This article originally appeared on The Daily Signal. [168], The must-run segments usually only apply to those stations that have their own news department. The company also announced plans for a future cable news network. Data for the current election cycle was released by the Federal Election Commission on [90] In the mid-2010s, Sinclair launched Refined, an online local lifestyle web magazine run in conjunction with local Sinclair stations. Most of the television stations run by Sinclair are owned by the company outright; however, the company operates many others through either a local marketing agreements or shared services agreements. Since its founding in 1971, the Sinclair Broadcast Group has come to own or operate nearly 200 television stations in some 100 markets covering more than 40 percent of American households. [191][192] Sinclair maintains that its "must-runs" are standard procedure often covering a wide variety of issues such as news updates regarding terrorism and other public matters the company has an opinion on while remaining "committed to reporting the facts". Financing, Capital Allocation, and Shareholder Returns. [75] ASN was created as part of the company's foray into original, non-news content creation beyond Ring of Honor Wrestling and school sports. [148] The film was produced by Carlton Sherwood, a former associate of Tom Ridge, and accused Kerry of prolonging the Vietnam War because of his anti-war activism. As a reminder, this subreddit is for civil discussion. Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. was founded in 1986, went public in 1995 and is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol SBGI. June 11, 2022 . including a $50,000 donation from the Company, through "Sinclair Cares: . DirecTV stated "we will compensate Sinclair fairly, but our customers should not be forced to pay more than twice as much for the same programs that remain available completely free of charge over the air and online. Sinclair, by contrast, in recent years has given 98% to 100% of its contributions to Republicans, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington, D.C., campaign finance watchdog group February 01, 2023. The Bally Sports RSNs serve as the TV home to more than half of all MLB, NHL and NBA teams in the US, and produce over 4,500 live local professional telecasts each year, in addition to a wide variety of locally produced sports events and programs. The ad is running in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan. [119] On March 9, 2019, Sinclair purchased a minority stake in YES Network. [241] With the February 2013 announcement of the company's purchase of Barrington Broadcasting, Sinclair announced the formation of a subsidiary for this purpose, Chesapeake Television, to be headed by Steve Pruett (former CEO of Communications Corporation of America and the current chairman of the Fox network's affiliate board). [218] On December 31, Mediacom and Sinclair agreed to an eight-day extension of the retransmission agreement that permitted Sinclair's stations to remain on Mediacom until January 8. (B) We work very hard to seek the truth and strive to be fair, balanced and factual We consider it our honor, our privilege to responsibly deliver the news every day. [The New York Times, 5/3/17]. This service, which produces and distributes college sports broadcasts, is primarily carried on Sinclair stations. The reporter, who is also a correspondent for Attkissons show, asked a softball question about how Trumps philosophical differences with Trudeau would affect cooperation on trade and terrorism, instead of asking him about reports spreading at the time that then-national security adviser Michael Flynn may have violated federal law. For Sinclair stations where the newscast is operated by an external newsroom, the contracts generally forbid Sinclair from interfering with editorial control. It shouldn't be, but it's not enforced enough. Traffic/Popularity: High Traffic During one of the Carson interviews, Sinclair managers provided questions for local- station reporters to ask, such as Dr. Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. was founded in 1986, went public in 1995 and is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol SBGI. Funding. The company had originally planned to air the documentary in full, The Times reported, but pressure from advertisers and shareholders led it to run only excerpts during a program on the election. Opening Day again will be simulcast on Sinclair's WKRC-TV (Channel 12) at 4:10 p.m., says Jon Lawhead, a Sinclair Broadcast Group regional manager and WKRC-TV general manager. The deal also included flagship WBFF in Baltimore, despite Fox already owning a station in that same market, MyNetworkTV owned-and-operated station WUTB; Sinclair would eventually purchase WUTB outright in 2012. Sinclair Broadcast Groups Long Form Sales Division is designed to provide a one-stop solution to paid programming across all Sinclair television stations. the periods presented: The following table sets forth our affiliate percentages of advertising revenue Sinclair has used its 173 television stations to advance a mostly right-leaning agenda since the presidency of George W. Bush, according to The New York Times. The outlet also noted that Epshteyn reliably parrots the White House's point of view on most issues in his segments, such as claiming former FBI Director James Comey's testimony on Capitol Hill was more damaging