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)  April 13, 2004

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 12.  Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On April 13, 2004, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (the “Company”) announced via press release that it will exceed previous guidance for net broadcast revenue for its first quarter ended March 31, 2004.  A copy of the Company’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.  This Form 8-K, the information contained herein, and the attached exhibit are furnished under this Item 12 of Form 8-K and are furnished to, but not filed with, the Securities and Exchange Commission.  The information contained herein and in the accompanying exhibit shall not be incorporated by reference to any filing of the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing, unless expressly incorporated by specific reference to such filing.

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

Dated: April 13, 2004

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Exhibit Index

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Press release (dated April 13, 2004) - Sinclair To Exceed First Quarter Revenue Estimates

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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

News Release

Contact:	David Amy, EVP & CFO
	Lucy Rutishauser, Treasurer
	(410) 568-1500

SINCLAIR TO EXCEED FIRST QUARTER REVENUE ESTIMATES

Company to Report First Quarter Financial Results on May 6, 2004

BALTIMORE (April 13, 2004) - Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) announced today that it will exceed the Company’s previous guidance for first quarter net broadcast revenues.

The first quarter preliminary results are for net broadcast revenues of $158.3 million, an increase of 3.8% from last year’s net broadcast revenues of $152.5 million and exceeding the Company’s previous expectations released on February 5, 2004 for net broadcast revenues to be up 1.0% to 1.5%.  The approximately $4.0 million better than expected net broadcast revenue performance came from stronger demand by both core local and national advertisers and from approximately $1.3 million of additional political advertising spent in key election states such as Ohio, Florida, West Virginia, Illinois and Maine.

Sinclair will release final first quarter 2004 earnings results on Thursday, May 6, 2004 at 7:30 a.m. EDT, followed by a conference call to discuss the results at 8:45 a.m. EDT.  The dial-in number for the earnings call is 877-407-9205.

If you plan to participate on the conference call, please call two minutes prior to the start time and tell the conference operator that the subject of the conference is the “Sinclair Earnings Conference Call.”  If you cannot participate in the live conference call, a replay of the call will be available on Sinclair Broadcast Group’s web site at www.sbgi.net /Investor Information/Conference Calls. This will be the only venue through which a replay will be available.  The earnings release can be viewed at www.sbgi.net /Investor Information/Press Releases.

Members of the news media will be welcome on the call in a listen-only mode.  Key executives will be made available to members of the news media, time permitting, following the conference call.

Forward-Looking Statements:

The matters discussed in this press release include forward-looking statements regarding, among other things, future operating results.  When used in this press release, the words “outlook,” “intends to,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “achieves,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.  Such statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties.  Actual results in the future could differ materially and adversely from those described in the forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including and in addition to the assumptions identified above and below, the impact of changes in national and regional economies, successful integration of acquired television stations (including achievement of synergies and cost reductions), successful execution of outsourcing agreements, pricing and demand fluctuations in local and national advertising, volatility in programming costs, the market acceptance of new programming and our news central strategy, our local sales initiatives, and the other risk factors set forth in the Company’s most recent reports on Form 10-Q and Form 10-K, as amended and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  There can be no assurances that the assumptions and other factors referred to in this release will occur.  The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release the result of any revisions to these forward-looking statements.

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