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Sinclair to buy 8 more TV stations, becoming country's largest broadcaster
Source: Baltimore Sun
Hunt Valley-based Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. said Wednesday that it plans to buy eight television stations from New Age Media for $90 million, continuing a string of recent station acquisitions.
The stations are spread throughout three markets, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Pa., Tallahassee, Fla., and Gainesville, Fla., and give the broadcaster a mix of FOX, MyNetwork, CW, CBS and NBC affiliates.
... Sinclair will own, operate or provide programming or sales services to 162 television stations in 77 markets once the New Age acquisition is completed, reaching nearly 39 percent of U.S. households with televisions.
Read more: http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-bz-sinclair-acquisition-20130925,0,2600863.story
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