COMET, CHARGE! and TBD Add 2.4 Million Over-the-Air and Cable Homes
February 06 2023 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Sinclair Broadcast Group’s Multicast
Networks Continue to Grow Nationwide Coverage and Add New Local
Broadcast Affiliates
Sinclair Broadcast Group’s free over-the-air, multicast
television networks COMET, CHARGE!, and TBD continue their 2022
distribution momentum of growth and expansion into 2023 with the
addition of new and upgraded local broadcast affiliates and linear
carriage. The changes will increase nationwide coverage by 2.4
million TV households by the end of Q2 2023.
This coverage brings the total new coverage since the start of
2022 to nearly 17 million TV households, in addition to the
networks’ already impressive footprints.
New coverage in 2023 comes through affiliate agreements with
Nexstar, Gray and Entravision in markets in many of the largest
DMAs in the country including San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose,
Phoenix (Prescott), San Diego and Hartford - New Haven.
CHARGE!, which specializes in crime drama and action
programming, will add new affiliates in San Francisco-Oakland-San
Jose on KRON, Hartford - New Haven on WWAX, Knoxville on WVLT,
Colorado Springs on KVSN and San Angelo on KEUS.
COMET, which is the top destination on free television
for science fiction and fantasy programming, will add Colorado
Springs on KGHB.
TBD, which features real people testing their own limits,
moves to the market leading CBS-affiliate in Phoenix (Prescott) on
KPHO, and will launch on the powerhouse Univision-affiliate in San
Diego on KBNT and in the Texas panhandle DMAs of Lubbock and
Midland - Odessa on KZBO.
“These affiliate additions are a continuation of the
distribution and ratings momentum that began in 2022, as we moved
into new DMAs or upgraded coverage within the networks’ existing
local broadcast affiliate footprints. As viewers continue to watch
less cable TV, we’re excited COMET, CHARGE! and TBD will be
available to an additional 2.4 million viewers across the country,”
said Adam Ware SVP, Growth Networks Group.
About Sinclair:
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) is a diversified
media company and a leading provider of local news and sports. The
Company owns, operates and/or provides services to 185 television
stations in 86 markets affiliated with all the major broadcast
networks; owns Tennis Channel and multicast networks Comet, CHARGE!
and TBD; and owns and provides services to 21 regional sports
network brands. Sinclair’s content is delivered via multiple
platforms, including over-the-air, multi-channel video program
distributors, and the nation’s largest streaming aggregator of
local news content, NewsON. 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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