Sinclair Promotes Barry Faber to Executive Vice President and Robert Malandra to Vice President

Sinclair Promotes Barry Faber to Executive Vice President and Robert Malandra to Vice President

BALTIMORE, May 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:SBGI) announced that Barry Faber has been promoted to Executive Vice President & General Counsel of Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. and that Robert Malandra has been promoted to Vice President of Finance/ Television of Sinclair's wholly-owned subsidiary, Sinclair Television Group, Inc. Mr. Faber most recently served as Vice President & General Counsel and Mr. Malandra most recently served as Operations Controller. The announcement was made by David Smith, President and CEO of Sinclair.

In making the announcement, Mr. Smith said, "Barry has played the lead role in the many negotiations and transactions we've contemplated, analyzed and closed over the years. He is involved in all aspects of the Company's activities from regulatory, justice department and legal to large revenue contracts, real estate, network affiliations and programming, to name but a few. We expect to further leverage Barry's vast expertise, given the evolving broadcast and regulatory landscape."

Commenting on Mr. Malandra's promotion, David Amy, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sinclair said, "During the past two years that Robert has been with us, he has demonstrated his ability to make a difference in the profitability of our television stations and to work with our business offices and general managers on compliance and control topics."

Mr. Faber has served as Vice President/General Counsel since August 1999 and prior to that as Associate General Counsel from 1996 to 1999. Prior to that time, he was associated with the law firm of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver, & Jacobson in Washington, D.C. Mr. Faber is a graduate of the University of Virginia and the University of Virginia School of Law, and is a member of the board of directors of The Sinclair Relief Fund.

Mr. Malandra has served as Operations Controller since 2006. Prior to joining Sinclair from 1999 to 2006, he worked for Madison Square Garden as an Executive Consultant dealing with initiatives for their MSG Network, Fox Sports New York, Radio City, and Arena properties. Prior to that, he was VP Planning, Advertising for Rainbow Media's regional sports channels. From 1985 to 1997, he was with Rainbow's PRISM/SportsChannel Philadelphia, holding multiple positions, eventually managing that business unit. Mr. Malandra is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) and a Certified Financial Manager (CFM). He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Widener University in Pennsylvania and a Masters degree in Business Administration focused in Media Strategy from Manchester Business School in Manchester, England. Mr. Malandra is a member of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) and served on the IMA's Professional Development Committee.

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 35 markets. Sinclair's television group includes FOX, MNT, ABC, CBS, NBC, and CW affiliates and reaches approximately 22% of all U.S. television households. For more information, please visit Sinclair's website at http://www.sbgi.net/.

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