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Sinclair Broadcast Group http://www.sbgi.net/press/release_2007122_201.shtml Sinclair Announces Analog and Digital Carraige Agreement with Time Warner Cable News Release Contact: Barry Faber, VP & General Counsel (410) 568-1500 Sinclair Announces Analog and Digital Carraige Agreement with Time Warner Cable BALTIMORE (January 22, 2007) - Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a retransmission consent agreement with Time Warner Cable, the largest cable system servicing Sinclair's markets. The agreement, which expires December 31, 2009, allows Time Warner to carry the analog and digital signals of 35 television stations owned and/or operated by Sinclair in 22 markets to approximately six million of Time Warner's subscribers, many of whom receive two stations owned and/or operated by Sinclair. "Sinclair is very pleased to have reached this agreement with Time Warner, which carries our stations to more subscribers than any other cable company," commented David Smith, CEO and President of Sinclair. "We are excited that this agreement not only ensures retransmission of our signals by Time Warner for the next three years, but also provides for the carriage of our digital signals for the first time to most of Time Warner's subscribers. This agreement, which represents a mutually acceptable economic agreement between the parties, is further indication of the value of our television stations to cable companies and provides a strong illustration of the successful operation of the free market for negotiation of retransmission consent agreements. " Today's agreement includes the following stations and markets: Birmingham, AL: WABM/WTTO Buffalo, NY: WNYO/ WUTV Cape Girardeau, MO/Paducah, KY: WDKA/KBSI Charleston, SC: WMMP/WTAT Charleston, WV: WCHS/WVAH Cincinnati, OH: WSTR Columbus, OH: WSYX/WTTE Dayton, OH: WKEF/WRGT Greensboro/High Point/Winston Salem, NC: WMYV/WXLV Lexington, KY: WDKY Norfolk, VA: WTVZ Milwaukee, WI: WCGV/WVTV Pensacola, FL/Mobile, AL: WEAR Pittsburgh. PA: WPGH/WPMY Portland, ME: WGME Raleigh, NC: WLFL/WRDC Rochester, NY: WUHF San Antonio, TX: KABB/KMYS 1 of 2 4/3/2007 11:13 AM Sinclair Broadcast Group http://www.sbgi.net/press/release_2007122_201.shtml Springfield. MA: WGGB Syracuse, NY: WNYS/WSYT Tallahassee, FL: WTWC Tampa, FL: WTTA The agreement also provides for the carriage of Sinclair's MyNetwork TV affiliates in Columbus, Ohio and Dayton, Ohio, both of which are transmitted as digital multicast stations. 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. ### Back Copyright 2007 Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. 2 of 2 4/3/2007 11:13 AM.