to Hillary Clinton and former Attorney General Loretta Lynch than to the president. From the July 10 article: Even while under fire for requiring its outlets to run conservative content, Sinclair Broadcast Group is increasing the must-run segments across its affiliates featuring former Trump White House official Boris Epshteyn to nine times a week, the company confirmed on Monday. Fuck Sinclair, their blatant propaganda and their take over of the public airwaves. Sinclair Broadcast Group Supports Local Charities in TV Stations' Holiday Donation Drives 12.23.2021 Donations include 140,000 toys and truckloads of food and clothing for local communities BALTIMORE - [76] On August 20, 2014, Sinclair announced that it would swap WTTA in Tampa and KXRM-TV and KXTU-LD in Colorado Springs to Media General in exchange for WJAR in Providence, Rhode Island, WLUK-TV and WCWF in Green Bay and WTGS in Savannah, Georgia. Sinclair announced in April that it hired Boris Epshteyn, a former Trump official, as its chief political analyst. From the April 17 press release: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) is pleased to announce that Boris Epshteyn, an accomplished commentator and strategist, has joined the company as chief political analyst and will provide analysis and insight on major political stories. Charter's Huntington-Charleston, West Virginia franchise was purchased by Suddenlink Communications. "[237] A new carriage agreement was reached between Sinclair and DirecTV on February 28, hours before the previous deal was to have expired.[238]. Broadcasters have begun to expand their own DTC platforms. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 14, 2009, Sinclair stated that if the company could not refinance its $1.33 billion debt or if Cunningham Broadcasting became insolvent due to nonpayment on a loan worth $33.5 million, Sinclair may be forced to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. zabezpeuje zsobovanie radu, upratovanie, registratru, evidenciu hmotnho a nehmotnho majetku. Programming includesBuffy the Vampire Slayer, The X-Files, SG-1, Outer Limits and Farscape. Sinclair purchased the non-license assets for all eight stations and began operating them through master service agreements the next day. Sinclairs owned/operated stations offer newsletters to provide breaking news and additional content from the community. We believe Sinclair Broadcast Groups people are our most important asset. But specific instruction isnt needed. [132], On October 17, 2021, Sinclair was struck by a ransomware attack affecting the internal servers and workstations of its television stations, after the alleged hackers breached the stations' internal broadcasting systems via an Active Directory domain that interconnected the company's corporate and local IT networks. The Fox affiliation in Pittsburgh went to higher-rated WPGH-TV, which would later be purchased by Sinclair in 1990. Of the $25million, $20.5million will be paid into a settlement fund. [20] In 1997, Sinclair reached a deal with The WB to convert many of the UPN affiliates to The WB. [129] On June 2, 2021, it was announced that Sinclair is a Fortune 500 company, with annual revenues of $5.9billion in 2020, placing it at 465 on the annual listing of the largest U.S. Chesapeake Engineering Placement Service changed its name to Chesapeake Television Corporation, and launched its founding television station property, WBFF in Baltimore, on April 11, 1971. Officer wounded in deadly ambush sues Black Lives Matter reads the headline, which again promotes McKesson as someone who is seemingly complicit in the crime being described. Founded in 1971, the Sinclair Broadcast Group is a publicly-traded American telecommunications company controlled by the family of company founder Julian Sinclair Smith. During the interview, Mikovits was introduced by Bolling as an "expert in virology"; she put forth a baseless claim that American health official Anthony Fauci created the COVID-19 virus and sent it to China. NewsON is the nations largest aggregator of local news content. As Sinclair already owns a duopoly in Las Vegas (KVMY and KVCW), the company will sell the license assets (though not the programming) of one of the three stations to comply with FCC ownership restrictions, with the divested station's programming being relocated to the other stations. Unfortunately, some members of the national media are using their platforms to push their own personal bias and agenda to control 'exactly what people think'. The National Desk (TND) provides viewers with real-timenational news and regional stories. 2023 The Hollywood Reporter, LLC. of these columns may not equal the Total column. (A) But we are human and sometimes our reporting might fall short. Overlapping stations in Seattle, St. Louis, Salt Lake City, Oklahoma City, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Norfolk, Virginia, and Des Moines, Iowa will be sold off to unaffiliated third parties. We want to support them and their efforts toensurea smooth repack that doesnt require any broadcaster to go off air for any period of time We need allies in Congress who understand the role of local television and who are willing to defend it in todays ever-changing landscape.. [157] Critics including former CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather have described Sinclair's practices as being "an assault on our democracy" by disseminating what they perceive to be Orwellian-like