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List of stations owned or operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group

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Sinclair Broadcast Group, a publicly traded American telecommunications conglomerate, owns or operates 294 television stations across the United States in 89 markets ranging in size from as large as Washington, D.C. to as small as Ottumwa, Iowa/Kirksville, Missouri.[1] Several of these stations are owned by affiliate companies with varying ties to Sinclair—including Cunningham Broadcasting, Deerfield Media, and Howard Stirk Holdings—and operated by Sinclair using local marketing agreements.[2]

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Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and by city of license.[3][4]

  • (**) indicates a station that was built and signed-on by Sinclair.
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Cunningham Broadcasting

Main article: Cunningham Broadcasting § Stations currently owned by Cunningham Broadcasting

Deerfield Media

Main article: Deerfield Media § Stations currently owned by Deerfield Media

Howard Stirk Holdings

Main article: Howard Stirk Holdings § Stations currently owned by Howard Stirk Holdings
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License ownership/operational agreements

  1. [a]
    Owned by Cunningham Broadcasting.
  2. [b]
    Owned by Deerfield Media.
  3. [c]
    Owned by New Age Media.[12]
  4. [d]
    Owned by MPS Media and operated by New Age Media and Sinclair.[12]
  5. [e]
    Owned by a local independent or private company.
  6. [f]
    Owned by Howard Stirk Holdings.
  7. [g]
    Owned by Community News Media; Sinclair operates these stations through an SSA since 2025.
  8. [h]
    Assumed the intellectual property of KSNV-DT in 2014 from Intermountain West Communications Company; the former KSNV-DT's license was sold to Howard Stirk Holdings and renamed KHSV.[17]
  9. [i]
    Owned by Granite Broadcasting.
  10. [j]
    Owned by Manhan Media.
  11. [k]
    Owned by South West Oregon TV Broadcasting Corporation, jointly controlled by Sinclair and California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc.
  12. [l]
    Owned by Palm Television and operated by Cunningham Broadcasting and Sinclair.
  13. [m]
    Owned by Sinclair from 1978 to 1991; reacquired in 2000.
  14. [n]
    Owned by Tennessee Broadcasting.
  15. [o]
    Owned by Sinclair from 1998 to 2006; acquired by Cunningham in 2017.
  16. [p]
    Sold as part of Sinclair's acquisition of Allbritton Communications.
  17. [q]
    Operated by News-Press & Gazette Company.
  18. [r]
    Operated by Nexstar Media Group.
  19. [s]
    Operated by Heritage Media.
  20. [t]
    Owned by RKM Media, Inc.
  21. [u]
    Owned by Nexstar Media Group.
  22. [v]
    Temporarily owned by Sinclair under a "hold separate agreement".
  23. [w]
    Non-license assets were purchased by Communications Corporation of America in 1999; license sold to ComCorp in 2004.
  24. [x]
    Operated as full-power station WCGV-TV until 2018.
  25. [y]
    Owned by Phase II Broadcasting.
  26. [z]
    Owned by Mount Pocono Broadcasting
  27. [aa]
    Owned by Futuremark Communications.
  28. [ab]
    All Greenville, South Carolina, stations owned by Keymarket Broadcasting of South Carolina until 1998. Operated by Sinclair from 1996 to 1998 under an inherited local marketing agreement.[25]
  29. [ac]
    Owned by South Sound Broadcasting until 2020.[28]

Mergers and acquisitions

  1. [A]
    Acquired from Allbritton Communications.[5]
  2. [B]
    Acquired from Heritage Media.[6]
  3. [C]
    Acquired from Newport Television.[7]
  4. [D]
    Acquired from Fisher Communications.[8]
  5. [E]
    Acquired from Bonten Media Group.[9]
  6. [F]
    Acquired from Freedom Communications.[10]
  7. [G]
    Acquired from Four Points Media Group.[11]
  8. [H]
    Acquired from Guy Gannett Communications.
  9. [I]
    Acquired from Barrington Broadcasting.[13]
  10. [J]
    Acquired from River City Broadcasting.[14]
  11. [K]
    Acquired from Max Media Properties LLC.[18]
  12. [L]
    Acquired from Act III Broadcasting.[15]
  13. [M]
    Acquired from Intermountain West Communications Company.[16]
  14. [N]
    Acquired as divestitures from Media General's acquisition of LIN Media.
  15. [O]
    Acquired from Nexstar Media Group.[19]

Satellites and semi-satellites

  1. [α]
    Satellite of KRVU-LD.
  2. [β]
    Semi-satellite of KRCR.
  3. [γ]
    Semi-satellite of KCVU.
  4. [δ]
    Satellite of KPTH.
  5. [ε]
    Semi-satellite of KIMA-TV.
  6. [ζ]
    Satellite of WPBN-TV.
  7. [η]
    Satellite of WGTU.
  8. [θ]
    Semi-satellite of KECI.
  9. [ι]
    Satellite of KTVM.
  10. [κ]
    Satellite of KHGI-TV.
  11. [λ]
    Satellite of KVAL-TV.
  12. [μ]
    Satellite of KMTR.
  13. [ν]
    Satellite of KVII-TV.
  14. [ξ]
    Satellite of KTXS.
  15. [ο]
    Satellite of KUNW-CD.
  16. [π]
    Former satellite of WBMA-LD.
  17. [ρ]
    Semi-satellite of WICS.
  18. [σ]
    Satellite of WTTV.
  19. [τ]
    Semi-satellite of WPTZ.
  20. [υ]
    Simulcast of WILK.
  21. [φ]
    Simulcast of WKRZ.
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