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Sinclair Broadcast Group http://www.sbgi.net/press/release_200739_208.shtml SBG & Comcast Enter Into Four Year Retrans Year News Release Contact: Barry Faber, Sinclair Broadcast Group (410) 568-1500 Jenni Moyer, Comcast (215) 851-3311 COMCAST AND sinclair enter into FOUR-year EXTENSION OF ANAlog and digital CARRIAGE AGREEMENT PHILADELPHIA, PA and BALTIMORE, MD (March 7, 2007) - Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) and Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) announced today that they have reached a four-year extension to their retransmission consent agreement. The agreement, which expires on March 1, 2011, provides for the continued carriage of the analog and digital signals of 37 stations in 23 markets owned or operated by Sinclair. The agreement also provides for the carriage of digital multicast channels which Sinclair is currently broadcasting in Baltimore and Richmond, as well as certain other multicast channels which the stations located in Comcast markets may broadcast in the future. The following stations will continue to be carried by Comcast pursuant to the agreement: Asheville, NC/Anderson, SC: WLOS/WMYA Baltimore, MD: WBFF/WNUV Birmingham, AL: WABM/WTTO/WDBB Buffalo, NY: WUTV Cape Girardeau, MO/Paducah, KY: WDKA/KBSI Charleston, SC: WMMP/WTAT Charleston, WV: WCHS/WVAH Cincinnati, OH: WSTR Dayton, OH: WRGT Flint, MI: WSMH Greensboro/High Point/Winston Salem, NC: WMYV/WXLV Minneapolis, MN: WUCW Nashville, TN: WZTV/WUXP/WNAB Norfolk, VA: WTVZ Pensacola, FL/Mobile, AL: WEAR/WFGX Pittsburgh. PA: WPGH/WPMY Portland, ME: WGME Raleigh, NC: WLFL/WRDC 1 of 2 4/3/2007 11:11 AM Sinclair Broadcast Group http://www.sbgi.net/press/release_200739_208.shtml Richmond, VA: WRLH Springfield. MA: WGGB Springfield/Champaign, IL: WICS/WICD Tallahassee, FL: WTWC Tampa, FL: WTTA About Sinclair Broadcast Group Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies, currently owns and operates, programs or provides sales services to 58 television stations in 36 markets. Sinclair's television group reaches approximately 22% of the U.S. television households and is affiliated with all the major networks. About Comcast Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) (http://www.comcast.com) is the nation's leading provider of cable, entertainment and communications products and services. With 24.2 million cable customers, 11.5 million high- speed Internet customers, and 2.5 million voice customers, Comcast is principally involved in the development, management and operation of broadband cable systems and in the delivery of programming content. Comcast's content networks and investments include E! Entertainment Television, Style Network, The Golf Channel, VERSUS, G4, AZN Television, PBS KIDS Sprout, TV One , four regional Comcast SportsNets and Comcast Interactive Media, which develops and operates Comcast's Internet business. Comcast also has a majority ownership in Comcast-Spectacor, whose major holdings include the Philadelphia Flyers NHL hockey team, the Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball team and two large multipurpose arenas in Philadelphia. ### ----------------------- [pic] [pic] Back Copyright 2007 Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. 2 of 2 4/3/2007 11:11 AM.