EXHIBIT 99



         SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP ANNOUNCES PRIVATE SECURITIES OFFERING


         BALTIMORE, February 25, 1997 -- Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:
SBGI)  announced  today a proposed  $200  million  private  offering by Sinclair
Capital, a subsidiary trust of the Company,  of two million shares of high yield
trust  offered  preferred  securities  ("Preferred   Securities")  at  $100  per
security.  The Preferred  Securities have a maturity of 2009 and will be offered
only (i) to "qualified  institutional buyers" (as defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities   Act  of  1933,  as  amended)  and  (ii)  to  a  limited  number  of
institutional  "accredited investors" (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or
(7) under the Securities Act of 1933).

         Sinclair  Broadcast Group,  Inc. intends to use the net proceeds of the
proposed  private offering to repay  outstanding debt and for general  corporate
purposes,  which  may  include  acquisitions  and  repurchases  of shares of the
Company's Class A Common Stock.

         The Preferred  Securities  proposed to be offered by Sinclair Broadcast
Group, Inc. have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act of
1933,  as  amended,  or any  state  securities  or blue  sky laws and may not be
offered or sold in the United States or in any state thereof absent registration
or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of such laws. This
press release shall not  constitute an offer to sell or the  solicitation  of an
offer to buy the proposed Preferred Securities.

         CONTACT:  David Amy, Chief Financial  Officer,  or Patrick  Talamantes,
Director of Corporate Finance, of Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., 410-467-5005.


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