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Violation Tracker Current Parent Company Summary
Current Parent Company Name: Sinclair Broadcast Group
Ownership Structure: publicly traded (ticker symbol SBGI)
Headquartered in: Maryland
Major Industry: media
Specific Industry: broadcasting
Penalty total since 2000: $71,005,321
Number of records: 8
| Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined) | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| consumer-protection-related offenses | $70,871,200 | 3 |
| employment-related offenses | $127,121 | 4 |
| safety-related offenses | $7,000 | 1 |
| Top 5 Primary Offense Types | Penalty Total | Number of Records |
| telecommunications violation | $70,871,200 | 3 |
| employment discrimination | $85,000 | 1 |
| labor relations violation | $34,020 | 2 |
| wage and hour violation | $8,101 | 1 |
| workplace safety or health violation | $7,000 | 1 |
Notes: Parent-subsidiary linkages are based on relationships current as of the latest revision listed in the
Update Log, which may vary from what was the case when a violation occurred. The penalty totals are adjusted to account for the fact that the individual entries below may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. The totals are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the list below.
Links: Subsidy Tracker data on financial assistance to this company by federal, state and local government agencies can be found
here.
Individual Penalty Records:
Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case.
Company  | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency | Penalty Amount |
| Sinclair Broadcast Group | telecommunications violation | 2016 | FCC | $9,495,000 |
| Sinclair Broadcast Group | labor relations violation | 2004 | NLRB | $7,020 |
| Sinclair Broadcast Group | telecommunications violation | 2017 | FCC | $13,376,200 |
| Sinclair Broadcast Group | employment discrimination | 2023 | EEOC | $85,000 |
| Sinclair Broadcast Group d/b/a WGME-TV 13 | labor relations violation | 2010 | NLRB | $27,000 |
| Sinclair Broadcasting Group | telecommunications violation | 2020 | FCC | $48,000,000 |
| Sinclair Media II, Inc. | wage and hour violation | 2005 | WHD | $8,101 |
| WSMH INC | workplace safety or health violation | 2014 | OSHA | $7,000 |
