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, is the NBC–affiliated television station for Western Nevada's Truckee Meadows licensed to Reno. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 7 (virtual channel 4.1 via ) from a transmitter facility shared with KTVN and KOLO-TV 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. KRNV-DT is owned by the Intermountain West Communications Company and operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group. KRNV studios are based at 1790 Vassar Street in Reno.
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.
It signed on KENV in Elko on March 25, 1997, as a semi-satellite, providing Nevada-based programming to part of the Nevada side of the Salt Lake City, Utah market. The station operated another satellite, KWNV channel 7, in Winnemucca, but this went silent on July 1, 2008.
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