Sinclair Broadcast Group CEO Chris Ripley on Q4 2019 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

2/26/20

Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining our fourth quarter earnings call. We have a lot of positive news to share with you today starting with the results that met or exceeded our guidance estimates. Lucy we'll take you through those details shortly.

Sinclair ended 2019 as the largest provider of local sports and a leading provider of local news with 23 hours and brands and a 191 broadcast stations across our portfolio. We are the leading provider of locally relevant content. As we finished an incredible 2019 we are looking forward to executing on a myriad of opportunities to drive both our local news and sports segments.

We are intently focused on continuing recent successes in growing our share of political advertising dollars for our stations and now sports networks unique among our broadcast peers. We intend to roll out investigative reporting in over 20 markets this year an effort that so far has been highly successful both in terms of acclaim as well as tangible community impact. Our RSNs will be rebranding in the coming months. We are working on a new digital platform and there is significant opportunity around legalized sports betting, so more to come on those fronts.

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