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KCRA-TV

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Not to be confused with KRCA.
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1955–1965 1965–1975 1975–1988 1988–2000 2000–2017 2017–present
1955–1965 1965–1975 1975–1988 1988–2000 2000–2017 2017–present

1955–1965

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KCRA-TV originally signed on the air on September 3, 1955, as a primary NBC affiliate licensed to the city of Sacramento on VHF channel 3 and was owned-and-operated by the Central Valley Broadcasting Company, which later evolved into Kelly Broadcasting.

1965–1975

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1975–1988

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Designer:  Kelly Broadcasting
Typography:  Clarendon ("3" portion)
Microgramma Bold (text)
Launched:  1975

The Clarendon-typeface "3" gained a green TV tube shape box.

1988–present

1988–2000

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Designer:  Kelly Broadcasting
Typography:  Microgramma ("3" portion)
Univers Condensed Bold (wordmark & graphics), ITC Lubalin Graph (graphics)
Launched:  1988

A modernized version of the 1975 logo. Hearst-Argyle Television purchased KCRA-TV in January 1999 as part of Kelly Broadcasting's dissolution and exit from the television business.

2000–present

2000–2017

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Designer:  Hearst Television
Typography:  Bank Gothic
Microgramma ("3" portion)
Launched:  2000

The TV tube shape became all-green, and the "3" was now rendered in white.

2017–present

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Designer:  Hearst Television
Typography:  Effra
Microgramma ("3" portion)
Launched:  2017

The callsign font was later changed to Effra, first used in Hearst's standardized "Diagrid" graphics package and also used by NBC News for its graphics package.

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TV stations in Sacramento

3

KCRA-TV

NBC

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6

KVIE

PBS

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10

KXTV

ABC

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13

KOVR

CBS

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19

KUVS-DT

Uni.

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23

KEZT-CD

Uni.

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29

KSPX-TV

Ion

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31

KMAX-TV

CW

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33

KCSO-LD

TEL

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40

KTXL

Fox

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49

KSAO-LD

AZA

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58

KQCA

My

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64

KTFK-DT

UNM

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Defunct stations:

14

KAZV-LP

A1

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40

KCCC-TV/KVUE

Ind

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47

KMMK-LP

Tres

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Newspapers:

The Advocate | Times Union | Beaumont Enterprise | Connecticut Post | The Courier | Edwardsville Intelligencer | Greenwich Time | Houston Chronicle | Huron Daily Tribune | Laredo Morning Times | Manistee News Advocate | The Middletown Press | Midland Daily News | Midland Reporter-Telegram | New Haven Register | The News-Times | The Norwalk Hour | Plainview Daily Herald | The Pioneer | The Register Citizen | San Antonio Express-News | San Francisco Chronicle | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | The Telegraph | Connecticut Magazine

Weekly newspapers:
Cleveland Advocate | Eastex Advocate | The Lake Houston Observer | The Potpourri | The Villager | La Vos de Houston

Magazines:
Best | Car and Driver | CDS Global | Cosmopolitan | Country Living | Dr. Oz The Good Life | Elle | Elle Decor | Esquire | Food Network Magazine | Good Housekeeping (US / UK) | Harper's Bazaar (Harper by Harper's Bazaar) | HGTV Magazine | House Beautiful | Marie Claire | Men's Health | O, The Oprah Magazine | Popular Mechanics | Prima | Real People | Redbook | Road & Track | Seventeen | SmartMoney | Teen | Town & Country | Veranda | Woman's Day | Women's Health

Hearst Magazines Digital Media: ELLEgirl.com | eCRUSH | eSPIN | Shondaland.com

Hearst Magazines International: All About Soap | Company | Digital Spy | Elle | Esquire | Inside Soap | Psychologies | Red | Quo | Sugar | Zest

