NEWS RELEASE

July 1, 1997              Contact: David Amy, Chief Financial Officer
                                   Patrick Talamantes, Dir. of Corporate Finance
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE              (410) 467-5005
Baltimore, MD

            A STATEMENT FROM SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP (NASDAQ: SBGI)

As a result of recent activity in Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.'s common stock,
and Sinclair's  current  financing  activity,  Sinclair is issuing the following
statement.  In  furtherance  of its  acquisition  strategy,  Sinclair  routinely
reviews and conducts  investigations  of potential  television and radio station
acquisitions.  Sinclair  is  currently  in  the  process  of  exploring  various
acquisition  opportunities  including  having  submitted a bid in excess of $500
million  for  certain  broadcasting  stations.  Although  Sinclair is engaged in
negotiations regarding this bid and other potential  transactions,  Sinclair has
not entered into any definitive acquisition agreements or letters of intent with
respect to any prospective acquisition.  While these and other opportunities are
being  explored,   Sinclair's   policy  is  not  to  comment  on  any  potential
transactions  until  binding  agreement  is  reached.  Further,  there can be no
assurance that any such transaction  will be consummated.  The completion of any
such  transactions  could result in the  incurrence  by Sinclair of  substantial
additional indebtedness.


Sinclair  Broadcast Group, Inc. is one of the nation's largest broadcast groups,
owning and/or  providing  programming  services to 29 television  stations in 20
separate markets,  and owning,  providing sales and programming  services to, or
having  options  to  acquire,  34 radio  stations  in 8  separate  markets.  The
television group reaches  approximately  15% of U.S.  television  households and
includes  ABC, CBS,  Fox, UPN and WB  affiliates.  The radio group is one of the
twenty largest groups in the United States.