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“Over the past three decades, Pam’s care for our community, as well as her unwavering commitment to accuracy and fairness has earned the trust of our viewers and the respect of all who have worked in the KRON newsroom,” says Josh Palefsky, KRON’s news director.

KRON, Nexstar’s MyNetworkTV affiliate in San Francisco, received five journalism awards from the San Francisco Press Club at its 2022 Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards in December.

Matthew Damore is known for highly impactful projects, developing effective brands, and contributing new ideas for revenue opportunities. “Matt’s been serving communities in California for nearly three decades, he understands the dynamics of our industry and what it takes to make a difference,” says Jim Rose, KRON’s GM.

“We launched the daily stream earlier this week as an additional resource for people to get the latest headlines on the virus from trusted, local news sources,” said Austin Kellerman, Nexstar’s director of digital content. “With all the misinformation out there, this is a way to get trusted information out to the public.”

The KRON-ON streaming video platform features 11 hours of KRON’s regularly scheduled live, local news programming, including six hours of live morning news coverage and five hours of live evening news, commercial free via KRON-ON.  “Nexstar’s comprehensive cross-platform content development strategy leverages innovative technologies to create new products and services that meet the unique needs of the local communities we serve in San Francisco and across the United States,” said Tim Busch, Nexstar’s president.

With a rare Category 5 hurricane bearing down on the Hawaiian Islands, KHON Honolulu got coverage help from owner Nexstar’s Washington bureau and stations in California, Nevada and Pennsylvania. The effort led to an outpouring of support from the community. “I’ve never in my life seen anything like it,” said Kristina Lockwood, KHON’s general manager.