Sinclair, Inc. (SBGI)USD

Sinclair, Inc., doing business as Sinclair Broadcast Group, is an American telecommunications and media company that owns, operates, or provides services to local television stations and related media assets. The company began on April 11, 1971, when Julian Sinclair Smith launched UHF television station WBFF-TV in Baltimore, Maryland under Chesapeake Television Corporation, which later became Sinclair Broadcast Group. It was formally incorporated under its current name in 1986, consolidating Smith's television stations in Baltimore, Pittsburgh, and Columbus. Sinclair went public in 1995, and its Class A common stock trades on the Nasdaq stock market under the ticker symbol SBGI. Its primary business is television broadcasting, with local stations affiliated with Fox, NBC, CBS, ABC, MyNetworkTV, and The CW. The company also owns Tennis Channel and multicast networks CHARGE, Comet, ROAR, and The Nest. Sinclair is headquartered in Hunt Valley, Maryland, near Baltimore.