Sinclair to Hold Press Conference Today to Discuss Status of Mediacom Negotiations

Sinclair to Hold Press Conference Today to Discuss Status of Mediacom Negotiations

BALTIMORE, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:SBGI) will hold a press conference via a conference call today, January 9, 2007 at 3:30pm EST to discuss the status of its television retransmission negotiations with Mediacom Communications Corp. (NASDAQ:MCCC). The Company invites all interested parties to participate.

The dial-in number for the press conference call is 877-407-9205.

If you plan to participate on the conference call, please call five minutes prior to the start time and tell the conference operator that the subject of the conference is the "Sinclair/Mediacom Conference Call."

If you cannot participate in the live conference call, a replay of the call will be available on Sinclair Broadcast Group's web site at http://www.sbgi.net/.

Markets impacted by the Mediacom dispute are: Des Moines/Ames (KDSM-FOX), Cedar Rapids (KGAN-CBS), Mobile-Pensacola (WEAR-ABC/WFGX-MNT), Peoria/Bloomington (WYZZ-FOX), Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville (WLOS- ABC/WMYA-MNT), Lexington (WDKY-FOX), Madison (WSMN-FOX), Nashville (WZTV-FOX/ WUXP-MNT/WNAB-CW), Minneapolis (WUCW-CW), Paducah/Cape Girardeau (KBSI- FOX/WDKA-MNT), Springfield/Champaign/Decatur (WICS-ABC/WICD-ABC), St. Louis (KDNL-ABC), Tallahassee (WTWC-NBC), Birmingham (WTTO-CW/WABM-MNT), Norfolk (WTVZ-MNT) and Milwaukee (WCGV-MNT/WVTV-CW).

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies, currently owns and operates, programs or provides sales services to 58 television stations in 36 markets. Sinclair's television group reaches approximately 22% of U.S. television households and is affiliated with all the major networks.

First Call Analyst: Lucy Rutishauser
FCMN Contact:

Source: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.

CONTACT: Barry M. Faber, V.P. & General Counsel, Sinclair Broadcast
Group, +1-410-568-1500

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

Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/110203.html

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