propaganda to its local stations. A Sinclair staff member disputed these claims, stating that "no one is disputing the facts of the stories that aired in the special," and that its decision on which markets to air the special was influenced by their "news value" and resonation with the public. What will he do specifically to help employment among African Americans?, Mark Hyman a Sinclair executive and conservative commentator who appears on Sinclair stations regularly criticized Clinton or highlighted positions favorable to Trump in his on-air commentaries. The station has also begun to carry pieces produced by Sinclairs Washington bureau about national issues and federal programs. Expect to start hearing a lot more about them in the coming months. A Sinclair representative, meanwhile, stated that it "believes significant doubt exists as to whether or not a new agreement will be reached with Dish." And while most users found no faults with the story, they did notice that the accompanying photo that of civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson was not at all an accurate representation of the facts. Most Americans know very little about the leaked Clinton emails, he said in one, which aired on Oct. 27. Maryland-based Sinclair Broadcast Group was fined a record $48 million by the FCC, the agency announced Wednesday. and Unallocated Expenses. He also stated that Sinclair had made similar offers to the Hillary Clinton campaign (Clinton did not accept offers to do interviews with Sinclair, according to Livingston, though her running mate, Tim Kaine, did). The anchor of the evening newscast, Laurel Staples, read a statement that said, in part, NBC Montana takes pride in reporting only verifiable facts from an independent, reliable sources., New York has learned that KECI news director Julie Weindel was called by NBC News to see if KECI would cover the story or had any footage of the Gianforte incident that NBC News and its affiliates could use. segment, which are eliminated in consolidation. Even after the initial tweet was taken down, however, users began to come across other unrelated KBOI stories that shared this photo of McKesson at a protest rally. [138][139], In October 2015, Sinclair premiered Full Measure, a syndicated public affairs program hosted by Sharyl Attkisson.[140]. This should fucking be illegal. That has included its refusal to broadcast an episode of Nightline devoted to reciting the names of every member of the military killed in action in Iraq in 2004, and air[ing] parts of a documentary critical of the anti-Vietnam War activities of 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, John Kerry. These stories have generally been critical of the Obama administration and tend to offer perspectives primarily from conservative think tanks. [45][46], Prevailing in a bidding war with LIN Media, Sinclair purchased Fisher Communications on April 11, 2013, for $373.3million (equivalent to $434million in 2021), including 20 television stations in the western United States, operational control of one station, and three radio stations in Seattle. compared to the same period in 2021, primarily due to an increase in contractual The station later issued an apology on their Twitter account. From the July 14 article: Twitter was set ablaze on Friday night when news station KBOI 2 News posted a story about an attempted robbery in Idaho. "[195] The statement cited a Monmouth University poll that found large majorities of Americans believe that traditional news media outlets report fake news. HBOs John Oliver Highlighted The Conservative Agenda Sinclair Pushes On Its Affiliates. For us, this was how the roadmap looked: a far-right organization that's been under investigation for racial bias and illegal political campaign activity writes a smear piece abou TBD is the first multiscreen TV network to bring premium internet-first content to TV homes across America. [198] A report in Advertising Age magazine suggested that a boycott would not be easy, since it involves users first identifying the station as a Sinclair station, and then figuring out which advertisers are putting commercials on that station, and then discouraging those advertisers. A Trump spokesman said the deal included the interviews running across every affiliate but that no money was exchanged between the network and the campaign. [115][116], Following the failed acquisition of Tribune Media, Sinclair has mentioned publicly about buying Fox Sports Networks, as well as the stations owned by Cox Media Group. This item was originally published on May 8 but has been updated with new developments and reports. In 1994, Sinclair signed a deal with Paramount and its UPN network, bringing five affiliates WPTT-TV in Pittsburgh, WNUV-TV in Baltimore, WCGV-TV in Milwaukee, WSTR-TV in Cincinnati and KSMO-TV in Kansas City to the network. All rights reserved. within the range of $115 million to $125 million, primarily related to [169], On December 11, 2019, it was reported that Sinclair had dropped Epshteyn's commentary segments, with plans to encourage stations to prioritize local investigative journalism and coverage of the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Bias Rating: RIGHT [28] ROH's flagship program Ring of Honor Wrestling was consequently added onto the schedules of many Sinclair-operated stations. [248], Coverage during the 2016 presidential election campaign. But I'm concerned about the troubling trend of