 62 television stations in 39 markets.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/11-11-2004/0002404150&EDATE= (487 words)

	MediaChannel.org - A Global Network of More Than 1,000 Media Issues Groups
		During the ABC News broadcast, anchorman Ted Koppel will read aloud the names of more than 500 U.S. service men or women who have lost their lives in the war, as a corresponding photo appears on the screen along with that person's name, military branch, rank and age.
		If the Sinclair Broadcasting Group's track record of political contributions is any indication, executives at the company may have their own "political agenda." According to The Center for Responsive Politics, an organization devoted to tracking political contributions by individuals, PACs and corporations, Sinclair executives give overwhelmingly to Republican causes and candidates.
		Of the top twenty TV and Radio companies to make political contributions in 2004, Sinclair Broadcasting Group, is among the most conservative, giving 98 percent of its $65,434 in political contributions to GOP candidates.
	www.mediachannel.org /views/dissector/affalert187.shtml (555 words)

	Sinclair Broadcast Group - SourceWatch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		SBG has been compared to the radio conglomerate Clear Channel Communications, and programming produced by the group is considered to have a right-wing slant.
		For example, in April 2004, the company refused to broadcast a special "Nightline" broadcast, produced by the ABC television network, that was devoted to reading the names of soldiers who had died in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
		Sinclair gained further notoriety by ordering its 62 local stations to preempt prime time programming to broadcast an anti-Kerry film just before the November 2, 2004 general election.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Sinclair_Broadcast_Group (3768 words)

	Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. profile and media properties - American media companies at MediaOwners.com
		Sinclair Broadcast Group (SBG), based in Maryland, is a major operator of local broadcast television stations in the United States, with a total of 61 stations in small and medium-sized markets across the country.
		Sinclair Broadcast Group is 86% owned by the four sons of Julian Sinclair Smith, the founder of the company.
		SBG was founded in 1986, went public in 1995 and is traded on the Nasdaq Exchange under the ticker symbol SBGI.
	www.mediaowners.com /company/sinclair.html (260 words)

	Sinclair plans to air anti-Kerry film, DNC files complaint - Oct. 12, 2004
		The complaint to be filed with the FEC states it is inappropriate for the Sinclair Broadcasting Group to air partisan propaganda in the last 10 days of an election campaign, said Cabrera.
		Sinclair CEO David Smith contributed the legal limit of $2,000 Bush-Cheney 2004, and vice president Frederick Smith gave $175,000 to the RNC and maxed out his Bush-Cheney contribution.
		Kerry's team said Sinclair was clearly trying to manipulate the outcome of the election because of the broadcaster's ties to the Bush administration.
	money.cnn.com /2004/10/11/news/newsmakers/sinclair_kerry/index.htm?cnn=yes (817 words)

	U.S. Newswire : Releases : "Kerry Campaign Letter to Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc." (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sinclair's planned airing of this documentary produced by opponents of Senator Kerry is precisely the kind of use of a broadcasting station to advance one campaign that the Zapple Doctrine was intended to address.
		Section 315(a) of the Communications Act was intended to prevent the licensee of a broadcasting station using the public airwaves to use that facility to promote one candidate for public office over another.
		Please consider this a request that each Sinclair station that airs the documentary provide supporters of the Kerry-Edwards campaign with a similar amount of time on that station before the election at a time where an audience of similar size can be expected to be viewing the station.
	releases.usnewswire.com /GetRelease.asp?id=38218 (596 words)

	Sinclair Group: Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sinclair Broadcast Group (SBG) claims to be the largest US television broadcast group not owned by a network.
		SBG dates from 1971, when the Sinclair Smith family established a UHF commercial television station in Baltimore.
		UHF enthusiast Julian Sinclair Smith launched UHF television station WBFF-TV in Baltimore in 1971 and established Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. in 1986.
	www.ketupa.net /sinclair.htm (449 words)

	PressThink: Off the Charts: Sinclair Broadcast Group's Political Vision
		I say that because Sinclair was constructed not on a normal business model, but on a mountain of debt placed on a bet that a company of its size would be allowed to exist in the political environment that was then unfolding.
		Sinclair got here by flying under the radar, the preferred method of winning regulatory “relief.” But that phase is clearly over.
		Sinclair's financial woes are background to their reasons for doing what they did; without a way out, they may be doomed, and their attempt to pander to a certain political base will be their claim on getting relief from the government to do what otherwise they might not be allowed to do.
	journalism.nyu.edu /pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2004/11/16/snclr_vision.html (15047 words)

	t r u t h o u t - Letter: New York Comptroller Questions Sinclair
		We hold 256,600 shares of Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. As a shareholder, I am writing to ask about some recent actions that have brought a great deal of publicity to our company.
		It has been reported publicly, and confirmed by representatives of Sinclair, that you have ordered all of our 62 television stations to reserve an hour of prime time sometime later this week to show a film titled "Stolen Honor: Wounds that Never Heal" and that this film will be shown with no commercial interruption.
		During the same time period Sinclair's performance has plummeted by 53.9%, while other stocks in its sector (the Russell 2000 Consumer Discretionary sector) increased by 2.4%, and the Russell 2000, on the whole, increased by 1.8%.
	www.truthout.org /docs_04/102104B.shtml (1109 words)

