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                                  UNITED STATES

                       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


                                  JULY 16, 1997
                            -----------------------
                        (Date of earliest event reported)








                         SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)





         MARYLAND                  33-69482                     52-1494660
(State of incorporation)     (Commission File Number)         (IRS Employer
                                                          Identification Number)

             2000 W. 41st Street, Baltimore, Maryland   21211-1420
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             (Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)




      Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (410) 467-5005



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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS

     Wholly-owned  subsidiaries of Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (together with
its  wholly-owned  subsidiaries,  the  "Company")  have  entered  into an  asset
purchase  agreement with SFX Broadcasting,  Inc. ("SFX"),  pursuant to which the
Company will sell to SFX the assets relating to the operation of Nashville radio
stations WJZC-FM, WLAC-FM and WLAC-AM (the "Stations"). Under the agreement, SFX
will pay to Sinclair an aggregate  consideration  of $35 million in cash for the
Stations or, at Sinclair's option,  assets that both SFX and Sinclair agree have
a fair  market  value  equal  to $35  million.  The  sale  of  the  Stations  is
conditioned on the approval of each of the Department of Justice and the Federal
Communications  Commission  and is  expected  to  close  after  the  end of this
calendar year.

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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
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                                           David B. Amy
                                           Chief Financial Officer/
                                           Principal Accounting Officer



Dated: August 28, 1997
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                                  UNITED STATES

                       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

                                  JULY 16, 1997
                            -----------------------
                        (Date of earliest event reported)

                         SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

         MARYLAND                  33-69482                     52-1494660
(State of incorporation)     (Commission File Number)         (IRS Employer
                                                          Identification Number)

             2000 W. 41st Street, Baltimore, Maryland   21211-1420
      -------------------------------------------------------------------
             (Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

      Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (410) 467-5005

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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS

     Wholly-owned  subsidiaries of Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (together with
its  wholly-owned  subsidiaries,  the  "Company")  have  entered  into an  asset
purchase  agreement with SFX Broadcasting,  Inc. ("SFX"),  pursuant to which the
Company will sell to SFX the assets relating to the operation of Nashville radio
stations WJZC-FM, WLAC-FM and WLAC-AM (the "Stations"). Under the agreement, SFX
will pay to Sinclair an aggregate  consideration  of $35 million in cash for the
Stations or, at Sinclair's option,  assets that both SFX and Sinclair agree have
a fair  market  value  equal  to $35  million.  The  sale  of  the  Stations  is
conditioned on the approval of each of the Department of Justice and the Federal
Communications  Commission  and is  expected  to  close  after  the  end of this
calendar year.
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: August 28, 1997