Mark Hyman, a high-ranking executive at Sinclair, also created "The Point", a series of conservative editorial segments that were broadcast on stations operated by the group that maintain news departments. METHODOLOGY: The numbers on this page are based on contributions from PACs and individuals giving $200 or more. [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. [27] However, the company seemingly recovered its financial fortunes enough, as it would begin a major string of acquisitions involving television stations and other properties two years later. The following table sets forth our cash flows for the years ended December 31, (B) More alarming, some media outlets publish these same fake stories stories that just arent true, without checking facts first. [221], In November 2010, Sinclair announced that it would pull 33 of its stations in 21 cities from Time Warner Cable on January 1, 2011, if the two parties did not come to an agreement. Sinclair National Sales provides advertisers the unique ability to reach viewers and potential customers on a single market, multiple market, and regional basis. Seasonal advertising increases within our broadcast segment occur in the second A story earlier this month in the New York Times said that Sinclair requires its stations to run stories that lean right. Sign up for our newsletter to track moneys influence on U.S. elections and public policy. [183][184][185][186][104], In March 2018, CNN chief media analyst Brian Stelter obtained an internal memorandum sent by Sinclair, which dictated that its stations must produce and broadcast an "anchor-delivered journalistic responsibility message" using a mandated script. The special also discusses Obama advisers Van Jones and John Holdren, as well as Obama staff Anita Dunn, Kevin Jennings, Carol Browner and Cass Sunstein all in an unflattering light; in one case, the special claimed that Holdren said that trees should be permitted to sue humans in court. The Hunt Valley, Md.-based media company posted net income attributable . Charter's Huntington-Charleston, West Virginia franchise was purchased by Suddenlink Communications. [147], On December 16, 2016, Jared Kushner, son-in-law of then-President-elect Donald Trump, stated that it had reached deals with Sinclair to give the company extended access to the Trump campaign, in exchange for airing, without further commentary, interviews with the Republican Party candidate on its stations, which Kushner said had a better reach than cable networks such as CNN. and fourth quarters due to the anticipation of certain seasonal and holiday The sharing of biased and false news has become all too common on social media. February 2023, we declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.25 per share. All [123], On January 27, 2020, Sinclair announced that it would sell WDKY-TV in Lexington, Kentucky, and the non-license assets of KGBT-TV in Harlingen, Texas, to Nexstar Media Group for $60 million, as part of a settlement between the two companies over Sinclair's failed acquisition of Tribune Media, which was ultimately acquired by Nexstar. such as textbooks, contact OpenSecrets: info[at]crp.org. Attack ideas, not users. such as textbooks, contact OpenSecrets: info[at]crp.org. The memo is thought to be a fairly standard solicitation sent to employees of companies that have political action committees. We do not believe these journalists are incompetent, so we are left to conclude that they are biased. [64][65] One other Allbritton station, WHTM-TV in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sold to Media General for $83.4million (equivalent to $95.5million in 2021). For permission to reprint for commercial uses, [234] Dish and Sinclair came to an agreement on August 16, averting the removal of its any of the group's stations. [158][159][160], Sinclair often mandates its stations to air specific reports, segments, programs and editorials, referred to as "must-runs"; the full-length programs airing on the weekend include Armstrong Williams's weekly talk show, and Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson. See Note 7. at the very least, know which stations are owned and manipulated by Sinclair Broadcasting in your city. [25] In December 2004, Sinclair divested KOVR-TV in Sacramento to Viacom (now Paramount Global) for $285 million.[26]. This should fucking be illegal. (a)Media revenues for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 include $58 [29] Four Points Media Group was purchased on September 8, 2011, for $200million (equivalent to $241million in 2021); Sinclair assumed managerial control of the stations from Nexstar Broadcasting Group; Four Points owner Cerberus Capital Management paid Nexstar cash compensation for the prematurely terminated time brokerage agreements. Some of their giving has been to Democrats, mostly for state and local races in Maryland. 