KRON-TV

Analog: 4 (VHF, 1949–2009)
Digital: 57 ( UHF , 1998–2009), 38 (UHF, 2009–2020)

KRON-TV
ATSC 3.0 station
San Francisco–Oakland–San Jose, California; United States;
City	San Francisco, California
Channels	Digital: 7 (VHF); Virtual: 4;
Branding	KRON 4 (pronounced "chron") KRON 4 CW (for CW programming)
Programming
Affiliations	4.1: The CW (primary), MyNetworkTV (secondary); for others, see § Subchannels;
Ownership
Owner	Nexstar Media Group; (Nexstar Media Inc.);
History
First air date	November 15, 1949 (74 years ago)
Former call signs	KCPR (CP, 1946–1948)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 4 (VHF, 1949–2009); Digital: 57 (UHF, 1998–2009), 38 (UHF, 2009–2020);
Former affiliations	NBC (primary 1949–2001, secondary 2010–2011); Independent (2001–2006); MyNetworkTV (primary, 2006–2023);
Call sign meaning	San Francisco Chronicle; (former co-owned newspaper)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	65526
ERP	50 kW
HAAT	507.2 m (1,664.0 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	37°45′19″N 122°27′10″W / 37.75528°N 122.45278°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	www.kron4.com

KRON-TV (channel 4) is a television station licensed to San Francisco, California, United States, serving as the San Francisco Bay Area's outlet for The CW.^[4] The station also maintains a secondary affiliation with MyNetworkTV (which airs its programming during overnight hours^[5]). Owned and operated by The CW's majority owner, Nexstar Media Group, KRON-TV has studios on Front Street in the city's historic Northeast Waterfront,^[6] in the same building as ABC owned-and-operated station KGO-TV, channel 7 (but with completely separate operations from that station).^[7] The transmitting antenna is located atop Sutro Tower in San Francisco.