Sinclair Communications Leader Bob Sinclair Dead at 79

Sinclair Communications Leader Bob Sinclair Dead at 79

The radio industry is mourning Bob Sinclair Sr., who helped build Sinclair Communications from a single station in Norfolk to a multi-market radio group with operations in Virginia, Texas, and beyond. The former executive died on April 20 at the age of 79.

Longtime Radio Station Owner And Operator Bob Sinclair Passes Away.

Bob Sinclair, owner of Sinclair Telecable and Waterloo Broadcasting, passed away on Sunday, April 20. He was 79. After attending Harvard University, Sinclair joined his father’s media company in the late 1960s. Under his leadership, Sinclair Communications expanded from a…

Bob Sinclair, Owner of Austin and Norfolk Radio Stations, Dies | Radio & Television Business Report

He’s described as a “dynamic husband and father” and is known across the radio broadcasting industry as the longtime leader of two groups of stations — one in Austin and the other in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia. Now, many are pausing to remember Bob Sinclair Sr., who died April 20 at the age of 79. Born on May 31, 1945, Robert Lindsay Sinclair Sr. studied history at Harvard University and in the late 1960s joined a company founded by hi…

Radio Remembers Bob Sinclair

Sinclair Telecable and Waterloo Media owner Robert Lindsay ‘Bob’ Sinclair passed away on Sunday, April 20 at the age of 79 at his home in Bastrop TX. Born in Charleston WV on May 31, 1945, Sinclair studied history at Harvard before joining his father’s company in the late 60s. He pivoted the company to radio in 1976 with the purchase of 1350 AM in Norfolk VA as it became Country “Honey Radio” WHNE and then Talk WNIS in 1979. At its peak, Sinclai…