American media company
News-Press & Gazette Company
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Company type
| Private
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Industry
| Media
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Founded
| 1845 (when
St. Joseph Gazette
was founded)
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Headquarters
| 825 Edmond Street,
,
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Key people
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Products
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Owner
| Bradley family
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Website
| www
.npgco
.com
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The
News-Press & Gazette Company
(
NPG
) is a media company based in
St. Joseph, Missouri
, wholly owned and operated by the Bradley family. It is presided by Brian Bradley and David R. Bradley, with Hank Bradley (retired), Eric Bradley, and Kit Bradley serving on its board of directors. All are descendants of family patriarch
Henry D. Bradley
and his son, David Bradley, Sr.
News-Press & Gazette's properties include daily and weekly newspapers in
Missouri
and
Kansas
, radio and television stations in
California
,
Idaho
,
Oregon
,
Colorado
,
Arizona
,
Missouri
and
Texas
. The NPG group generally concentrates on the
Kansas City
and St. Joseph areas for their newspapers, and the
western United States
for their broadcasting properties. Many of News-Press & Gazette's television properties are top rated stations in their respective market.
History
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The company traces it roots back to the
St. Joseph Gazette
which began publishing in 1845. The paper chronicled much of travel into the
Old West
along the
Oregon Trail
and
California Trail
. It was the only newspaper that was sent west on the first ride of the
Pony Express
. The
Gazette
eventually merged with the
News-Press
by publisher
Charles M. Palmer
. When Palmer died in 1949, Henry D. Bradley was co-publisher of both papers starting in 1939 and bought them outright in 1951.
The
Gazette
ceased publication in 1988 when its sister, the afternoon
News-Press
, transitioned into a morning newspaper; however, the family kept the "Gazette" and "G" in the company name. The Bradley family expanded the focus by forming local cable television operator St. Joseph Cablevision in 1965. News-Press & Gazette expanded into broadcast television with the 1976 with purchase of
WSAV-TV
in Savannah, Georgia. They would later acquire
KAAL-TV
in Austin, Minnesota in 1980; WJTV in Jackson, Mississippi in 1983;
KSFY
in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in 1985 (and selling off KAAL-TV in the same year);
WECT
in Wilmington, North Carolina; signing on WJTV satellite station
WHLT
, Hattiesburg, Mississippi in 1987; and acquiring
KOLD-TV
Tucson, Arizona in 1989. In 1993 NPG would sell off their first group of stations to other companies, but would rebuild its TV portfolio starting with
KVIA-TV
in
El Paso, Texas
. This expansion continued into the 2000s with the launch of a 24-hour
cable-only news channel
for St. Joseph,
News-Press NOW
, along with News-Press & Gazette's acquisition of several full-power and
low-power
television stations; including
KESQ-TV
Palm Springs, California (and radio stations
KESQ (AM)
and
KUNA-FM
);
KIFI-TV
Idaho Falls, Idaho;
KRDO-TV
Colorado Springs, Colorado (and radio stations
KRDO (AM)
and
KRDO-FM
);
KTVZ
in
Bend, Oregon
;
KECY-TV
in
El Centro, California
;
KEYT-TV
Santa Barbara, California; and
KION-TV
Monterey - Salinas, California.
In 2011, the Bradley family sold the cable division, which by that time expanded its service area to parts of California and Arizona under the name NPG Cable, to
Suddenlink Communications
.
[1]
On March 19, 2012, News-Press & Gazette announced it would establish a low-power television station in St. Joseph that would serve as the company's television flagship and the first broadcast station that the company built and signed on; it would be an affiliate of the
Fox Broadcasting Company
(with subchannel-only affiliations with
The CW
and
Telemundo
). The station was created using the
K26LV-D
station license (which it acquired, along with
K16KF-D
, from
Sunrise, Florida
-based
DTV America 1, LLC
on March 14 of that year);
[2]
[3]
it launched on June 2, 2012, as
KNPN-LD
.
[4]
On July 25, 2012, NPG announced an agreement to purchase ABC affiliate
KMIZ
and Fox affiliate,
KQFX-LD
from JW Broadcasting.
[5]
The deal was consummated on November 1.
Major assets
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Print
[
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St. Joseph, Missouri area
[
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Northeast Kansas
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Greater Kansas City metropolitan area
[
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Television
[
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Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and by
city of license
. In all, NPG owns or operates 28 television properties, nearly all in the western United States.
- (**) ? Indicates that it was built and signed on by NPG.
City of license
/
Market
|
Station
|
Channel
|
Owned since
|
Affiliation
|
El Centro, CA
?
Yuma, AZ
|
KECY-TV
|
9
|
2008
|
|
KYMA-DT
|
11, 13
|
2014
[a]
|
|
KESE-LD
|
35
|
2008
|
Telemundo
|
Monterey
?
Salinas, CA
|
KMUV-LD
|
23
|
2013
|
Telemundo
|
KION-TV
|
46
|
2013
|
|
Palm Springs
?
Indio, CA
|
KCWQ-LD
**
|
2
|
2006
|
The CW
|
KYAV-LD
|
12
|
2012
|
Independent
|
KUNA-LD
|
15
|
1997
|
Telemundo
|
KDFX-CD
|
33
|
2008
|
Fox
|
KPSP-CD
|
38
|
2012
|
CBS
|
KESQ-TV
|
42
|
1996
|
ABC
|
Santa Barbara
?
