Comcast could drop KCRA Sacramento in December
Comcast is warning customers in the Sacramento television market that it may be forced to drop KCRA and KQCA from its lineup.
KCRA (Channel 3) is a local NBC affiliate broadcasting to the Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto television market in Northern California. The station is owned by Hearst Television and is part of a local duopoly with Sacramento-area MyNetwork affiliate KQCA (Channel 58).
Comcast is warning customers in the Sacramento television market that it may be forced to drop KCRA and KQCA from its lineup.
The FCC notified the station of a complaint over an alleged lack of captions during Gov. Newsom’s COVID press conferences in March.
Melinda Meza of KCRA-TV was released this week after her contract with the station ended, two sources with knowledge of the matter said.
Former KCRA and KCPQ owner Jon Kelly died at a hospice center in Southern California at the age of 84.
The former KCRA news anchor will be in town for an appearance related to her new book “Your Hidden Superpower.”
A small fire drew a large response from Sacramento firefighters at the main studios of KCRA-TV over the weekend.
Dozens of local broadcast stations owned by Hearst Television will be pulled from pay TV systems owned by AT&T on Thursday.
Two KCRA-TV reporters announced their intentions to leave the highly-rated Sacramento station less than a month apart, and for different reasons.
KCRA is ending its news partnership with KFBK and will no longer make its news reports or on-air personalities available to the station.