WBFF-TV to Launch Baltimore's First Multi-Digital Channel with Syndicated Programming

WBFF-TV to Launch Baltimore's First Multi-Digital Channel with Syndicated Programming

BALTIMORE, Feb. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:SBGI) announced today that WBFF-TV in Baltimore (FOX 45) will launch the market's first multi-digital channel that will carry syndicated and other programming. The digital channel will launch on May 1, 2006 and can be accessed over-the-air on channel 45-2 and will also be carried on the Comcast and Millennium digital cable systems and on Verizon's FIOS-TV service when it's launched in Baltimore.

"The new digital channel will feature a nostalgic line-up of some of the best shows that have aired in the Baltimore market over the years," commented Bill Fanshawe, General Manager of WBFF-TV. "We not only wanted to provide programming that appealed to the tastes of our local viewers, but to use the channel as an opportunity to serve the community. In keeping with this theme, we have set aside air time on Sunday mornings so that local churches can reach out to their parishioners through the broadcast of their services. The plan is to eventually expand to include other community events, as well."

The new digital channel will broadcast 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Among the popular golden classics to air will be "All in the Family, Sanford and Son, In the Heat of the Night and Good Times."

WBFF-TV is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies in the country, which currently owns and operates, programs or provides sales services to 60 television stations in 37 markets. Sinclair's television group reaches approximately 22% of U.S. television households and includes affiliations with all of the networks.

Source: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.

CONTACT: Bill Fanshawe, General Manager of WBFF-TV, +1-410-467-4545

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

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