Originally signed on the air on September 30, 1962 as KCRL-TV, a primary NBC affiliate on VHF channel 4.
1966–1972
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1972–1976
1976–1982
This Helvetica Black "4" was also used by many NBC affiliates at the time, including KNBC in Los Angeles, WCIV in Charleston, South Carolina, WNBC-TV in New York City, and WRC-TV in Washington, D.C.
KCRL was renamed to the current KRNV on January 22, 1990.
1998–2013
1998–2006
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This logo was also used by then-sister stations KYMA in Yuma, Arizona and KCWY in Casper.
2006–2013
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This logo style was also used by KVBC (now KSNV) in Las Vegas, KCWY in Casper, semi-satelite sister station KENV in Elko and then-sister station KYMA in Yuma. In 2009, the "-DT" callsigns were added alongside the rest of its then-sister stations. On November 22, 2013, the Hunt Valley, Maryland-based Sinclair Broadcast Group announced the acquisition of KRNV's non-license assets, for $26 million. Sinclair already owned Fox affiliate KRXI-TV (VHF channel 11) and operated MyNetworkTV (now independent) affiliate KAME-TV (UHF channel 21) in Reno. On December 19, it was announced that Cunningham Broadcasting will acquire the license assets of KRNV and KENV for $6.5 million. The sale was approved on September 22, 2017, and was completed on January 9, 2018.
2013–present
Logo with slogan, also used as its news department's logo
1Owned by Tennessee Broadcasting and operated by Sinclair under an outsourcing agreement. 2Nominally owned by Cunningham Broadcasting and operated by Sinclair under an LMA. However, trusts belonging to members of Sinclair's founding Smith family control almost all of Cunningham's stock. 3Operated by Nexstar Media Group under an LMA. 4Owned by Second Generation of Iowa, Ltd. and operated by Sinclair under a LMA. 5Owned by Manhan Media and managed by Sinclair. 6Owned by Howard Stirk Holdings, operated by Sinclair under an LMA. 7Owned by Mercury Broadcasting Company and operated by Sinclair. 8Owned by Deerfield Media and operated by Sinclair under an LMA. 9Owned by Roberts Media, but operated by Sinclair. 10Owned by Mitts Telecasting and operated by Sinclair. 11Owned by GOCOM Media and operated by Sinclair. 12Owned by Waitt Broadcasting, but operated by Sinclair under an SSA. 13Owned by Granite Broadcasting Corporation and operated by Sinclair through a JSA and SSA. 14Owned by New Age Media and operated by Sinclair under an MSA. 15Owned by MPS Media, but operated by New Age Media under an LMA. 16Owned by Diamond Sports Group, a joint venture of Sinclair and Entertainment Studios. 17Co-owned with Yankee Global Enterprises, The Blackstone Group, Amazon, RedBird Capital and Mubadala Investment Company. 18Co-owned with Chicago Cubs. 19Owned by Sinclair and operated by Jukin Media. 20Owned by Palm Television, L.P. and operated by Cunningham Broadcasting under an LMA.
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