-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, USjup/p2loBnWxazTpW+jOZE+Bv0eLcTw0zwvQ6M2413VVmUKn/D5yz6bBvkKsaq 8r22B6suyATtvdzzgg6+fQ== 0001104659-03-015356.txt : 20030722 0001104659-03-015356.hdr.sgml : 20030722 20030722114845 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-03-015356 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20030721 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events FILED AS OF DATE: 20030722 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000912752 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEVISION BROADCASTING STATIONS [4833] IRS NUMBER: 521494660 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-26076 FILM NUMBER: 03795861 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2000 WEST 41ST ST CITY: BALTIMORE STATE: MD ZIP: 21211 BUSINESS PHONE: 4104675005 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2000 W 41ST ST CITY: BALTIMORE STATE: MD ZIP: 21211 8-K 1 a03-1267_18k.htm 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 event reported) July 21, 2003			Commission File Number 000-26076

	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 5. Other Events

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 July 21, 2003) – Sinclair 11.625% High Yield Trust Originated Preferred Securities Due 2009 Redeemed

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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 R. Bochenek
	Name:		David R. Bochenek
	Title:		Chief Accounting Officer/Controller

Dated: July 22, 2003

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EX-99.1 3 a03-1267_1ex991.htm 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 11.625% HIGH YIELD TRUST ORIGINATED
PREFERRED SECURITIES DUE 2009 REDEEMED

BALTIMORE (July 21, 2003) – Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) announced that today the Trustee for Sinclair Capital, a subsidiary Delaware Business Trust of Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., redeemed, in full, the aggregate $200 million principal amount of the 11.625% High Yield Trust Originated Preferred Securities (HYTOPS), plus the associated 4.65% call premium and accrued interest thereon.

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies, owns and operates, programs or provides sales services to 62 television stations in 39 markets. Sinclair’s television group includes FOX, WB, ABC, CBS, NBC, and UPN affiliates and reaches approximately 24.0% of all U.S. television households. For more information, please visit Sinclair’s website at www.sbgi.net.

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