KRCR-TV

KRCR-TV (channel 7) is a television station licensed to Redding, California, United States, serving as the ABC affiliate for the Chico–Redding market. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside five low-power stations: Chico-licensed Antenna TV affiliate KXVU-LD (channel 17); MyNetworkTV affiliates Redding-licensed KRVU-LD (channel 21) and Chico-licensed KZVU-LD (channel 22); Chico-licensed Univision affiliate KUCO-LD (channel 27); and Chico-licensed UniMás affiliate KKTF-LD (channel 30). Sinclair also provides certain services to Paradise-licensed Fox affiliate KCVU (channel 20) under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Cunningham Broadcasting; however, Sinclair effectively owns KCVU as the majority of Cunningham's stock is owned by the family of deceased group founder Julian Smith. The stations share studios on Auditorium Drive east of downtown Redding and maintain a news bureau and sales office at the former Sainte Television Group facilities on Main Street in downtown Chico (for FCC and other legal purposes, the Chico/Paradise-licensed stations still use the Chico address and Redding-licensed stations use the Redding address). KRCR's transmitter is located atop Shasta Bally, west of Redding.

KRCR-TV
CityRedding, California
Channels
  • Digital: 7 (VHF), to move to 15 (UHF)
  • Virtual: 7
Branding
  • KRCR ABC 7 (general)
  • The Northstate's News (newscasts)
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Sinclair Broadcast Group
  • (Sinclair Media Licensee, LLC)
Sister stations
KAEF-TV, KCVU, KXVU-LD, KRVU-LD/KZVU-LD, KUCO-LD, KKTF-LD, KTVL
History
First air date
August 1, 1956 (1956-08-01)
Former call signs
KVIP (1956–1957)
KVIP-TV (1957–1963)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 7 (VHF, 1956–2009)
  • Digital: 34 (UHF, 2003–2009)
Former affiliations
  • NBC (1956–1978)
  • Fox (secondary, 1986–1994)
Call sign meaning
Redding, Chico, Red Bluff
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID8291
ERP
  • 84 kW
  • 1,000 kW (CP)
HAAT1,095 m (3,593 ft)
Transmitter coordinates40°36′9.5″N 122°39′4″W
Translator(s)
Links
Public license information
Websitekrcrtv.com

KAEF-TV (channel 23) in Arcata operates as a semi-satellite of KRCR, serving the Eureka market. As such, it clears all network programming as provided through KRCR but airs a separate offering of syndicated programming; there are also separate local newscasts, commercial inserts and legal station identifications. Although KAEF maintains its own studios (shared with LMA partner KBVU) on Sixth Street in downtown Eureka, master control and some internal operations are based at KRCR's facilities.

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