FCC Approves Sale of WJLA, News Channel 8 to Sinclair Broadcast Group
The FCC yesterday approved the sale of Allbritton Communications, owner of WJLA and News Channel 8, to Sinclair Broadcast Group. The deal was announced in July 2013 pending FCC approval for $985 million.
According to TVSpy, with the acquisition, “Sinclair owns, operates, programs or provides sales service to 162 stations in 78 markets. Sinclair stations now reach nearly 40 percent of US television households.”
POLITICO publisher Robert Allbritton, who’s family owned Allbritton Communications for nearly four decades, tweeted:
Very mixed emotions: FCC approved sale of our TV stations to Sinclair.
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