Hearst Television:
ABC affiliates: KETV | KHBS/KHOG-TV | KMBC-TV | KOAT-TV | KOCO-TV | KSBW-DT2 | WAPT | WCVB-TV | WISN-TV | WJCL | WMTW | WMUR-TV | WPBF | WTAE-TV
CBS affiliates: KCCI | WLKY
CW affiliates: KCWE | KHBS-DT2/KHOG-DT2 | WCWG | WKCF | WNNE | WPXT
Independent station: WMOR-TV
MeTV affiliates: KCCI-DT2 | KCRA-DT2 | KETV-DT2 | KMBC-DT2 | KOCO-DT2 | WAPT-DT2 | WBAL-DT2 | WCVB-DT2 | WDSU-DT2 | WESH-DT2 | WLKY-DT2 | WLWT-DT2 | WMUR-DT2 | WPTZ-DT3 | WVTM-DT2 | WXII-DT2
MyNetworkTV affiliates: KCCI-DT3 | KQCA
NBC affiliates: KCRA-TV | KSBW | WBAL-TV | WDSU | WESH | WGAL | WLWT | WPTZ | WVTM-TV | WXII-TV | WYFF
This TV affiliate: WMOR-DT2
True Crime Network affiliate: WKCF-DT2

Programming: Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien

Predecessor companies:
Argyle Television Holdings II | Pulitzer Broadcasting

See also:
List of Hearst-owned stations

Radio:
WBAL | WIYY

Entertainment and syndication:

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Co-owned by Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company

NOTE: Except for European markets which fully owned by Hearst (and its respective partners) since 2019.

US networks:
A&E (HD) | Crime + Investigation (HD) | FYI (HD) | History (HD) | History en Español | Lifetime (HD) | LMN (HD) | LRW (HD) | Military History | Vice TV1

Canada:
Lifetime | History | Historia | History 2

Latin America2:
A&E (HD) | History (HD) | History 2 (HD) | Lifetime3 (HD)

United Kingdom & Ireland:4
Blaze | Crime & Investigation | Sky History | Sky History 2

Italy:
Blaze | Crime & Investigation | History

Iberian Peninsula:5
Blaze (HD) | Historia (HD) | Crimen & Investigación/Crime & Investigação

India:6
History TV18 (HD)

Asia
Lifetime | History | Crime + Investigation

Others:
A&E Studios | A&E IndieFilms | Lifetime Films | History Films

Defunct:
The Entertainment Channel | Alpha Repertory Television Service | The History Channel (India) | FYI TV18 (India) | The Biography Channel (Latin America | UK & Ireland) | Lifetime Moms | FYI (Southeast Asia) | Lifetime (UK & Ireland) | Vice

Notes
1Joint venture with Vice Media.
2Joint venture with Ole Communications.
3Joint venture with Sony Pictures Television.
4Joint venture with Sky Limited.
5Joint venture with AMC Networks International.
6Joint venture with TV18.

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Owners: The Walt Disney Company (80%) | Hearst Communications (20%)

U.S. networks:
ACCN | ESPN (HD) | ESPN 2 | ESPNews | ESPN Classic | ESPNU | ESPN Deportes | ESPN PPV | ESPN 3 | ESPN College Extra | Longhorn Network | SEC Network
U.S. blocks:

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Current programming:

ESPN College Football (Saturday Night Football) | ESPY Awards | NBA on ESPN | Tournament of Roses Parade | WNBA on ESPN | X Games

Former programming:
ABC College Football | ABC's Wide World of Sports | The American Sportsman | Arena Football League on ESPN | Battle of the Network Stars | College Basketball on ABC | ESPN Sports Saturday | Fight of the Week | IndyCar Series on ESPN | Major League Baseball on ABC | The Baseball Network | Monday Night Football | NASCAR on ESPN | NHL on ABC | Olympics on ABC | PGA Tour on ABC | Professional Bowlers Tour | The Superstars | WNBA on ABC

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U.S. radio stations
ESPN Radio | ESPN Xtra | ESPNU Radio | ESPN All Access

International:
Australia (ESPN2) | Brazil (ESPN | 2 | Extra) | Caribbean | Latin America (Extra | 2 | 3 | Extra Polo) | UK1 | Africa5 | Netherlands

Canadian networks (Co-owned with Bell Media):
The Sports Network (TSN1 | TSN2 | TSN3 | TSN4 | TSN5) | RDS | RDS2 | RDS Info | ESPN Classic Canada

