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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549




                                    FORM 8-K


                 CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934




Date of Report (Date of earliest  event  reported)  October 18, 1996  Commission
File Number 000-26071


                         SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.
                           (Exact name of registrant)


      Maryland                                          52-1494660
 (State of organization)                 (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)


                2000 West 41st Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21211
              (Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

                                 (410) 467-5005
                         (Registrant's telephone Number)












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ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS

                  Sinclair  Broadcast  Group,  Inc.,   incorporates   herein  by
reference the information  contained in the press release filed as Exhibit 99 to
this Current Report.


ITEM 7.  EXHIBITS
                                                                    Sequentially
           Exhibit No.                                             Numbered Page
           -----------                                             -------------

           99  Press Release by Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.,
               dated October 18, 1996 ..........................         5





                                   

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                                    SIGNATURE


     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                     SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.



                                     BY:   /s/ DAVID B. AMY
                                           ------------------------------  
                                            David B. Amy
                                            Chief Financial Officer/
                                            Principal Accounting Officer



Dated:  October 21, 1996
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                 CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest  event  reported)  October 18, 1996  Commission
File Number 000-26071

                         SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.
                           (Exact name of registrant)

      Maryland                                          52-1494660
 (State of organization)                 (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

                2000 West 41st Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21211
              (Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

                                 (410) 467-5005
                         (Registrant's telephone Number)

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ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS

                  Sinclair  Broadcast  Group,  Inc.,   incorporates   herein  by
reference the information  contained in the press release filed as Exhibit 99 to
this Current Report.

ITEM 7.  EXHIBITS
                                                                    Sequentially
           Exhibit No.                                             Numbered Page
           -----------                                             -------------

           99  Press Release by Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.,
               dated October 18, 1996 ..........................         5
SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                     SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.

                                     BY:   /s/ DAVID B. AMY
                                           ------------------------------  
                                            David B. Amy
                                            Chief Financial Officer/
                                            Principal Accounting Officer

Dated:  October 21, 1996