Sinclair's `The Point With Mark Hyman' Wins Three Telly Awards

Sinclair's `The Point With Mark Hyman' Wins Three Telly Awards

BALTIMORE, May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:SBGI) announced that "The Point," a daily commentary by Mark Hyman and aired on Sinclair's news stations, has been awarded three Telly Awards for excellence. All three awards were for commentaries that were part of the 2004 series, "The Point Goes To Iraq."

Receiving the Silver Telly, the highest award given, were the following two "The Point Goes To Iraq" commentaries:

"Absence of Malice" in which an Iraqi couple who lost three sons in two Iraqi wars, including one son killed by U.S. Marines, believed that Iraq was a better country after Iraq's U.S. led liberation; and "Kurdish Diplomacy" whereby the leader of the largest Kurdish political party in Iraq talked about the Kurds' desire for an independent state but instead pushed for only limited autonomy out of deference to U.S. wishes.

Selected as a finalist for the Bronze Telly award was "Karrada Free Market Choices" whereby viewers were introduced to the brisk sales and plentiful consumer goods in the major shopping district of Baghdad that immediately began following the fall of Saddam Hussein.

Sharing in the awards were Dina Nesheiwat, Sinclair Producer, for her production support work and Larry Keller, Photojournalist with Sinclair's WB affiliate, KVWB-TV in Las Vegas, who was photographer/editor while in Iraq.

The Telly Awards is the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs, as well as the finest video and film productions. The Telly Awards annually showcases the best work of the most respected television stations, cable companies, production companies, ad agencies and corporate video departments in the world. The Telly Awards is a widely known and highly respected national and international competition and receives over 10,000 entries annually.

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies, owns and operates, programs or provides sales services to 61 television stations in 38 markets. Sinclair's television group includes FOX, WB, ABC, CBS, NBC, and UPN affiliates and reaches approximately 23.0% of all U.S. television households. For more information, please visit Sinclair's website at http://www.sbgi.net/.

Source: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.

CONTACT: Mark Hyman, Sinclair Broadcast Group, +1-410-568-1500

Web site: http://www.sbgi.net/

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