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KRCR-TV

KRCR-TV
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Redding/Chico, California
United States
City Redding
Branding KRCR ABC 7 (general)
KRCR NewsChannel 7 (newscasts)
Slogan Get The Facts Right
Severe Weather First
Channels Digital: 7 (VHF)
Virtual: 7 (PSIP)
Subchannels 7.1 ABC
7.2 MeTV
7.3 Movies!
Translators (see article)
Affiliations ABC (secondary until 1978)
Owner Bonten Media Group
(sale to Sinclair Broadcast Group pending)
(BlueStone License Holdings Inc.)
First air date August 1, 1956; 60 years ago (1956-08-01)
Call letters' meaning Redding Chico Red Bluff
Sister station(s) KCVU
KXVU-LP
KRVU-LD/KZVU-LD
KUCO-LP
KKTF-LD
Former callsigns KVIP-TV (1956–1963)
Former channel number(s) Analog:
7 (VHF, 1956–2009)
Digital:
34 (UHF, 2003-2009)
Former affiliations Primary:
NBC (1956–1978)
Secondary:
Fox (1986–1994)
DT3:
LWN (2011–2013)
Transmitter power 25 kW
Height 1103 m
Facility ID 8291
Transmitter coordinates 40°36′9.8″N 122°39′0.2″W / 40.602722°N 122.650056°W / 40.602722; -122.650056
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website www.krcrtv.com

KRCR-TV, virtual and VHF digital channel 7, is an ABC-affiliated television station located in Redding, California, United States, that also serves Chico. The station is owned by Bonten Media Group and is sister to Fox affiliate KCVU (channel 20), which Bonten operates through a local marketing agreement with its owner Esteem Broadcasting, as well as five low-power stations: Chico-licensed Antenna TV affiliate KXVU-LP (analog channel 17); MyNetworkTV affiliates Redding-licensed KRVU-LD (channel 21) and Chico-licensed KZVU-LD (channel 22); Chico-licensed Univision affiliate KUCO-LP (analog channel 27); and Chico-licensed UniMás affiliate KKTF-LD (channel 30). The stations share studios located on Auditorium Drive in Redding and maintain a news bureau and sales office at the former Sainte Television Group facilities located on Main Street in downtown Chico, while KRCR maintains transmitter facilities located atop Shasta Bally west of Redding.

KRCR also partially operates a semi-satellite, KAEF-TV (channel 23), which is licensed to Arcata, California and serves Eureka.


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