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Julian Sinclair Smith
American television executive, founded Sinclair Broadcast Group (1920–1993)
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.
Early life
Smith was born in 1920 in Baltimore, the son of a grain exporter.[3] He received his electrical engineering degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1952.[3]
Career
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In 1958, Smith, an electrical engineer, along with a group of shareholders, formed the Commercial Radio Institute, a broadcasting trade school in Baltimore, Maryland. Commercial Radio Institute later applied to build an FM radio station,[4] which would eventually become known as Sinclair Broadcast Group.
In 1971, his company obtained a UHF license[5] and he set up a single local television station; namely, Ba