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Cover Page Cover Page | Mar. 15, 2021 |
Cover [Abstract] | |
Document Type | 8-K/A |
Document Period End Date | Mar. 15, 2021 |
Entity Registrant Name | SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC. |
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code | MD |
Entity File Number | 000-26076 |
Entity Tax Identification Number | 52-1494660 |
Entity Address, Address Line One | 10706 Beaver Dam Road |
Entity Address, City or Town | Hunt Valley |
Entity Address, State or Province | MD |
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code | 21030 |
City Area Code | 410 |
Local Phone Number | 568-1500 |
Written Communications | false |
Soliciting Material | false |
Pre-commencement Tender Offer | false |
Pre-commencement Issuer Tender Offer | false |
Entity Emerging Growth Company | false |
Title of 12(b) Security | Class A Common Stock, par value $ 0.01 per share |
Trading Symbol | SBGI |
Security Exchange Name | NASDAQ |
Amendment Flag | true |
Entity Central Index Key | 0000912752 |
Amendment Description | On March 15, 2021, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (the “Registrant”) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Initial Report”) to provide certain financial information regarding Diamond Sports Intermediate Holdings LLC and its consolidated subsidiaries. The Registrant intended to furnish, not file, this financial information but inadvertently provided the information in the Initial Report under Item 8.01. The Registrant is filing this Amendment No. 1 to provide that the information previously provided in the Initial Report, including the Exhibits thereto, is being furnished under Item 7.01. This Amendment No. 1 does not amend or update any information in the Initial Report, including the contents of the Exhibits thereto, except as set forth above. |