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CORRECTING and REPLACING Sinclair Broadcast Group Flagship Station WBFF-TV Celebrates 50th Anniversary
WBFF-TV Celebrates 50 Years of Broadcasting, Airing Special Programming Throughout the Week BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Please replace the release with the
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nWBFF-TV Celebrates 50 Years of Broadcasting, Airing Special Programming Throughout the Week\n\n BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nPlease replace the release with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions in the fourth paragraph.\n\nThe updated release reads:\n\nSINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP FLAGSHIP STATION WBFF-TV CELEBRATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY\n\nWBFF-TV Celebrates 50 Years of Broadcasting, Airing Special Programming Throughout the Week\n\nSinclair Broadcast Group (Nasdaq: SBGI) (‘the Company’) is celebrating 50 years of broadcasting for its flagship, Baltimore-based station, WBFF-FOX45.\n\nThe celebration began on Sunday, April 11, when the station aired “Ahoy: The Captain Chesapeake Story”, a 30-minute commemorative special documentary. The documentary offers a look at the history of WBFF, which originally hosted one of the most successful Baltimore children’s television series. The documentary is available to watch on the link: https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/wbff-is-turning-50. In addition, the station will be producing special segments throughout the week to further commemorate the occasion.\n\n“What began with one television station has evolved into 186 broadcast stations across the United States. Sinclair’s WBFF is the station that started it all,” said Chris Ripley, President and CEO at Sinclair Broadcast Group. “This anniversary is a major milestone for us, and the success of WBFF serves as a model for television markets nationally. WBFF embodies the incredible reach and power of local news.”\n\nJulian Sinclair Smith was the controlling shareholder of Commercial Radio Institute which was awarded the construction permit for Channel 45 by the FCC after a mutually exclusive hearing for the station was settled. WBFF’s on-air debut occurred on April 11, 1971. WBFF originally featured children’s programming with the call letters standing for \"Baltimore's Finest Features.” Then, in 1991, WBFF introduced a 10 p.m. nightly newscast, its first step into local news broadcasting. Since its inception, WBFF-TV’s newscasts have received numerous prestigious awards for their intense focus on local Baltimore communities.\n\nOur relentless reporting on matters of public concern is the foundation of our journalistic mission. Asking questions, digging deeper, holding officials accountable and being a voice for the voiceless me...