KRON-TV, channel 4, is the MyNetworkTV affiliate for the San Francisco Bay Area. Licensed to San Francisco, the station broadcasts its digital signal on UHF channel 38. The station's transmitter is located atop Sutro Tower in San Francisco. The station is the flagship of Young Broadcasting. The station brands itself as "KRON 4", keeping the station's previous branding while adding "My" to go with the network's naming conventions, only during MyNe...
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KRON-TV, channel 4, is the MyNetworkTV affiliate for the San Francisco Bay Area. Licensed to San Francisco, the station broadcasts its digital signal on UHF channel 38. The station's transmitter is located atop Sutro Tower in San Francisco. The station is the flagship of Young Broadcasting. The station brands itself as "KRON 4", keeping the station's previous branding while adding "My" to go with the network's naming conventions, only during MyNetworkTV Shows. It is changed again to "KRON 4" during other programming. KRON can also be seen in Ukiah on K41AF channel 41.
From its founding in 1949 until December 2001, KRON was affiliated with NBC, and was one of that network's strongest affiliates. The station has the distinction of being the only MyNetworkTV affiliate with a Big Three-style newscast schedule (i.e.; in that it carries morning, midday, 4, 5, 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts). It is also the only station in the U.S. to carry a seven-hour morning newscast which airs from 4-11 a.m....
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