BALTIMORE, June 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Sinclair Broadcast
Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) (the "Company" or "Sinclair") announced that it has entered into agreements with the NBC Television
Network ("NBC") for the renewal of the NBC affiliations in five Sinclair markets that expired December
31, 2015. The NBC affiliations were also renewed in four markets by the licensees of stations that Sinclair provides
sales and other services to under joint sales agreements. The markets being renewed are listed below and include six of the
ten biggest markets where Sinclair either owns or provides services to an NBC station. The Company's remaining NBC
affiliation agreements (including a station to which Sinclair provides services) do not expire until a later date.
Sinclair's Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Barry Faber, who oversees Sinclair's
relationships with its networks, stated, "We are pleased to continue our relationship with NBC, a provider of popular
entertainment and sports programming. This programming includes such great sports programming as the NFL, which is
increasing on NBC this year as a result of their addition of Thursday night games, and both the winter and upcoming summer
Olympics, top unscripted programming like The Voice, highly rated evening and morning news programming, great scripted
shows including established favorites like Law & Order: SVU, as well as new hits like Blindspot, and the top
late night programming, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth
Meyers. We are confident that these renewals of these stations' affiliation agreements will pay substantial dividends
in both advertising sales and net retransmission consent revenues."
The markets owned and operated by Sinclair being renewed are:
San Antonio, TX
Providence, RI-New Bedford, MA
Toledo, OH
Syracuse, NY
Traverse City/Cadillac, MI
The markets being renewed and in which Sinclair provides sales and other services to pursuant to a joint sales agreement
are:
Mobile, AL/Pensacola, FL
Flint/Saginaw/Bay City, MI
Eugene, OR
Gainesville, FL
About Sinclair:
Sinclair is one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies in the country. Including
pending transactions, the Company owns, operates and/or provides services to 173 television stations in 81 markets, broadcasting
484 channels and having affiliations with all the major networks. Sinclair is the leading local news provider in the country, as
well as a producer of live sports content. Sinclair's content is delivered via multiple platforms, including over-the-air,
multi-channel video program distributors, and digital platforms. The Company regularly uses its website as a key source of
Company information which can be accessed at www.sbgi.net.
Forward-Looking Statements:
The matters discussed in this press release include forward-looking statements regarding, among other things, future
operating results. When used, the words "outlook," "intends to," believes," "anticipates," "expects," "achieves," and
similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements and information. Such forward-looking information
is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results in the future could differ materially and adversely from
those set forth in the forward-looking information as a result of various important factors, including and in addition to the
assumptions set forth therein, but not limited to, STG's ability to obtain the necessary approvals to close on pending
acquisitions, the impact of changes in national and regional economies, the volatility in the U.S. and global economies and
financial credit markets which impact our ability to forecast or refinance our indebtedness as its comes due, successful
execution of outsourcing agreements, pricing and demand fluctuations in local and national advertising, volatility in programming
costs, the market acceptance of new programming, the CW Television and MyNetworkTV programming, our news share strategy, our
local sales initiatives, the execution of retransmission consent agreements, our ability to identify and consummate investments
in attractive non-television assets and to achieve anticipated returns on those investments once consummated, and any risk
factors set forth in the Company's recent reports on Form 8-K, Form 10-Q and/or Form 10-K, as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. There can be no assurance that the assumptions and other factors referred to will occur. The
Company undertakes no obligation to update such forward-looking information in the future except as required by law.
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SOURCE Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.