Sinclair Broadcast will close its deal to buy...

July 28, 2014 |Broadcast

Sinclair Broadcast will close its deal to buy Allbritton’s TV stations on Aug. 1, Sinclair said in a news release Friday (http://bit.ly/1rEwIVN). A Media Bureau order approving the $962 million deal was released Thursday (CD July 25 p1). Sinclair will acquire KATV Little Rock, Arkansas, KTUL Tulsa, WJLA Washington, WSET-TV Lynchburg, Virginia, and WJLA’s D.C. area cable news channel Newschannel 8.