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SBG Closes on WGXA and WHTM

09.03.2014

News Release

Contact: Chris Ripley, CFO
Lucy Rutishauser, SVP Corporate Finance & Treasurer
(410) 568-1500

SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP CLOSES ON PURCHASE OF WGXA AND SALE OF WHTM

BALTIMORE (September 3, 2014) — Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) (the “Company” or “Sinclair”) announced that it has closed on the purchase of the assets of WGXA (FOX/ABC) in Macon, Georgia from Frontier Broadcast Holdings, LLC. The Company also announced that it has closed on the sale of WHTM (ABC) in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to Media General, Inc.

About Sinclair:
Sinclair is one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies, having affiliations with all of the major networks. For more information, please visit Sinclair’s website at www.sbgi.net.

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