Sinclair's 'The Point With Mark Hyman' Wins Four Telly Awards

Sinclair's 'The Point With Mark Hyman' Wins Four Telly Awards

BALTIMORE, March 9 /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 four Telly Awards for excellence. Hyman received three Telly Awards in 2005 for commentaries that were part of the 2004 series, "The Point Goes to Iraq."

Receiving the Silver Telly, the highest award given, was the following commentary:

"The 2000 Election Fiasco" documented, with video excerpts, the November 7, 2000 election day newscasts from ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN and FOX News Channel announcing at 7pm ET that all polls were closed in Florida during the extremely close 2000 presidential election. Yet, more than 350 polling stations located in the Florida panhandle were open for another hour until 8pm ET (7pm CT). In the following 2002 off-year elections, more than 20,000 Floridians voted in the panhandle than in 2000. This strongly suggests that the premature news announcement of closed polling may have dissuaded thousands from voting and thereby contributed to the 2000 election fiasco.

Three commentaries received Bronze Telly awards as finalists:

"Courts of Madison County" was a look at Madison County, Illinois, the lawsuit capital of America where the judges usually act in favor of trial attorneys. It highlighted one successful lawsuit where the attorneys' share of a $93 million verdict was $84.5 million, leaving the plaintiffs with just over eight million dollars.

"Behind the Scenes at the Democratic National Convention" provided glimpses of and conversations with convention delegates, FleetCenter workers and nearby business owners that the major newscasts skipped during the 2004 Democratic Convention.

"GOP Convention: Behind the Scenes" provided a sneak peek of activities in and around Madison Square Garden for the 2004 Republican Convention. Comments from the organizer of a 100,000-person protest march were included.

Sharing in the awards are Dina Nesheiwat, Sinclair Producer for "The Point," Jody Weldon, Photojournalist with Sinclair's News Central who filmed and edited "Behind the Scenes at the Democratic National Convention," and Bob Hastings, Photojournalist with Sinclair's WGGB-TV (ABC 40) in Springfield, Massachusetts who filmed and edited "GOP Convention: Behind the Scenes."

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 58 television stations in 36 markets. Sinclair's television group is affiliated with all major networks and reaches approximately 22% 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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