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KRNV-DT is a television station in Reno, Nevada, United States, airing programming from the digital multicast network Roar. It is owned by Cunningham Broadcasting and operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside Fox/NBC affiliate KRXI-TV and sports-focused independent station KNSN-TV. The three outlets share studios on Vassar Street in Reno; KRNV-DT's transmitter is located on Slide Mountain. Channel 4 in Reno began broadcasting in 1962 as KCRL, the city's second TV station. Founded by E. L. Cord and owned after his 1974 death by his estate and charitable foundation, it was an NBC affiliate from the moment it began broadcasting. The station was purchased by Sunbelt Communications Company in 1989 and relaunched the next year as KRNV, including an overhaul of the station's local newscasts. This was successful at moving KRNV from third to second place locally. Sunbelt also embarked on several extensions of the KRNV brand, including rebroadcasters in Northern Nevada and a news/talk radio station in the Reno area. In 2013, Sinclair acquired KRNV's non-license assets and began operating the station; Cunningham eventually acquired the license.