Acrodyne Expands Technical Operations; Two Vice Presidents of Engineering are Named.

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BLUE BELL, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 6, 2000

Acrodyne Industries, Inc., a leading manufacturer of television transmission systems, announced today that it is expanding its technical operations in response to the rollout of digital television. In conjunction with this expansion, the Advanced Technology Group of Sinclair Broadcast Group, will be moving over to the Acrodyne organization. Sinclair has a 34% equity investment in Acrodyne. Included in the Advanced Technology Group are two senior engineering managers, four design engineers, one research assistant, four engineering technicians, and one administrative assistant. In conjunction with this, the corporate headquarters of Acrodyne will be relocating to Hunt Valley, MD, by the end of September, and the Engineering Development team will remain in that Maryland location. Manufacturing and its support will move to the new Oaks, PA factory in the third quarter.

Andrew H. Whiteside has been named Vice President, Engineering, and Raymond C. Kiesel has been named Vice President, Research & Development. Both will report to Nat Ostroff, Chairman, President and CEO of Acrodyne. This team will orchestrate, develop and perfect all present and future new technology, including the newly introduced Quantum IOT equipped transmitter line, which will be available for shipment by the fourth quarter 2000.

Mr. Whiteside joins the Acrodyne team bringing with him an award-winning background in broadcast product development. He received his B.Sc. (with Honors) in Physics from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London University, England in 1976. After a one-year post graduate Engineering Apprenticeship, he joined the English Electric Valve Company (1977) as a Klystron engineer. He worked for five years on the designs and applications of many amplifier types. Included in his responsibilities were klystrons for UHF-TV, radar and scientific products. Andy joined Comark as the Engineering Manager for Transmitter products in 1982. He held a number of positions in Engineering Management leading to his last position as Vice President of Engineering for Thomcast Communications. In 1999 Mr. Whiteside joined the Sinclair Broadcast Group, and in collaboration with Mr. Kiesel, formed the Advanced Technology Group to develop equipment for Sinclair's use. This group was involved in the design and development of new, innovative broadcast transmission products, and was responsible for the IOT based "Quantum" product line, licensed by Acrodyne from Sinclair and introduced at the NAB2000 Show. Mr. Whiteside has been involved in the development and implementation of many new television transmitter products, authoring several technical papers in the process.

Mr. Kiesel rejoins the Acrodyne team, bringing with him an award-winning background in broadcast product development. Mr. Kiesel first joined Acrodyne in 1973, and was involved with UHF and VHF television transmission equipment design and development. He left to join Comark in 1982 as Engineering Manager of R&D after his first nine years at Acrodyne. During his employment at Comark, Mr. Kiesel was responsible for the design and development of solid-state exciters, high voltage pulsers, multi-standard modulators (analog and digital) as well as a complete line of IOT based transmitters. He was the Program Coordinator for the EMMY award winning Klystrode IOT UHF television transmitter development effort which was the basis for today's high power UHF transmitter industry standard. He held a number of positions in Engineering Management leading to his last position as Vice President of Advanced Development for Thomcast Communications. In 1999 Mr. Kiesel left Thomcast to join the Sinclair Broadcast Group, and in collaboration with Mr. Whiteside, formed the Advanced Technology Group to develop equipment for Sinclair's use. This group was involved in the design and development of new, innovative broadcast transmission products, and was responsible for the IOT based "Quantum" product line, licensed by Acrodyne from Sinclair and introduced at the NAB2000 Show. Mr. Kiesel has been responsible for the authoring of many technical papers, and holds defining patents for proprietary linearity correction techniques.

Nat Ostroff, President and CEO of Acrodyne commented, "With this development, Acrodyne is well equipped to challenge the competitors on a higher and more profitable plane. The addition of the major talents found in the Sinclair technology team will enable Acrodyne to achieve its goals of increased market share and profitability. I am dedicated to making Acrodyne a major contender in the emerging digital broadcast equipment market."

Acrodyne Industries, Inc., the operating subsidiary of Acrodyne Communications, Inc., and a publicly traded company (NASDAQ:ACRO) has been an established and respected manufacturer of television broadcast equipment for over three decades. Acrodyne is a leading producer of technically advanced, high quality television transmitters.

Sinclair Broadcast Group (NASDAQ:SBGI) is a diversified broadcasting company that currently owns or programs 61 television stations. Sinclair's television group reaches approximately 25% of U.S. television households and includes ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, WB, and UPN affiliates.

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