About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 93. Chapters: KOKH-TV, WLOS, WRDC, WCGV-TV, WVTV, WSTR-TV, KDNL-TV, WKEF, WSYX, WMYA-TV, WICD, WGME-TV, KOCB, WLFL, KGAN, WBFF, WICS, WRLH-TV, WPGH-TV, WXLV-TV, WZTV, WEAR-TV, WTTO, WPMY, WNYO-TV, KVCW, WCHS-TV, WUTV, WUCW, WMYV, WVAH-TV, WTTE, WSMH, KDSM-TV, WRGT-TV, WUHF, WNUV, KVMY, WSYT, WTAT-TV, KMYS, Cunningham Broadcasting, WTVZ-TV, WMSN-TV, WTWC-TV, WUXP-TV, WYZZ-TV, WABM, WNAB, WMMP, KBSI, WNYS-TV, WRLH-DT2, Morris Jones. Excerpt: The Sinclair Broadcast Group (SBG) is the operator of the largest number of local television stations in the United States with a total of 57 stations across the country in 35 primarily small and medium markets, many of which are located in the South and the Midwest. Broadcasts by SBG stations can be received by 24 percent of American households. The company is based in Hunt Valley, Maryland. SBG is also the owner of the Ring of Honor wrestling promotion (ROH), which is considered to be the third most prominent national wrestling company behind WWE and TNA. The company, founded by Julian Sinclair Smith, originated in 1971 as the Chesapeake Television Corporation with the launch of WBFF (channel 45) in Baltimore. A subsidiary of Chesapeake Television Corp., the Commercial Radio Institute, later founded WPTT (channel 22, now WPMY) in Pittsburgh, in 1978; and WTTE (channel 28) in Columbus, Ohio, in 1984. All three stations originally were independents, though WBFF and WTTE became charter affiliates of the Fox Broadcasting Company at its launch in 1986. Smith's son David D. Smith began taking a more active role in the 1980s. In 1985, the Chesapeake Television Corporation changed its name to Sinclair Broadcast Group. In 1990, David Smith and his three brothers bought their parents' remaining stock and went on a buying spree that eventually made it one of the largest station owners in the country. Th...
