Sinclair, Inc. announced that Patrick McFadden will join the company as its Senior Vice President for Global Public Policy and Communications. In this role, McFadden will be responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of Sinclair?s comprehensive legislative and regulatory strategy to support the policy and advocacy goals. In addition, he will oversee Sinclair?s strategic communications and messaging.

McFadden comes to Sinclair from the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) where he served for ten years, most recently as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, and was involved in multiple, complex regulatory challenges including NextGen Broadcast (ATSC 3.0) licensing and deployment, spectrum allocation/protection, media ownership and content distribution. Prior to joining the NAB, McFadden practiced telecommunications law in the Washington office of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP where he specialized in policy advocacy, litigation, regulatory compliance and negotiations for wireless, wireline and VoIP service providers and communications device manufacturers.