KRNV-TV
 
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Reno, Nevada United States |
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| City | Reno |
| Branding | Channel 4 (general) News 4 (newscasts) |
| Slogan | On Your Side |
| Channels |
Digital: 7 (VHF) Virtual: 4 () |
| Subchannels | 4.1 NBC 4.2 This TV 4.3 TBD |
| Affiliations | NBC (Secondary through 1967) |
| Owner |
Intermountain West Communications Company (Sale to Cunningham Broadcasting pending.) (Sierra Communications, LLC) |
| Operator | Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| First air date | September 30, 1962 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Reno, NeVada (No relation to KRNV-FM) |
| Sister station(s) | KAME-TV, KRXI-TV |
| Former callsigns | KCRL-TV (1962–1982) KCRL (1982–1990) KRNV (1990–2009) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 4 (VHF, 1962–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Secondary: ABC (1962–1967) |
| Transmitter power | 16.1 kW |
| Height | 879 m |
| Class | DT |
| Facility ID | 60307 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°18′57.0″N 119°53′2.0″W / 39.315833°N 119.883889°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | mynews4 |
KRNV-DT, virtual channel 4 (VHF digital channel 7) is an NBC–affiliated television station located in Reno, Nevada, United States. The station is owned by Intermountain West Communications Company and operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group (with a license acquisition by Cunningham Broadcasting pending) as part of a virtual triopoly with Fox affiliate KRXI-TV (channel 11), which is owned by Sinclair outright, and MyNetworkTV affiliate KAME-TV (channel 21), which is owned by Deerfield Media and operated by Sinclair. KRNV maintains studios located on Vassar Street in Reno, and its transmitter is located on Slide Mountain between SR 431 and I-580/US 395/US 395 Alt. in Washoe County. The station can also be seen on Charter channel 4 and in high definition on digital channel 784.
The station was founded on September 30, 1962, as KCRL-TV. It aired an analog signal on VHF channel 4 and was the second television station in Northern Nevada. The call letters became KRNV on January 22, 1990. The station has always been an NBC affiliate, although it shared ABC with KOLO-TV until 1967.
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