Broadly Catholic in its spiritual outlook, KRO broadcast the bulk of its television output on the NPO 1 channel.

KRO was also responsible for managing broadcasts made by the Catholic Church in the Netherlands in the airtime allocated to Rooms-Katholiek Kerkgenootschap.

A popular show which KRO began in 2005 is Boer zoekt vrouw (Farmer Wants a Wife), presented by Yvon Jaspers.

This show, which aims to remedy that situation, was KRO's highest-rated television programme in 2008, achieving an average weekly viewership of 4.5 million.

KRO Kindertijd also has some programmes available live across the Netherlands via Omroep NL's digital service, Zappelin / Zapp 24.