BALTIMORE, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sinclair Broadcast Group,
Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) announced today that it has entered into a multi-year
retransmission consent agreement with Mediacom Communications Corp.
(Nasdaq: MCCC). The agreement, which expires December 31, 2009, allows
Mediacom to carry the analog and digital signals of 24 television stations
owned or programmed by Sinclair in 16 markets to approximately 700,000 of
Mediacom's subscribers.
The impacted stations 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 (WMSN-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.
SOURCE Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
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CONTACT:
Barry M. Faber, V.P. & General Counsel,
Sinclair Broadcast Group, +1-410-568-1500
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