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Top executives at Sinclair Broadcast Group have close ties to Baltimore-area businesses whose leaders are buying two of the biggest market TV stations Sinclair has agreed to sell as it seeks federal approval to acquire Tribune Media for $3.9 billion,

Sinclair Broadcast Group is selling WGN-TV but seeking to maintain control of the station through a deal with the buyer in a bid to skirt ownership limits and win federal regulatory approval for its proposed $3.9 billion acquisition of Tribune Media.