Sinclair Re-Elects Board, Ratifies and Approves Other Proposals

Sinclair Re-Elects Board, Ratifies and Approves Other Proposals

BALTIMORE, May 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:SBGI) announced today that its shareholders re-elected its eight Directors at the Company's Annual Shareholders' meeting held today. The re- elected Directors are: Mr. David D. Smith, Chairman of the Board, CEO and President of Sinclair; Mr. Frederick G. Smith, Vice President of Sinclair; Mr. J. Duncan Smith, Vice President and Secretary of Sinclair; Mr. Robert E. Smith, Director; Mr. Basil A. Thomas, of Counsel to the law firm of Thomas & Libowitz P.A. and a retired Associate Judge of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City; Mr. Lawrence E. McCanna, Managing Director of the accounting firm of Gross, Mendelsohn & Associates P.A.; Mr. Daniel C. Keith, Founder and President of the Cavanaugh Group, Inc.; and Mr. Martin R. Leader, a retired partner of the law firm Shaw Pittman, LLP.

The shareholders also ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as its independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2006, and approved the amendment to the 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan to increase the number of shares of Class A Common Stock available for issuance by 1.2 million shares.

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: David Amy, EVP & Chief Financial Officer, or Lucy Rutishauser,
VP Corporate Finance & Treasurer, both of Sinclair Broadcast Group,
+1-410-568-1592

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

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