Japanese networks
J-Sports 1 | J-Sports 2 | J-Sports 3 | J-Sports 4

Current ventures:
ESPN+ | ESPN.com | ESPN Books | ESPN Broadband | ESPN Deportes La Revista | ESPN Deportes.com | ESPN Events | ESPN Films | ESPN Home Entertainment | ESPN Integration | ESPY Awards | The Undefeated | Watch ESPN

Defunct ventures:
Arena Football League (minority stake, 2006–2009) | ESPN5 (Philippines)3 (2017–2020) | ESPNews Asia (1996–2013) | ESPN 3D (2010–2013) | ESPN America (2002–2013) | ESPN Bases Loaded (2010-2020) | ESPN Buzzer Beater (2010–2017) | ESPN Classic (UK) (2006–2013) | ESPN Deportes Radio (2004–2019) | ESPN Full Court (1995–2015) | ESPN GamePlan (1996–2015) | ESPN Goal Line (2010-2020) | ESPN HD (2003–2011) | ESPN HS (1997–2012) | ESPN MVP (2005–2006) | ESPN Now | ESPN Plus (1996–2009) | ESPN Star Sports (equity stake, 1994–2013) | ESPN The Magazine (1998-2019) | ESPN West | ESPN Zone (1998–2018) | Grantland (2011–2015) | NHL Network Canada (2001–2015) | SEC TV (2009–2014) | Sony ESPN (HD) (India)4

U.S. sports broadcasting rights:
AFL | College Basketball | College Football | Golf | High School Football | MLB | MLS (MLS Game of the Week | MLS Soccer Sunday) | NFL | NBA | WNBA | Tennis | X Games
Former sports broadcasting rights:
IndyCar Series | NASCAR | NHL | Thoroughbred Racing on ESPN

Other properties:
FiveThirtyEight | Jayski's Silly Season Site | ESPN FC | ESPNF1 | ESPNscrum | Scouts Inc. | TrueHoop | ESPNcricinfo

Current programming:
30 for 30 | Always Late with Katie Nolan | Around the Horn | Baseball Tonight | The Beat | College Football Final | College Football Live | College Football Scoreboard | College Basketball Live | College GameDay (Basketball) | College GameDay (Football) | College GameNight | E:60 | First Take | ESPN2 Garage | The Fantasy Show | Get Up! | Golic and Wingo | High Noon | Highly Questionable | Jalen & Jacoby | The Jump | Monday Night Countdown | Max on Boxing | NBA Coast to Coast | NBA Countdown | NBA Shootaround | NBA Tonight | NFL Insiders | NFL Live | NFL Matchup | NFL Primetime | NFL Rewind | Outside The Lines | Pardon the Interruption | SportsCenter (SportsCenter:AM | SportsCenter Face to Face with Hannah Storm | SportsCenter Coast-to-Coast | SC @ Night | SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt | X Center | SportsCenterU) | SportsNation | Sunday NFL Countdown | WNBA Shootaround | World Cup Live

Former programming:
1st and 10 | 2 Minute Drill | Baseball 2Day | BassCenter | Battle of the Gridiron Stars | Beg, Borrow & Deal | Bonds on Bonds | Bound for Glory | The Bronx is Burning | Cheap Seats | Cold Pizza | The Contender | Dream Job | ESPN Friday Night Fights | ESPN Hollywood | His & Hers | I'd Do Anything | Intentional Talk2 | Jim Rome is Burning | Knight School | Madden Nation | Mike & Mike | MLS ExtraTime | MLS Primetime Thursday | MLS Soccer Saturday | MMA Live | NASCAR Countdown | NASCAR Now | NFL 32 | NHL 2Night | Nine for IX | Olbermann | Playmakers | Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith | RPM 2Night | SC6 with Michael and Jemele | SpeedWeek | SportsNight | The Sports Reporters | Stump the Schwab | Sunday Night Football | Talk2 | Tilt | Upscripted with Chris Connelly | Up Close | Winners Bracket

1Operated by BT under license.
2Also airs on MLB Network.
3Partnership with TV5 Network Inc.
4Partnership with Sony Pictures Networks India.
5Airs only on DStv.