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. [20] 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. [74] In July of that year, Sinclair announced the launch of the American Sports Network (ASN) service, operating within its Sinclair Networks company. [97] The sale was approved on June 30,[98] and the sale was completed September 1. Glencairn/Cunningham, based on ownership and agreements, has served merely as a shell corporation. [43] The former Cox and Barrington stations are operated through subsidiary Chesapeake Television, focusing on smaller markets and with management separate from Sinclair proper. BALTIMORE-- ( BUSINESS WIRE )--Sinclair Broadcast Group (Nasdaq: SBGI) today announced nearly $175,000 was raised through Sinclair Cares: Tornado Relief, a partnership with the American Red Cross . "[5][6] A 2021 study found that viewers in areas with a Sinclair TV station had lower approval of President Barack Obama and were less likely to vote for Democratic presidential nominees.[149]. [138][139], In October 2015, Sinclair premiered Full Measure, a syndicated public affairs program hosted by Sharyl Attkisson.[140]. Its giving a fresh coat of paint to the media I think Circas working the other side of the street [from the mainstream media]. The station, however, complied with the mandate. Kushner highlighted that Sinclair, in states like Ohio, reaches a much wider audience around 250,000 listeners than networks like CNN, which reach somewhere around 30,000. For example, he claimed last month that 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. In March 2022, we increased our quarterly cash dividend by 25% to $0.25 per [166] All Sinclair stations were required to air Ephsteyn's commentary, Bottom Line with Boris nine times per week. Most companies would catch fire from the public, but Sinclair literally controls enough to sway that line of thinking. . Hyman disputed these allegations by stating that its newscasts were "pretty balanced" and that "the reason why some on the left have characterized us as conservative is that we run stories that others in the media spike. block that shit right off the television. Ring of Honor (ROH), a professional wrestling promotion, was purchased on May 21, 2011, for an undisclosed amount. On April 2, 2018, Sinclair Broadcast Group released a statement on their website in response to what it called "unfounded media criticism. But its partisan politics - and connections to the White House - are raising concerns Sinclair's size, rightwing politics and close. [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. Feel free to distribute or cite this material, but please credit OpenSecrets. In general, be courteous to others. [219] Both sides reached a one-year retransmission agreement on January 7, one day before the interim agreement was set to expire. include $9 million, $7 million, and $14 million, respectively, of intercompany Tennis.comis the largest digitaloutletdedicated tothe sport. Indiana Statesman, Joe Lippard, April 3, 2018, Last edited on 27 December 2022, at 22:14, FCC-proposed incentive auction and subsequent repacking of television broadcast spectrum, Attempted acquisition of Tribune Media by Sinclair Broadcast Group, National Republican Trust Political Action Group, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, List of stations owned or operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group, local marketing agreements or shared services agreements, "Sinclair Broadcast Group Annual Reports 2016", "Sinclair Broadcast Number of Employees 2010-2022 | SBGI", "Hogan, officials applaud rise to Fortune 500 by Sinclair Broadcast, McCormick and T. Rowe Price at new Sinclair office", "Analysis | Yes, Sinclair Broadcast Group does cut local news, increase national news and tilt its stations rightward", "Sinclair Wanted to Rival Fox News. Seriously. [14], By 1967, Smith (as Chesapeake Engineering Placement Service) had applied for, and was granted, a construction permit for a new UHF television station in Baltimore.[15]. Our commitment to factual reporting is the foundation of our credibility, now more than ever. [204][205][206][207][208][209], In the summer of 2006, Charter Communications streamlined its operations, which included selling off portions of the cable system's service franchises that it considered to be "geographically non-strategic". See explanation under Corporate Sinclair is expected to enter into LMA's to operate WPIX and WGN-TV, while selling off KSWB outright. Sinclair then signs local marketing agreements to actually control, operate, and program the stations, with the purposes of the shell merely to answer to the FCC and public about license matters, often with Sinclair's explicit input (unless so restricted by individual regulations against a station). technical, maintenance, and building projects at our stations. "[150] It was part of a pitch to have reporters embedded in the Trump campaign. While scheduling of the special was at the discretion of each station, Columbus, Ohio ABC affiliate WSYX pre-empted both ABC World News and Nightline to air it. Right wingers don't give a damn if what they do is legal anymore. 