WGME and WPFO to Produce a Shared 10pm Newscast in Portland, ME

WGME and WPFO to Produce a Shared 10pm Newscast in Portland, ME

PORTLAND, Maine, Jan. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WGME-TV (CBS 13) in Portland, Maine has announced a news share agreement with WPFO-TV (FOX 23), in which WGME will produce a 35-minute 10:00pm newscast Monday through Sunday on WPFO, beginning February 5, 2007.

"WGME 13 is happy to team with FOX 23 to provide the Portland community with another news program choice," commented Terry Cole, General Manager of WGME-TV. "Our fast-paced, breaking-news style should be complementary to FOX 23's program lineup, while bringing the quality news stories that have made us one of the top-rated news operations in the region."

Dirk Brinkerhoff, General Manager of WPFO-TV, added, "FOX 23 is excited about partnering with WGME and News 13 in our common goal to become the number one 10pm news in the Portland market."

WGME-TV is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:SBGI), one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies, which 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/.

WPFO-TV is privately owned by CMCG Portland License LLC and Max Media LLC.

First Call Analyst: Lucy Rutishauser
FCMN Contact:

Source: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.

CONTACT: Terry Cole, WGME-TV, +1-207-797-1313, or Dirk Brinkerhoff,
WPFO-TV, +1-207-828-0023

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

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

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