EXHIBIT 99

SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP ANNOUNCES PRIVATE SECURITIES OFFERING

     BALTIMORE, June 23 / PRNewswire / - Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:
SBGI)  announced  today a  proposed  $200  milion  private  offering  of  Senior
Subordinated  Notes (the  "Notes").  The Notes will have a maturity  of 2007 and
will be offered  only to  "qualified  institutional  buyers" (as defined in Rule
144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended).

     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 Notes 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 Notes.

SOURCE  Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.

CONTACT: Patrick   Talamantes,   Director   of  Corporate  Finance  of  Sinclair
Broadcast Group,
410-467-5005