8-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                 CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 Date of Report July 14, 1997                   Commission File Number 0-26076
(Date of earliest event reported)

                         SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.
                           (Exact name of registrant)

        Maryland                                                52-1494660
   (State of organization)                                   (I.R.S. Employer
                                                          Identification Number)

                             2000 West 41st Street,
                            Baltimore, Maryland 21211

              (Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

                                 (410) 467-5005

                         (Registrant's telephone Number)

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ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS

     The  information  set forth in the first two  paragraphs  of  Exhibit 99 is
incorporated herin by reference.

ITEM 7.  EXHIBITS


Exhibit No.
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    99     Press Release by Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., dated July 14, 1997.

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                                    SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                          SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.

                                          By:  /s/ David B. Amy
                                               -------------------------------
                                               David B. Amy
                                               Chief Financial Officer/
                                               Principal Accounting Officer

Dated:  July 14, 1997

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EX-99

NEWS RELEASE

July 14, 1997             Contact: Patrick Talamantes, Dir. of Corporate Finance
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE              Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
Baltimore, MD                      (410) 467-5005

               SINCLAIR TO SWITCH AFFILIATIONS TO THE WB FROM UPN

In a far  reaching  agreement  that  promises  to have a profound  effect on the
broadcast network television landscape, WPTT-TV, Pittsburgh, WNUV-TV, Baltimore,
WSTR-TV,  Cincinnati,  KRRT-TV,  San Antonio,  and KOCB-TV,  Oklahoma City, will
become primary affiliates of The WB Television Network for ten years,  beginning
January 16, 1998, it was  announced  today by David Smith,  President,  Sinclair
Broadcast Group; Barry Baker, President of River City Broadcasting, L.P. (who is
presently a consultant to and  CEO-designate  of Sinclair  Communications);  and
Eddie Edwards,  President,  Glencairn  Ltd.  Sinclair  Broadcast  Group owns the
stations  in  Cincinnati,  and  Oklahoma  City,  and  programs  the  stations in
Pittsburgh,  Baltimore and San Antonio  under local  marketing  agreements  with
Glencairn  Ltd.  Each of the stations is presently  affiliated  with UPN through
January 15, 1998.

Under the terms of the agreement, The WB has guaranteed compensation to Sinclair
of $64 million for the first eight years. The WB will pay Sinclair an additional
$20  million  over  the  final  two  years  of  the  agreement,   for  potential
compensation  over the  ten-year  term of $84  million,  however,  The WB has no
obligation  to  operate  and make the  payments  in  years  nine and ten.  Also,
Sinclair's LMA stations WVTV-TV,  Milwaukee,  WTTO-TV,  Birmingham, and WDBB-TV,
Tuscaloosa  have extended their  affiliations  with The WB through January 2008.
Glencairn owns the station in Milwaukee. In addition,  Sinclair's LMA station in
Greenville,  SC, WFBC-TV,  will become an affiliate of The WB beginning November
1, 1999. WFBC-TV is owned by River City Broadcasting.

"The  WB  is  well-positioned  for  long-term  success,"  said  Smith.  "The  WB
management  team clearly saw the tremendous  value in our  distribution  system,
which will help The WB compete on an even more level playing field. 

"Sinclair's  goal is to be  aligned  with  successful,  seven-day-a-week,  fully
integrated and branded  networks," added Baker.  "Sinclair's  decision to sign a
long-term  agreement  with The WB was based upon a number of key elements -- its
willingness to fully compensate Sinclair for its distribution system, its Warner
Bros.  lineage is stellar,  its primetime and kids programming is terrific,  its
promotion and marketing is outstanding,  its management  team is excellent,  and
its strategy is sound."

"I am delighted to partner with The WB," said  Edwards,  who is also the founder
of the  Black  Broadcaster's  Alliance.  "My  local  marketing  agreements  with
Sinclair have enabled me to build one of the largest minority-owned broadcasting
companies  in the United  States,  to produce  local  programs  (such as Eddie's
Digest) that address  issues of particular  importance  to the  African-American
community and to grow an entire menu of  programming  on my LMAs in concert with
the public  interest.  The WB affiliations  will further enhance our position in
our local markets and in the broadcast industry."

Sinclair  Broadcast Group, Inc. is one of the nation's largest broadcast groups,
owning and/or  providing  programming  services to 29 television  stations in 21
separate markets,  and owning,  providing sales and programming  services to, or
having  options  to  acquire,  34 radio  stations  in 8  separate  markets.  The
television group reaches  approximately  15% of U.S.  television  households and
includes  ABC, CBS,  FOX, WB and UPN  affiliates.  The radio group is one of the
twenty largest groups in the United States.

Sinclair Broadcast Group's Class A common stock is traded on the NASDAQ National
Market System under the ticker symbol "SBGI."


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