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; for others, see § Subchannels;
Ownership
Owner	Nexstar Media Group; (Nexstar Media Inc.);
History
First air date	November 15, 1949
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, secondary 2023–2024);
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. Owned and operated by The CW's majority owner, Nexstar Media Group, KRON-TV has studios at the ABC Broadcast Center on Front Street in the city's historic Northeast Waterfront, immediately west of The Embarcadero north of the city's Financial District, in the same building as ABC owned-and-operated station KGO-TV, channel 7 (but with completely separate operations from that station). The transmitting antenna is located atop Sutro Tower in San Francisco.