	Sinclair, The Next Fox, 'Fair and Balanced' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Sinclair Broadcast Group (SBG) is the eighth-largest network of television stations, based on revenues, and the nation's largest independent group owner of stations, according to Broadcasting & Cable.
		Hyman says with some glee that Sinclair stations are "not in the Hamptons, not in the regions of the cultural elite who look down on the 'little people.' " Thus, he suggests, Sinclair is fulfilling a demand in flyover country for a fresh perspective on the news.
		Sinclair CEO David Smith echoed that sentiment, telling the Washington Post that his aim is to offer a "fair and balanced" news program, something missing on the major network news programs.
	www.newsmax.com /archives/articles/2004/1/28/150537.shtml (1217 words)

	Rolling Stone : Beyond 'Fair and Balanced'
		Sinclair, the pro-Bush broadcaster, is waging war on the "cheese-eating surrender monkeys"
		His father, Julian Sinclair Smith, launched the family's first television station in 1971, and in the last decade, David and his three brothers have expanded the operation into a broadcast empire with access to four in one American households.
		Citizens groups are challenging the company's bid to renew its licenses in North and South Carolina, saying Sinclair's lack of local news and one-sided programming fail to satisfy even the bare-minimum standards imposed by the FCC.
	www.rollingstone.com /politics/story/6959139/beyond_fair_and_balanced (2159 words)

	CNN.com - Programming protest - Oct 12, 2004
		The Democrats charge that the broadcast group's plan amounts to an "illegal in-kind contribution to the Bush-Cheney campaign." McAuliffe says this is the first time the DNC has ever filed an FEC complaint against a media organization.
		Sinclair Broadcast Group operates 62 local stations around the country, including stations in battleground states such as Ohio, Florida, Iowa and Wisconsin.
		In April, Sinclair Broadcast Group made news when it ordered its seven ABC affiliates not to air a "Nightline" segment that featured Ted Koppel reading the names of U.S. troops killed in Iraq.
	www.cnn.com /2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/12/kerry.program (487 words)

	AlterNet: MediaCulture: The Eternal Twilight of the Sinclair Mind
		That Sinclair has since backed away from its original plan – announcing Tuesday that it would only air a special one-hour news program, entitled "A POW Story: Politics, Pressure and the Media" – is in itself the sign of the power of grassroots organizing.
		More genuinely shocking than Sinclair's rabidly partisan bias or its disingenuous attempt to hide the same is that someone actually had the courage to burst Hyman’s bubble of feigned innocence.
		While Sinclair has offered Kerry a chance to appear as part of the "Stolen Honor" programming, it's unlikely that the appearance will be fair or equal in terms of time and political impact.
	www.alternet.org /mediaculture/20240 (1874 words)

	Eschaton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The president of Baltimore-based Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., which owns the local Fox television affiliate, was arrested Tuesday night and charged with committing a perverted sex act in a company-owned Mercedes, city police said.
		In March, it was discovered that the Bush Administration was producing "television news stories, written and paid for by the government, which have the appearance of legitimate news segments delivered by independent reporters" and distributed them to local newscasts as a way of promoting Administration policies – including their ill-conceived Medicare prescription drug law.
		Shaw said he was trying to help the group because it could quickly install the police and fire communications system, and because the group was using a U.S.-based cellphone technology called CDMA that had lost out in what he called a "rigged" competition last year for commercial licenses in Iraq.
	atrios.blogspot.com /2004_04_25_atrios_archive.html (8250 words)

	Media Matters - Letter from David Brock to Sinclair Broadcast Group (10/10/04)
		As described by the Times, Sinclair's plan to air the film raises questions about whether Sinclair would be running afoul of federal regulations "requiring broadcasters to provide equal time to major candidates in an election campaign..." Provisions of the McCain-Feingold law would also appear to be at issue in your decision.
		The reported effort by Sinclair executives to instruct station managers to classify the film as "news," thus skirting these political broadcasting regulations, would be a charade given its blatant anti-Kerry slant.
		Sinclair would be abusing the priviledge we as citizens have granted them.
	mediamatters.org /items/200410100001 (2618 words)

	Philadelphia Business Journal: Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc company profile
		Beginning in 1971 with one television station located in Baltimore, MD, Sinclair was founded in 1986 and went public in 1995.
		Within 10 years of being formed, Sinclair became the largest commercial television broadcasting company not owned by a network.
		Sinclair Broadcast Group,(NASDAQ: SBGI) headquartered in Hunt Valley, MD provides programming to 58 stations in 36 media markets.
	philadelphia.bizjournals.com /philadelphia/gen/Sinclair_Broadcast_Group_Inc_87EF0D2B3A5646409D6CC649AA4031F6.html (368 words)

	Sinclair Broadcast Group News - Topix (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		David Smith, President and CEO of Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., commented today on the significance of the newly formed Open Mobile Video Coalition whose role it is to promote and accelerate the development...
		The cable operator and Sinclair finalized a new retransmission-consent pact Friday for cable systems formerly owned by Adelphia Communications just hours before an extension of their old agreement was set to...
		Sinclair and Mediacom concluded their often-heated retransmission-consent battle for several Sinclair stations in 12 states in Mediacom markets in early February...
	www.topix.net /com/sbgi (495 words)

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