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Cosmopolitan TV (part owner) | DailyINK | Hearst Entertainment | King Features Syndicate (Others) | Light TV (part owner) | NorthSouth Productions (50%) | RealAge | Reed Brennan Media Associates | Verizon Hearst Media Partners (50%)2 | Litton Entertainment (majority) | Texture By Next Issue (part owner)

Interactive media:
Kaboodle

Business Media:
First DataBank | Fitch Group (50%) | Motor

Real estate:
Hearst Ranch | Hearst Service Center | Hearst Tower

Defunct/dissolved:
King Phoenix Entertainment | Esquire Network3 (50%) | Talk4 | United Artists Media Group (15%) | Sanoma Hearst România5

1Joint venture with The Walt Disney Company, which owns 80% of ESPN and 50% of A+E Networks.
2Co-owned with Verizon Communications.
3Co-owned with NBCUniversal (Comcast).
4Joint-venture with Miramax.
5Joint-venture with Sanoma. Merged into Burda România in 2013.

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Owned Television Stations:

KNBC | KNSD | KNTV | KXAS | WBTS | WCAU | WMAQ | WNBC | WRC-TV | WTVJ | WVIT

Affiliates
WVTM | WRGX / WTVY-DT4 | WAFF | WPMI | WSFA | KTUU | KTVF | KATH / KSCT | KPNX / KNAZ | KVOA | KYMA | KTVE | KNWA / KFTA-DT2 | KAIT-DT2 | KARK | KGET | KNVN | KIEM | KSEE | KMIR | KCRA | KSBW | KSBY | KUSA | KKCO | KOAA | WRDE / WBOC-LD3 / WSJZ-LD4 | WESH | WBBH | WNBW | WTLV | WJHG | WTWC | WFLA | WPTV | WALB | WXIA | WAGT | WLTZ | WMGT | WSAV | KHNL / KHBC / KOGG | KTVB / KTFT | KPVI | WAND | WEEK | WGEM | WREX | WFIE | WPTA-DT2 | WTHR | WPBI-LD2 | WNDU | WTWO | KWQC | WHO | KYOU-DT2 | KTIV | KWWL | KSNT | KSNW / KSNG / KSNC / KSNL / KSNK | WNKY | WLEX | WAVE | WPSD | KALB | WVLA | KPLC | KLAF / KADN-DT2 | WDSU | WWPI | WCSH | WLBZ | WBAL | WWLP / WFXQ | WDIV | WOOD | WLUC | WILX | WEYI | WPBN / WTOM | KARE | KTTC | KMNF | WNBD | WXXV-DT2 | WLBT | WDAM | WGBC-DT2 | WTVA | KOMU | KSNF | KSHB | KNPG | KSDK | KYTV | KULR / KYUS | KXGN-DT2 | KTVH / KTGF | KECI / KCFW / KTVM | KNOP | WOWT | KNEP | KSNB | KSNV | KRNV | KOB / KOBF / KOBG / KOBR | WNYT | WBGH-CD / WIVT-DT2 | WGRZ | WETM | WPTZ | WHEC | WSTM | WKTV | WVNC | WCNC | WRAL | WITN | WECT | WXII | KVLY | KFYR / KQCD / KMOT / KUMV | WLWT | WKYC | WCMH | WDTN | WLIO | WTOV | WNWO | WFMJ | WHIZ | KTEN | KFOR | KJRH | KTVZ | KMTR / KMCB / KTCW | KOTI / KOBI | KGW | WICU | WJAC | WGAL | WPXI | WBRE | WJAR | WCBD | WIS | WYFF | WMBF | KNBN | KDLT / KDLV | WRCB | WNBJ | WBIR | WMC | WSMV | KRBC | KAMR | KXAN | KBMT-DT2 | KVEO | KRIS | KTSM | KPRC | KETK | KGNS | KCBD | KWES | KSAN | WOAI | KCEN / KAGS | KTAL | KMOL | KFDX | KSL | WCYB | WVIR / WVIR-CD | WSVW | WAVY | WWBT | WSLS | KING | KHQ | KNDO / KNDU | WVVA | WBOY | WSAZ | WTAP | WEAU | WGBA | WMTV | WTMJ | WJFW | KBJR / KRII | KCWY / KCHY | KVZK | KUAM | WKAQ-DT3 | WVGN | PJA

Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and territory, and based on the station's city of license or Designated Market Area.

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