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 (Date of earliest	Commission File Number 000-26076
event reported)  November 8, 2002
SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant)
Maryland	52-1494660
(State of organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
10706 Beaver Dam Road
Cockeysville, MD  21030
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
(410) 568-1500
(Registrant’s telephone Number)

SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.

Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

No financial statements are filed as part of this report.

The following exhibit is filed as part of this report:

Exhibit  99.1   Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.  Press Release (Dated November 8, 2002) Sinclair Completes Debt Offering; Announces Redemption Of 9% Notes Due 2007

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 Amy
Name:		David Amy
Title:		Executive Vice President and
		Chief Financial Officer

Dated:  November 11, 2002

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

News Release

Contact:	David Amy, EVP & Chief Financial Officer
	Lucy Rutishauser, VP — Corporate Finance & Treasurer
	(410) 568-1592

SINCLAIR COMPLETES DEBT OFFERING; ANNOUNCES REDEMPTION OF 9% NOTES DUE 2007

BALTIMORE — (November 8, 2002) - Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) announced today that it completed its private placement of $125 million aggregate principal amount of Senior Subordinated Notes, which was an add-on issuance under the indenture relating to Sinclair’s 8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012.  The $125 million Notes were issued at a price of $100.50 plus accrued interest from September 15, 2002 to November 7, 2002, yielding a rate of 7.907%.

Sinclair also announced that it has notified the Trustee on its existing 9% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007 that on December 9, 2002 (the “Redemption Date”) it will redeem, in full, the $200 million aggregate principal amount of the Notes plus the associated call premium and accrued interest thereon.  The redemption of the 2007 Notes and payment of accrued interest will be funded from the net proceeds of the 2012 Notes add-on issuance and from available working capital (which will include a draw on Sinclair’s bank credit facility).

The Notes offered by Sinclair have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities or blue sky laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States or in any state thereof absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of such laws.  This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the proposed Notes.

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