UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

 

 

Form 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (D)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest		Commission File Number 000-26076
event reported) March 3, 2009

 

SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant)

 

 

10706 Beaver Dam Road

Hunt Valley, MD  21030

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

 

(410) 568-1500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.

 

Item 5.03         Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

 

On March 3, 2009, the Board of Directors of Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (the “Company”) determined that is was in the best interest of the Company to delete in its entirety Article I, Section 9 of the Company’s Amended By-laws.  Article I, Section 9 included a provision that no longer was applicable under current Maryland General Corporation Law.  This deletion from the Amended By-laws was effective as of March 3, 2009.

 

A copy of the Amended By-laws is filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit 3.1 Amended By-laws of Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (dated March 3, 2009).

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

	SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.
	By:	/s/	David R. Bochenek
	Name:		David R. Bochenek
	Title:		Vice President / Chief Accounting Officer

Dated: March 6, 2009

 

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