 The de Young family, owners of the "Chronicle", KRON and other media properties, decided in the late 1990s to exit the broadcasting and publishing businesses, and KRON was sold to Young Broadcasting, who almost immediately ended its 52-year association with NBC in the wake of a dispute with that network over the future direction of the station; NBC had long wanted to acquire KRON outright, but eventually purchased KNTV instead.Today, KRON-TV is owned and operated by the Nexstar Media Group, produces local programs and carries syndicated shows (either through syndicators or the MyNetworkTV programming service).KPIX, KGO, and KRON all relied on filmed network shows until the completion of the transcontinental microwave relay link in September 1951.