Sinclair's 'The Point With Mark Hyman' Wins Two Aurora Awards

Sinclair's 'The Point With Mark Hyman' Wins Two Aurora Awards

BALTIMORE, July 31 /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 honored with two Aurora Awards for excellence in the Social Issues and Documentary category. Sharing in the awards is Dina Nesheiwat, Sinclair Producer for "The Point." Eligibility included commentaries that aired during 2004 and 2005. It was announced earlier this year that Hyman and Nesheiwat also received four Telly Awards for excellence in 2006.

Receiving a Gold Aurora Award 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 more 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. This commentary was also awarded a Silver Telly, the highest award given, for 2006.

Also receiving a Gold Aurora Award was the following commentary:

"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. This commentary was also awarded a Bronze Telly for 2006.

The Aurora Awards is an international film and video competition for commercials, cable programming, documentaries, industrial, instructional and corporate videos. The Aurora Awards competition is designed to recognize local, regional, independent, and industrial excellence and it specifically targets programs and commercials that would not normally have the opportunity to compete on a national level. Judges reviewed thousands of entries from the U.S. and abroad this year.

Recent television winners of Aurora Awards include CBS, CNBC, Court TV, Discovery Channel, FOX News Channel, HBO Films, History Channel, National Geographic Channel, and PBS.

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, Inc., +1-410-568-1500

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

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