EXHIBIT 4.2

  Certificate Number                        Number of Preferred Securities
             P-

                                                     CUSIP NO.
                                                     829226505

    Certificate Evidencing Series D Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share

                                       of

                         SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.

          Sinclair  Broadcast  Group,  Inc., a corporation  incorporated  in the
State of  Maryland  (the  "Company"),  hereby  certifies  that  __________  (the
"Holder") is the registered  owner of  ___________  shares of Series D Preferred
Stock,  par value $.01 of the  Company  (the  "Series D Preferred  Stock").  The
shares of Series D Preferred Stock are  transferable on the books and records of
the Company, in person or by a duly authorized attorney,  upon surrender of this
certificate  duly  endorsed and in proper form for transfer.  The  designations,
rights, privileges, restrictions,  preferences and other terms and provisions of
the  Series D  Preferred  Stock are set forth in, and this  certificate  and the
Series D Preferred Stock represented hereby are issued and shall in all respects
be subject to the terms and provisions of, the Articles  Supplementary  relating
to the Series D Preferred Stock filed with the Maryland Department of Assessment
and  Taxation,  as the same may be  amended  from  time to time,  including  the
designation  of the terms of Series D Preferred  Stock as set forth  therein.  A
copy of the  Articles  Supplementary  may be  obtained  free of charge  from the
Company upon request.

          IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  this certificate has been executed this __rd day
of __________  ______, by the undersigned on behalf of Sinclair Broadcast Group,
Inc.


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         President                                       Secretary



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                                                         EXHIBIT 4.2 (Continued)


                                   ASSIGNMENT


FOR  VALUE  RECEIVED,  the  undersigned  assigns  and  transfers  this  Series D
Preferred Stock Certificate to:

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(Insert assignee's social security or tax identification number)

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(Insert address and zip code of assignee)



and irrevocably appoints

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agent to transfer this Series D Preferred Stock  Certificate on the books of the
Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.

Date:__________________

Signature:________________________



(Sign  exactly as your name  appears on the other side of the Series D Preferred
Stock Certificate.
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
September 19, 1997