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Julian Sinclair Smith (May 5, 1920 – April 19, 1993) was an American electrical engineer and television executive. He was the founder of the Sinclair Broadcast Group.
David D. Smith, executive chairman of the Sinclair broadcasting chain and an active contributor to conservative causes, has bought Baltimore Sun Media from the investment firm Alden Global Capital. The purchase price was not disclosed.
Sinclair, Inc., doing business as Sinclair Broadcast Group, is a publicly traded American telecommunications conglomerate that is controlled by the descendants of company founder Julian Sinclair Smith.
The founding of Sinclair Broadcast Group began with Julian Sinclair Smith, father to the Smith brothers, our major shareholders. Julian had a vision that was accurate and prescient, seeing FM radio and UHF television as significant emerging technologies.
Julian Sinclair Smith, a pioneer in UHF-television broadcasting and the patriarch and founder of family-owned WBFF-TV (Channel 45), died yesterday at his Roland Park home after a long battle...
According to the New York Times, the company’s chairman, Smith’s son, David Smith, and his brothers have given the majority of their political donations to Republican causes.
Baltimore broadcast pioneer JULIAN SINCLAIR SMITH received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Johns Hopkins in 1952. While a student, Mr. Smith worked as an engineer at WFBR-AM, one of Baltimore’s leading radio stations at the time.
Founded by David Smith's father, Julian Sinclair Smith, the company started with one small local station in Baltimore in 1971 and has retained its strong roots in the area.
Julian Sinclair Smith was founder of the Sinclair Broadcast Group, owner of WSYX/ABC6 and operator of WTTE/FOX28 and CW Columbus. His rise to prominence in the industry can be attributed to his quest for knowledge, beginning with the completion of a radio correspondence course while still in high school.
It's fitting, as electrical engineer Julian Sinclair Smith, Engr '52, '56 (MSE)— the professorship's namesake and a Baltimore native—formed what would eventually become Sinclair Broadcast Group, one of the largest telecommunications companies in the country.