Sinclair Broadcast Group Wins 28 National Capital Chesapeake Bay Emmy Awards
June 30 2022 - 12:05PM
Business Wire
WBFF/Fox45 Baltimore Wins 17 Emmy Awards
Including Best Daytime Newscast, Best Breaking News and Best
Investigative News “Project Baltimore” Investigative Unit
Wins Six Awards
WJLA/ABC 7 Washington DC Wins 11 Emmy Awards
Including Best News Feature, Best Breaking News and Best Weather
Talent
Sinclair Broadcast Group (NASDAQ: SBGI) is pleased to announce
WJLA in Washington DC and WBFF in Baltimore were honored with a
total of 28 Emmy® Awards by the National Capital Chesapeake Bay
Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts &
Sciences.
WJLA received a total of 11 Emmy Awards including Best News
Special for its coverage of 9/11 Twenty Years Later, Best Breaking
News for its coverage on January 6 from the Capitol and Best
Weather Talent, Chief Meteorologist Bill Kelly. WBFF received the
second highest number of Emmy Awards, with a total of 17, more than
any other station in Baltimore, including Best Daytime
Newscast.
WBFF’s Project Baltimore is an investigative unit dedicated to
the mission of saving Baltimore City and Baltimore County schools,
supporting local students and their parents, and holding school
officials accountable, received six of the station’s honors,
including Best Investigative Reporting and Best Investigative
Reporter, Chris Papst. Since its creation in 2017, Project
Baltimore’s work has been recognized with multiple honors,
including four National Headliner Awards, the SPJ Sigma Delta Chi
Award, a National Press Photographers Association First Place
award, and three prestigious IRE Awards. Additionally, Project
Baltimore has won 27 Regional Emmy Awards, four Regional Edward R.
Murrow Awards and six Associated Press Awards.
The 64th annual National Capital Chesapeake Bay Emmy Awards
honored outstanding achievement in the television industry in
Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia.
Commenting on the awards, Scott Livingston, Senior Vice
President of News said, “Sinclair is committed to impactful
reporting on matters of public concern and creating meaningful
change in our communities. The Emmy Awards signify the respect of
our journalistic peers, and we are extremely proud to have the hard
work of our newsrooms acknowledged with these honors.”
About Sinclair Broadcast Group,
Inc.
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. is a diversified media company
and a leading provider of local sports and news. The Company owns
and/or operates 21 regional sports network brands; owns, operates
and/or provides services to 185 television stations in 86 markets;
owns multiple national networks including Tennis Channel and
Stadium; and has TV stations affiliated with all the major
broadcast networks. Sinclair’s content is delivered via multiple
platforms, including over-the-air, multi-channel video program
distributors, and digital and streaming platforms NewsON and STIRR.
The Company regularly uses its website as a key source of Company
information which can be accessed at www.sbgi.net.
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