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. December 2002. A reporter from a Sinclair affiliate was one of two people called on by Trump during his February 13 press conference with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The order was criticized by WBFF reporter LuAnne Canipe. The presentation was relatively low-budget, with the anchor simply reading copy, with no field video shots other than the weather read over a stock video shot denoting the conditions outside, and wasn't a factor in taking ratings away from then-market laggard WIIC-TV (now WPXI), much less solid runner-up WTAE-TV and then-locally owned Group W powerhouse KDKA-TV. believes that diversity of voices in the media is better for our democracy' and urged the FCC to 'look at whether Sinclair is qualified to be a broadcast licensee at all. [24] On November 8, 2004, Sinclair sold off KSMO-TV in Kansas City to Meredith Corporation for $26.8 million. [The Daily Beast, 7/12/17]. Open Secrets following the money in politics, OpenSecrets Following the money in politics. While election cycles are shown in charts as 1996, 1998, 2000 etc. Spark is a self-service advertising solution for Streaming TV. [220], Sinclair was also involved with retransmission negotiations with Time Warner Cable at the same time as the Mediacom dispute in 2006 and 2007; however, in this case, the two sides reached an agreement on January 19, 2007. Sinclair has been scrutinized by multiple media outlets for consistently favoring conservative politics. During the 2015-2016 election cycle, two-thirds of Sinclair PAC's donations to candidates, or $54,000, went to Republicans: Rep. Fred Upton of Michigan, Rep. John Shimkus of Illinois and Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri received the biggest checks $5,000 each. [HBO, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, 7/2/17]. [80] The purchase of KSNV's non-license assets was completed on November 1, 2014. This is extremely dangerous to our democracy We understand Truth is neither politically 'left or right.' 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. NY Times: Vast Majority Of Political Donations By Sinclair Chairman And His Brothers Have Been For Republican Causes. The New York Times reported that Sinclairs chairman and his brothers have become active in politics, with the vast majority of their money being funneled to Republican causes. From the May 3 article: Along the way, [Sinclair Chairman David] Smith and his brothers have become active in politics. (b)Non-media revenues for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020 [38] Two of Sinclair's existing stations in markets affected by the Newport deal, WSTR-TV and KMYS, were sold to Deerfield Media. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stations_owned_or_operated_by_Sinclair_Broadcast_Group. Business data for Sinclair Broadcast Group: This page was last edited on 27 December 2022, at 22:14. example, the 2002 election cycle runs from January 1, 2001 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. [125], On May 7, 2020, the company was fined $48million to settle investigations related to reports and statements made to the FCC. [91] In December 2016, SBG announced TBD, a new digital subchannel network aimed towards millennials, with a focus on digital content. If . The Sinclair reporter, along with the other conservative reporter Trump called on, were criticized by fellow journalists for not asking about Flynn. awards and 74 regional Emmy awards. (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. (B) At KOMO its our responsibility to pursue and report the truth. including a $50,000 donation from the Company, through "Sinclair Cares: . If an agreement had not been reached by that date, 87 Sinclair stations would have been blacked out by the satellite provider. Dielectric is a designer and manufacturer of broadcast systems including all components from transmitteroutput to antenna. The Company owns, operates and/or provides services to 185 television stations in 86 markets; is a leading local news provider in the country; owns multiple national networks; and has TV stations affiliated with all the major broadcast networks and owns and/or operates 21 RSN brands. For the 2016 election cycle, Sinclairs PAC made $82,375 in donations to federal candidates. 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. But the commercial, a minute long, has run at least 100 times since Saturday, heavily in East Lansing and Pittsburgh. Compulse is a marketing technology and managed services company built for local media and agencies. Sinclair Television Group, Inc. is a subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group that owns television stations in mid-sized markets. Political spending is significantly higher in the even-numbered years due to the cyclicality of political elections. Sinclair, which already owns 173 stations around the country, including local ABC, CBS and NBC affiliates, would now reach over 70 percent of American households. media related revenues. February 01, 2023. 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