KRON continued.(NBC still wants)(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, November, 2001 by McClellen, Steve

NBC is apparently still talking to Young Broadcasting about buying KRON-TV. Sources close to the situation say that, white the network has not made any offer for the station, executives have made it clear they view KRON-TV as an independent and would be willing to buy the station only if it were priced accordingly. Granite-owned KNTV(TV) is set to replace KRON-TV as the NBC affiliate in San Francisco Jan. 1. "This is not about taking the NBC affiliation away from KNTV or keeping it at KRON-TV," says a source familiar with NBC's position.

Call them skeptical, but most observers say that, if Young sells KRON to NBC, KRON will wind up the NBC station in the market. Young's challenge: Get somebody besides NBC interested. There was no comment from any of the...

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