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)  April 3, 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 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

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 April 3, 2003) - Sinclair Revises First Quarter Revenue Estimates

 

Item 9.  Regulation FD Disclosure

 

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. is furnishing information pursuant to Item 12 regarding its revised estimate for its first quarter net broadcast revenues due to the war in Iraq and its impact on advertising spending.   The press release attached as Exhibit 99.1 is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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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 3, 2003

 

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