TRIBUNE MEDIA COMPANY ('TRIBUNE') IS A PARTY TO APPLICATIONS ON FCC FORM 315 (THE 'SINCLAIR APPLICATIONS') SEEKING COMMISSION CONSENT TO THE TRANSFER OF CONTROL OF TRIBUNE LICENSEE SUBSIDIARIES TO SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC. ('SINCLAIR'), IN CONNECTION WITH A PROPOSED MERGER BETWEEN SINCLAIR AND TRIBUNE. SEE FILE NOS. BTCCDT-20170626AGW ET AL. ON JULY 19, 2018, THE COMMISSION RELEASED A HEARING DESIGNATION ORDER REFERRING THE SINCLAIR APPLICATIONS AND CERTAIN RELATED SINCLAIR STATION DIVESTITURE APPLICATIONS TO THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE FOR AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING TO RESOLVE SUBSTANTIAL AND MATERIAL QUESTIONS OF FACT REGARDING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, WHETHER SINCLAIR ENGAGED IN MISREPRESENTATION AND/OR LACK OF CANDOR IN CERTAIN OF THE SINCLAIR APPLICATIONS. SEE APPLICATIONS OF TRIBUNE MEDIA COMPANY (TRANSFEROR) AND SINCLAIR BROADCASTING GROUP, INC. (TRANSFEREE), HEARING DESIGNATION ORDER, MB DOCKET NO. 17-179, FCC 18-100 (REL. JULY 19, 2018) ('HDO'). THE HDO, WHICH DID NOT DESIGNATE ANY ISSUES AGAINST TRIBUNE, IS PENDING BEFORE THE ALJ AND NO HEARING DATE HAS BEEN SCHEDULED. TRIBUNE TERMINATED ITS MERGER AGREEMENT WITH SINCLAIR ON AUGUST 9, 2018. BECAUSE THE SINCLAIR APPLICATIONS ARE PENDING TRIBUNE IS ANSWERING 'NO' TO SECTION III, QUESTION 5 OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION. SEE SECTION IV, QUESTION 5, EXHIBIT 15 ('COMPREHENSIVE EXHIBIT'), SECTION IX, REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF 47 C.F.R. 73.3518.