irresponsible, one sided news stories plaguing our country. A 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, charitable organization, 1100 13th Street, NW, Suite 800 The Baltimore Sun reported that WBFF staff internally objected to the editorial, as they felt that the endorsement would "undermine public faith in their political objectivity". [74] In July of that year, Sinclair announced the launch of the American Sports Network (ASN) service, operating within its Sinclair Networks company. The company is the largest television station operator in the United States by the number of stations, and largest by total coverage; owning or operating a total of 193 stations across the country in over 100 markets (covering 40% of American households), many of which are located in the South and Midwest. Chesapeake was founded in 2013, to acquire small-market stations purchased through Sinclair's run of acquisitions. (b)Depreciation and amortization includes depreciation of property and equipment Kushner said the agreement with Sinclair, which owns television stations across the country in many swing states and often packages news for their affiliates to run, gave them more access to Trump and the campaign, according to six people who heard his remarks. According to the Center for Responsive Politics (Open Secrets), the Sinclair Broadcast Group has donated$1,143,508 or 80% to Republican candidates since 1994. [72][73], Sinclair signed an agreement in June 2014 to carry the classic film subchannel network GetTV in 33 markets by the end of September. See explanation under Corporate [199], In addition to above, Sinclair has also supported Israel describing it as a "true democracy of the Middle East". They are doing great work, Cernovich told The Daily Beast. In the memo, Livingston lists several storylines that have emerged around the Maryland-based television company and provides what he said are facts proving them false. Notes Payable and Commercial Bank Financing, Note 8. Certainly we presented an opportunity so that Mr. Trump could clearly state his position on the key issues, Livingston said. In April 2022, our television stations were honored with a total of six Soft money donations to parties were banned after the 2002 cycle. The Distributor industry has continued to undergo significant consolidation, I caught a snippet of Boris Epstein at 5 a.m. on the one television that still had ABC. Tatiana Gyrdiov. Leases, and [165], In April 2017, Sinclair announced it had hired Boris Epshteyn, who was briefly the White House assistant communications director for surrogate operations for the Trump administration, and a senior advisor of Donald Trump's presidential campaign, as chief political analyst. Our research analyzes local news broadcasts across the country, comparing Sinclair-owned stations' coverage patterns to those of other stations in the same market and, when Sinclair acquires . [245][246][247], Cunningham Broadcasting (formerly known as Glencairn Ltd.) is a station holding company affiliated with Sinclair Broadcast Group via a relationship with the company's owners. Such omissions suggest the existence of either journalistic incompetency or editorial bias. Right Bias: How we rate the bias of media sources. [22] On February 25, 1998, Sinclair bought out Sullivan Broadcasting for $1 billion. I think its a cool trend that you have news sites with names like Axios and Circa that almost sound like think tanks. The infomercial aired at various times during the weekend of October 30, 2010, on Sinclair-owned stations in Madison, Cape Girardeau, Lexington, Pittsburgh, Des Moines, and Winston-Salem all in swing states vital to the 2010 elections. [99][100][101][102], On May 8, 2017, Sinclair announced its intent to acquire the Chicago-based Tribune Media for $3.9 billion. While Sinclairs solicitation might raise the eyebrows of journalism purists, Ryan said there appears to be nothing legally noncompliant about the email. [231], Sinclair and Comcast came to a new agreement for continued carriage on March 3, 2011; this agreement was negotiated without any public statements or announcements. Sinclair has been scrutinized by multiple media outlets for consistently favoring conservative politics. [Politico, 7/18/17]. With the American flag having been seen in recent years as a symbol of conservatism, this was seen by some as a reinforcement of the political slant of Sinclair. technical, maintenance, and building projects at our stations. [62] This deal was complicated by multiple regulatory hurdles and a proposed barring of future joint sales agreements (JSA) by the FCC. To request permission for commercial use, please contactus. For the year ended December 31, 2022, we paid dividends of $1.00 per share. Ad-Free Sign up [36], Sinclair acquired six stations from Newport Television, along with existing operational agreements for two other stations, for $412.5million (equivalent to $487million in 2021) on July 19, 2012, as part of a larger dispersal of Newport's 22-station portfolio. Sinclair Broadcast Group Names Logan Argo Vice President and General Manager of, Sinclair Broadcast Groups ONE Media to Host Webinar Series ATSC 3.0, COMET, CHARGE! The Sinclair executive referred in the email to unpopular deregulatory initiatives, undertaken by the Federal Communications Commission and chairman Ajit Pai in recent months. rates, partially offset by a decrease in subscribers. 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