BALTIMORE, May 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sinclair Broadcast Group,
Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) announced today that its shareholders re-elected its
eight Directors at the Company's Annual Shareholders' meeting held today.
The re-elected Directors are: Mr. David D. Smith, Chairman of the Board,
CEO and President of Sinclair; Mr. Frederick G. Smith, Vice President of
Sinclair; Mr. J. Duncan Smith, Vice President and Secretary of Sinclair;
Mr. Robert E. Smith, Director; Mr. Basil A. Thomas, of Counsel to the law
firm of Thomas & Libowitz, P.A. and a retired Associate Judge of the
Supreme Bench of Baltimore City; Mr. Lawrence E. McCanna, Managing Director
of the accounting firm of Gross, Mendelsohn & Associates, P.A.; Mr. Daniel
C. Keith, Founder and President of the Cavanaugh Group, Inc.; and Mr.
Martin R. Leader, a retired partner of the law firm Shaw Pittman, LLP.
The shareholders also ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as
its independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year
ending December 31, 2008, and approved an amendment to extend the term of
the 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
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 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.
SOURCE Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
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CONTACT:
David Amy, EVP & Chief Financial Officer, or
Lucy Rutishauser, VP Corporate Finance & Treasurer, both of
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., +1-410-568-1592
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