branding the cw reno channels digital 46 uhf and kren dt 26.2 uhf psip 27.2 affiliations the cw 2009 present owner entravision communications entravision holdings llc founded june 14 1988 former callsigns krns ca kazr ca kuvr ca kuvr lp k68fo cp only k47co former affiliations univision to 2002 azteca america 2002 6 30 2007 tuvision 6 30 2007 2009 transmitter power 93.9 kw height 881 m class class a digital facility id 34577 website www.cwreno.com krns cd is a low power class a digital television station in reno nevada broadcasting locally in high definition 1080i on uhf channel 46 and affiliated with the cw television network via the cw plus . founded june 14 1988 the station is owned by entravision communications . krns and its univision cw sister station kren tv are housed in a 8 500 sq ft 790 m2 glass walled facility at the meadowood mall in south reno . due to its low power class a digital status it is rebroadcast in standard definition on kren tv s second digital subchannel virtual channel 27.2 to expand the station s reach . contents 1 history 2 programming 3 bankruptcy 4 sale to entravision communications 5 references 6 external links history edit the station began with an original construction permit granted on june 14 1988 to que television production inc. to build low power television station k47co to serve the reno area . shortly after getting the permit que television production sold the station to k fun television inc. after several extensions of the construction permit k fun television sold the station to kidd communications . there were more extensions of the permit but kidd communications completed the construction and the station was granted its initial license on july 12 1995 . initial programming for the station is unknown . less than one month after licensing pappas telecasting acquired the station eventually making it a univision affiliate . in december 1996 the fcc granted pappas telecasting a permit to move the station to uhf channel 68 . callsign k68ho was reserved for the station to take effect upon licensing but the calls were never used . instead the station took the call letters kuvr lp in february 1998 reflecting their status as the univision station for reno . kuvr lp moved to channel 68 in april 1999 . azteca america reno logo used until pappas terminated kazr s affiliation with the network on july 1 2007 . in november 2001 pappas telecasting dropped the univision network for a fledgling spanish language network starting up in the us controlled in part by pappas . the new network was called azteca america and was an offshoot of the mexican broadcaster tv azteca . pappas also obtained a class a license for kuvr lp granted march 25 2002 giving the station a measure of protection during the switchover to digital television that was beginning . the station changed call letters this time to kuvr ca . later in the year the station was granted a license to operate channel 68 but couldn t stay there since their new status as a class a station required them to be within the core spectrum i.e. channels 2 51 . they requested and were granted permission to move to uhf channel 46 in january 2003 and was licensed on channel 46 on december 5 2005 . in the midst of the move the station changed call letters this time to kazr ca to reflect their azteca affiliation . pappas telecasting has terminated kazr s affiliation agreement with azteca america effective july 1 2007 ; by this time pappas had divested their share in azteca america . 1 after that date kazr officially became a part of pappas independent spanish language network tuvision . 2 programming edit as a class a station kazr cd is required to air a certain amount of locally produced programming . the station once fulfilled that requirement with a daily 30 minute local newscast at 6 00 p.m. the newscast was repeated at 11 00 p.m. and 1 00 a.m. and was the only local spanish language newscast in northern nevada . the program was also the first spanish local newscast in high definition in the united states with the reno market featuring two other high definition newscasts . 3 the newscast was canceled on march 11 2008 when kazr s news department which was shared with sister station kren tv was closed due to poor advertising revenues . some hispanic community leaders such as jessie gutierrez director of nevada hispanic services said that the popularity of the station will decrease without a local newscast citing this is a growing hispanic community the news they provide at 6 p.m. is essential to let the hispanic community know what s going on ... they re not taking in the needs of the hispanic community and they are supposed to be the hispanic station . some of the dismissed staffers have planned to take legal action against the station . 