 The city's third station was KRON (Channel 4), which began broadcasting on November 15, 1949, with studios in the basement of the "San Francisco Chronicle" (hence the name KRON[icle]), which owned and operated the station, and a transmitter on San Bruno Mountain.KRON was long affiliated with the NBC television network; that affiliation passed to KNTV, located in San Jose, in early 2002.KRON was the first Bay Area station to offer programs in RCA's compatible color, including NBC specials and occasional movies, beginning with "The Big Cat", a 1949 Technicolor feature starring Preston Foster and Forrest Tucker, shown in 1954.