8-K

UNITED STATES

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)   October 4, 2004 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)

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SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On October 4, 2004, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (the “Company”) announced via press release that it is revising its net broadcast revenue estimate for its third quarter ended September 30, 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 2.02 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.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c) Exhibits

Exhibit 99.1Sinclair Press Release (dated October 4, 2004) Sinclair Revises Third Quarter Revenue Estimates

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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

Dated: October 5, 2004

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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

SINCLAIR REVISES THIRD QUARTER REVENUE ESTIMATES

Company to Report Final Third Quarter Results on November 4, 2004

                BALTIMORE (October 4, 2004) - Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) announced today that it is revising its net broadcast revenue estimate for the third quarter ended September 30, 2004.

                Initial guidance was for third quarter net broadcast revenues to be up 4% to 5% from third quarter 2003 net broadcast revenues of $161.3 million. However, due to weakness primarily in auto advertising spending and cancellations resulting from the recent hurricanes which impacted eight of the Company’s television stations in the Southeast, the Company is revising its net broadcast revenue guidance to be approximately $163.7 million in the third quarter.

                Sinclair will release final third quarter 2004 earnings results on Thursday, November 4, 2004 at 7:30 am ET.

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.