4 bankruptcy edit on may 10 2008 13 of pappas stations including kren tv and kazr ca filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection . pappas cited the extremely difficult business climate for television stations across the country in papers filed with the u.s. bankruptcy court in wilmington delaware . the company reported in court filings that it has more than 536 million in debt and 460 million in assets . problems that led to bankruptcy included poor performance of the cw network its now former involvement with azteca america and preparations for the 2009 analog shutdown . 1 sale to entravision communications edit on september 20 2008 entravision communications has signed a deal to buy kren tv and kazr ca in reno for 4 million . the deal also included kren s low power repeater kren lp in susanville california . 2 the deal closed on april 1 2009 . at some point in between kazr dropped its tuvision affiliation and began airing the cw plus programming that had been displaced from the main kren tv channel when that channel switched to univision . this acquisition made both kren and kazr krns sisters to former univision affiliate knvv lp channel 41 which switched to telefutura now unim s around the same time . channel 46 changed its call sign to krns ca in june 2009 . the station completed its flash cut of its channel 46 signal to digital in march 2012 . it retained its class a status ; as a result the digital signal took the legal call sign krns cd on march 16 of that year . references edit kazh tv to lose azteca america affiliation . houston business journal . 2007 04 03 . retrieved 2008 03 12 . pappas telecasting announces new spanish language programming initiative dickson glen 2006 12 20 . krnv beats kren to the hd punch . broadcasting and cable . retrieved 2008 03 12 . loza cyndi 2008 03 12 . owners close news division at kren spanish station . reno gazette journal . retrieved 2008 03 12 . daily buzz stations external links edit cwreno.com official website query the fcc s tv station database for krns cd v t e broadcast television in western nevada including reno carson city and lake tahoe stations ktvn 2.1 cbs 2.2 atv kcnl ld 3.3 tuff tv krnv dt 4.1 nbc 4.2 this tv knpb 5.1 pbs 5.2 create 5.3 v me krmf ld 7.1 mundomax kolo tv 8.1 abc 8.2 movies krxi tv 11.1 fox 11.2 retro tv 11.3 grit knrc ld 14.1 estrella 14.2 classic movies 14.4 wow channel 14.5 3abn kame tv 21.1 mntv 21.2 metv krri lp 25 aza kelm lp 43 mex kren tv 27.1 uni 27.2 cw 27.3 unim s krns cd 46.1 cw defunct stations kegs 7 imaginasian rtv goldfield kwnv 7 nbc winnemucca knvv lp 41 unim s k52ff 52 tmd california television bakersfield chico redding eureka fresno las vegas nv los angeles medford or monterey inland empire palm springs reno nv sacramento san diego san francisco santa barbara el centro ca yuma az v t e entravision communications radio stations kaiq kbmb kbzo kcvr kcvr fm kdld kdle kdva kfrq kgol khhm khro kint fm kjmn kkps klnz klob klok fm klyy kmbx kmix kmxa kmxx knty knvo fm kofx kpst fm kpvw kqrt krcx fm krnv fm krrn krzy krzy fm kseh kses fm kssc kssd ksse ksve ktse fm kvly kvva fm kwst kxpk kxse kyse wlqy wnue fm television stations by affiliation others cw kcwt cd kren tv krns cd fox kcba1 kfxv ld kxfx cd kxof cd wjal ind. xhrio tdt2 mmax mntv kxof cd xhdtv tdt2 xhas tdt2 tmd unim s kajb3 kcrp cd kdjt cd kdtf ld kelv ld ketf cd keus ld knvv lp kren tv ktfd dt4 ktfn tv ktfq dt4 ktfv cd wmdo cd wftt dt4 wotf dt4 wutf dt4 univision kang lp kbnt cd kbzo ld kcec kdcu dt5 kinc kint tv kldo tv kluz tv knvo koro kpmr kren tv ksms kupb kvsn kvye wfdc4 wuni wuvn wvea wven 1 owned by seal rock broadcasters operated by entravision . 2 owned by a mexican company operated by entravision 3 owned by calipatria broadcasting company llc but operated by entravision . 4 owned by univision operated by entravision 5 owned by entravision but operated by gray television under a jsa retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title krns cd & oldid 734432027 categories television stations in reno nevadathe cw affiliatestelevision channels and stations established in 1988entravision communications stations navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 august 2016 at 08 51 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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