Sinclair Broadcast Group, a media company, owns or operates 294 television stations across the United States in 89 markets ranging in size from as large as Washington, D.C. to as small as Ottumwa, Iowa–Kirksville, Missouri.^[1]

The stations are affiliates of various television networks, including ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and The CW as well as numerous specialty channels.

Many stations are owned outright by the company, while others are owned by legally distinct companies but operated by Sinclair through a local marketing agreement, a concept Sinclair pioneered in Pittsburgh in 1991 when the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) forbade duopolies. (The stations involved in the initial deal, WPGH-TV and WPTT — now WPNT — are now both owned by Sinclair outright.) Sinclair has established local marketing agreements with various companies, most notably Cunningham Broadcasting and Deerfield Media.^[2]

• 1Current television stations
  • 1.1By affiliation
  • 1.2By state and market
• 2Radio stations
• 3Former Sinclair-owned stations
• 4References
• 5External links

Current television stations[edit]

By affiliation[edit]

This table includes satellite, semi-satellite, and Class A stations, as well as the low-power stations shown in the table of stations sorted by state and market.

By state and market[edit]

A blank affiliation indicates a subchannel not currently operational.^[3]

Notes:

1. ^ Jump up to:^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o} Station is nominally owned by Cunningham Broadcasting and operated by Sinclair under local marketing agreements. However, Cunningham Broadcasting's stock is almost completely controlled by trusts in the names of members of Sinclair's founding Smith family.
2. ^ Jump up to:^{a b c d e} Station was owned by Allbritton Communications prior to its acquisition by Sinclair in 2014.
3. ^ Jump up to:^{a b c d e f g h i j} Station was acquired from Newport Television in 2012.
4. ^ Jump up to:^{a b c d e f g} Station is nominally owned by Deerfield Media and operated by Sinclair under local marketing agreements.
5. ^ Jump up to:^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t} Station was owned by Fisher Communications prior to its acquisition by Sinclair in 2013.
6. ^ Jump up to:^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v} Station was owned by Bonten Media Group prior to its acquisition by Sinclair in 2017.
7. ^ Jump up to:^{a b c d e f g} Station was owned by Freedom Communications prior to its acquisition by Sinclair in 2012.
8. ^ Jump up to:^{a b c d e f} Station that was owned by Four Points Media Groupprior to its acquisition by Sinclair in 2011.
9. ^ Jump up to:^{a b c d e f g h i j} Station is owned by New Age Media or MPS Media and operated by Sinclair under a master service agreement.
10. ^ Jump up to:^{a b c d e} Station was owned by Guy Gannett Communications prior to its acquisition by Sinclair in 1998.
11. ^ Jump up to:^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s} Station was owned by Barrington Broadcasting prior to its acquisition by Sinclair in 2013.
12. ^ Jump up to:^{a b c d e f g h i} Station is owned by a local independent or private company and operated by Sinclair under a local marketing agreement.
13. ^ Jump up to:^{a b c d e f} Station was owned by River City Broadcasting prior to its merger with Sinclair in 1997.
14. ^ Station is owned by Cunningham Broadcasting and operated by Nexstar Media Group under a local marketing agreement.
15. ^ Station is owned by Corporate Media Consultants Group (itself 49% owned by Max Media) and operated by Sinclair. The station's license assets are in the process of being transferred to Cunningham Broadcasting, pending FCC approval.
16. ^ Jump up to:^{a b c} Station was built and signed-on by Sinclair.
17. ^ Jump up to:^{a b} Station is nominally owned by Howard Stirk Holdings (owned by Armstrong Williams) and operated by Sinclair under local marketing agreements.
18. ^ Jump up to:^{a b} Station is owned by Cunningham Broadcasting and operated by Sinclair.
19. ^ Jump up to:^{a b c d e f g} Station was owned by Act III Broadcasting prior to its acquisition by Sinclair between 1994 and 1996.
20. ^ Station is owned by Granite Broadcasting and operated by Sinclair under a shared services agreement.
21. ^ Station is owned by Manhan Media and operated by Sinclair under a shared services agreement.
22. ^ Station's license is held by South West Oregon TV Broadcasting Corporation, which is 50% owned by Sinclair and 50% owned by California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc.
23. ^ Jump up to:^{a b} The station is owned by Horseshoe Curve Communications or Palm Television and operated by Sinclair under a master service agreement with Cunningham Broadcasting or Horseshoe Curve Communications.
24. ^ Sinclair owned WPNT from its 1978 launch (as WPTT-TV) until selling it to its operations manager, Eddie Edwards, in 1991 after acquiring WPGH-TV; Edwards would sell the station back to Sinclair in 2000.
25. ^ Station is owned by Tennessee Broadcasting, LP, an affiliate company of Beverly Hills-based Lambert Broadcasting, and its operations are managed by Sinclair under an outsourcing agreement. Sinclair filed an application to acquire the station outright under an FCC "failing station" waiver in July 2005 but the FCC has not acted on the application as of 2014—and will likely either reject the application or continue to not act on it unless Sinclair sells off either WZTV or WUXP due to current rules prohibiting one company from directly owning more than two full-power television stations in the same market.
26. ^ Sinclair owned WEMT from 1998 until it was sold to Aurora Broadcasting in 2006; Sinclair reassumed control of the station in 2017 when then-owners Esteem Broadcasting sold the station to Cunningham Broadcasting.
27. ^ The station was formerly a separate full-power station as WCGV-TV until January 2018, when its license was turned in to the FCC after the selling of its spectrum in the 2016 auction. In its failed attempt to acquire Tribune's WITI in the same market, Sinclair chose to turn in WCGV's channel 25 digital license and merge its subchannels onto WVTV's, but was able to retain the former channel number, thus it continues to virtually operate as its own station despite being a subchannel of WVTV. WITI would then have been able to be acquired, as the new WCGV intellectual unit is a subchannel in technicality.

Radio stations[edit]

Notes:

1. ^ KOMO-FM is owned by South Sound Broadcasting, but operated by Sinclair under a local marketing agreement.

Former Sinclair-owned stations[edit]

1. ^ Jump up to:^{a b c} WJSU/WCFT were satellites of WBMA-LD during their ownership by Allbritton Communications. Sinclair agreed to sell them to a third party as part of its 2014 acquisition of Allbritton's TV stations.
2. ^ Station was owned by third parties, and it was operated by Sinclair during these years.
3. ^ Jump up to:^{a b} Operated via LMA by News-Press & Gazette Company.
4. ^ Operated via SSA by Nexstar Media Group.
5. ^ Owned by RKM Media, Inc., WNYS was operated by Sinclair under a Local marketing agreement.
6. ^ Owned by Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Sinclair operated WLYH under a Local marketing agreement.
7. ^ Sinclair temporarily owned WHTM under a "hold separate agreement" while it was being sold to Media General, following the completion of the acquisition of Allbritton Communications.
8. ^ Non-license assets were purchased by Communications Corporation of America in 1999; license sold to ComCorp in 2004.