Sinclair Broadcast Group
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Sinclair Broadcast Group is a major American telecommunications conglomerate and one of the largest owners and operators of television stations in the United States.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sinclair Broadcast Group canonical | 35 |
| Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. | 2 |
| Sinclair Television Group | 2 |
| Smith family of Sinclair Broadcast Group | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T974357 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Sinclair Broadcast Group Context triple: [Diamond Sports Group, parentOrganization, Sinclair Broadcast Group]
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A.
Westinghouse Broadcasting Company
Westinghouse Broadcasting Company was a major American radio and television broadcasting group that operated numerous stations and helped shape the development of commercial broadcasting in the United States.
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B.
Turner Broadcasting System
Turner Broadcasting System is a major American media company best known for operating cable television networks such as CNN, TBS, and TNT.
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C.
E. W. Scripps Company
The E. W. Scripps Company is a major American media conglomerate best known for owning a wide portfolio of television networks and stations, including prominent cable and broadcast brands.
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D.
Tribune Company
Tribune Company was a major American media conglomerate best known for owning prominent newspapers like the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times, as well as various television stations.
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E.
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is a major U.S. commercial television network known for its nationwide programming in news, entertainment, and sports.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sinclair Broadcast Group Target entity description: Sinclair Broadcast Group is a major American telecommunications conglomerate and one of the largest owners and operators of television stations in the United States.
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A.
Westinghouse Broadcasting Company
Westinghouse Broadcasting Company was a major American radio and television broadcasting group that operated numerous stations and helped shape the development of commercial broadcasting in the United States.
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B.
Turner Broadcasting System
Turner Broadcasting System is a major American media company best known for operating cable television networks such as CNN, TBS, and TNT.
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C.
E. W. Scripps Company
The E. W. Scripps Company is a major American media conglomerate best known for owning a wide portfolio of television networks and stations, including prominent cable and broadcast brands.
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D.
Tribune Company
Tribune Company was a major American media conglomerate best known for owning prominent newspapers like the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times, as well as various television stations.
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E.
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is a major U.S. commercial television network known for its nationwide programming in news, entertainment, and sports.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
broadcasting company
ⓘ
public company ⓘ telecommunications conglomerate ⓘ |
| attemptedAcquisition | Tribune Media (deal terminated in 2018) ⓘ |
| controversy |
2018 scripted promotional message about fake news read by local anchors
ⓘ
must-run segments on local newscasts ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| develops | ATSC 3.0 broadcast technology (through ONE Media 3.0) ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Julian Sinclair Smith ⓘ |
| foundedIn |
Baltimore, Maryland
ⓘ
linked to:
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
|
| hasSubsidiary |
Compulse Integrated Marketing
ⓘ
Diamond Sports Group (former majority-owned subsidiary) ⓘ
linked to:
Diamond Sports Group
Dielectric Communications ⓘ ONE Media 3.0 ⓘ Sinclair Television Group ⓘ
linked to:
Sinclair Broadcast Group
Tennis Channel, Inc. ⓘ
linked to:
Tennis Channel
|
| headquartersLocation |
Cockeysville, Maryland
ⓘ
Hunt Valley, Maryland ⓘ |
| inception | 1971 ⓘ |
| industry |
broadcasting
ⓘ
mass media ⓘ telecommunications ⓘ |
| legalForm | corporation ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the largest owners of television stations in the United States
ⓘ
centralized news content for local stations ⓘ conservative-leaning political commentary and editorials ⓘ |
| owns |
Bally Sports regional sports networks (through Diamond Sports Group, formerly majority-owned)
ⓘ
linked to:
Bally Sports
Charge! (TV network) ⓘ Comet (TV network) ⓘ Marquee Sports Network (partial ownership) ⓘ
linked to:
Marquee Sports Network
Ring of Honor (former owner) ⓘ Stadium (sports network) ⓘ Tennis Channel ⓘ The CW Plus (partial ownership at various times via affiliates) ⓘ
linked to:
The CW
YES Network (former minority stake) ⓘ
linked to:
YES Network
numerous ABC-affiliated television stations ⓘ numerous CBS-affiliated television stations ⓘ numerous CW-affiliated television stations ⓘ numerous Fox-affiliated television stations ⓘ numerous MyNetworkTV-affiliated television stations ⓘ numerous NBC-affiliated television stations ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Smith family ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | conservative ⓘ |
| productOrService |
advertising sales
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content syndication ⓘ digital multicast networks ⓘ local news programming ⓘ sports broadcasting ⓘ television broadcasting ⓘ |
| stockExchange | NASDAQ ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | SBGI ⓘ |
| website | https://sbgi.net ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Sinclair Broadcast Group Description of subject: Sinclair Broadcast Group is a major American telecommunications conglomerate and one of the largest owners and operators of television stations in the United States.
Referenced by (40)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Sinclair Broadcast Group (minority stake, via Diamond Sports)
linked to: Sinclair Broadcast Group
linked to: Sinclair Broadcast Group
linked to: Sinclair Broadcast Group
linked to: Sinclair Broadcast Group
subject linked to:
Charge! (TV network)
subject linked to:
Charge! (TV network)
subject linked to:
KJZZ-TV (Salt Lake City television station)