http://www.sbgi.net/about/profile.shtml
" Sinclair owns and operates, programs, or provides sales services to 58 television stations in 35 markets. Sinclair's television group includes 20 FOX, 17 MyTV, 9 ABC, 9 CW, 2 CBS and 1 NBC affiliates and reaches approximately 22% of all U.S. television households."

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/sinclair-report...results,495160.shtml
"-- Time sales on our ABC and CW stations were down 5.2% and 0.4% in the
quarter, respectively. Stations affiliated with FOX, MyNetworkTV, CBS and NBC
were up 2.7%, 0.7%, 34.2% and 1.0%, respectively. Excluding political
revenues, our ABC and CW stations were down 10.6% and 1.1%, respectively,
while our FOX, MyNetworkTV, CBS and NBC stations were up 1.8%, 0.3%, 31.0%,
and 0.2%, respectively."

The two CBS stations are in Portland, ME and Cedar Rapids, IA. Not sure why they had such explosive growth, but clearly the ad sales have nothing to do with national ratings in the 2nd quarter.

Cedar Rapids growth may have had something to do with the floods although one would think that would hurt a station, not help it. Perhaps high ratings for local newscasts.

The Sinclair Earnings Call Transcript explained the rest of the story as the CBS increase beiong due to a change in stations. I'm not sure if it was a chang ein ad sales for the rebroadcast of the Cedar Rapids newscast hours or the addition of the Richmond station (which hasn't been completed yet) or what, but they did clarify that on a same station basis CBS was down 1% for them.