Santa Maria
?
San Luis Obispo, CA
|
KEYT-TV
|
3
|
2012
|
|
KCOY-TV
|
12
|
2013
[b]
|
Telemundo
|
KKFX-CD
|
24
|
2013
|
Fox
|
Colorado Springs, CO
|
KRDO-TV
|
13
|
2006
|
|
Idaho Falls
-
Pocatello, ID
|
KIFI-TV
|
8
|
2005
|
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KIDK
|
3
|
2011
[b]
|
|
KXPI-LD
|
34
|
2011
|
Fox/MyTV
|
Columbia
?
Jefferson City, MO
|
KMIZ
|
17
|
2012
|
|
KQFX-LD
|
22
|
2012
|
Fox
|
St. Joseph, MO
|
KNPG-LD
**
|
21
|
2012
|
|
KNPN-LD
**
|
26
|
2012
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|
KCJO-LD
**
|
30
|
2014
|
CBS
|
Bend, OR
|
KTVZ
|
21
|
2007
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|
KFXO-CD
|
39
|
2007
|
Fox
|
KQRE-LD
|
20
|
2007
|
Telemundo
|
El Paso, TX
?
Las Cruces, NM
|
KVIA-TV
|
7
|
1995
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|
K22NM-D
|
4
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[c]
|
NBC
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Radio
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Cable channel
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Former assets
[
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Print
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- Louisburg Herald
(Louisburg, Kansas)
- Osawatomie Graphic
(Osawatomie, Kansas)
- Johnson County Sun
(Overland Park, Kansas)
- Kansas City Nursing News
(Overland Park, Kansas)
- Kearney Courier
(Kearney, Missouri)
- Liberty Tribune
(Liberty, Missouri)
- Smithville Herald
(Smithville, Missouri)
- Read It Free - Northwest Missouri
(St. Joseph, Missouri)
Television
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City of license / Market
|
Station
|
Channel
|
Years owned
|
Current status
|
Tucson, AZ
|
KOLD-TV
|
13
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1989?1993
|
CBS
affiliate owned by
Gray Television
|
Yuma, Arizona
|
KYMA-DT
|
11
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2014?2020
[f]
|
Defunct, license surrendered in 2020
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Grand Junction, CO
|
KJCT
|
8
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2006?2013
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Court TV
affiliate
KLML
on channel 20, owned by Ventura Broadcasting
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KKHD-LP
|
20
|
2007?2013
|
ABC
affiliate
KJCT-LP
on channel 8, owned by Gray Television
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Savannah, GA
|
WSAV-TV
|
3
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1976?1993
|
NBC
affiliate owned by
Nexstar Media Group
|
Austin
?
Rochester, MN
|
KAAL-TV
|
6
|
1980?1985
|
ABC affiliate owned by
Hubbard Broadcasting
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Jackson, MS
|
WJTV
|
12
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1983?1993
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CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
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Hattiesburg, MS
|
WHLT
**
[g]
|
22
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1987?1993
|
CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
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Wilmington, NC
|
WECT
|
6
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1986?1993
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NBC affiliate owned by Gray Television
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Sioux Falls, SD
|
KSFY-TV
|
13
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1985?1993
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ABC affiliate owned by Gray Television
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Radio
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City of license / Market
|
Station
|
Years owned
|
Current status
|
Indio
?
Palm Springs, CA
|
KESQ
1400
|
1997?2023
|
Defunct; went silent in 2022
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Cable operations
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NPG owned
cable systems
under the name
NPG Cable, Inc.
. On November 29, 2010, NPG announced that it had agreed to sell all of its cable systems to
Suddenlink Communications
for $350 million; the acquisition was closed on April 1, 2011.
[1]
[10]
NPG Cable systems operated in the following communities:
[11]
- St. Joseph, Missouri
- Lake Havasu City, Arizona
- Parker, Arizona
- Blythe, California
- Bullhead City, Arizona
- Kingman, Arizona
- Flagstaff, Arizona
- Payson, Arizona
- Sedona, Arizona
- Mammoth Lakes, California
- June Lake, California
- Pine, Arizona
- Strawberry, Arizona
Notes
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- ^
Owned by
Imagicomm Communications
, NPG operates KYMA via a
shared services agreement
.
[6]
[7]
[8]
- ^
a
b
Owned by VistaWest Media, LLC, NPG operates these stations via a
shared services agreement
.
- ^
Owned by
Hubbard Broadcasting
, NPG operates K22NM-D.
- ^
NPG took over management of the
Local Marketing Agreement
(LMA) of KSKX/KRDO-FM from Pikes Peak Broadcasting Company in 2006.
- ^
Previously owned from 2005 to 2011, sold to Suddenlink Communications as part of its purchase of NPG's cable division but was reacquired by NPG in May 2012.
[9]
It was originally operated as a cable-only channel prior to June 2, 2012.
- ^
Owned by
Northwest Broadcasting
(and later
Cox Media Group
), NPG operated KYMA via a
resource sharing agreement
. In 2020, CMG surrendered the license of KYMA, and moved its NBC programming to a subchannel to KSWT, which would subsequently change its callsign to KYMA.
- ^
Semi-satellite of WJTV.
References
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- ^
a
b
Cablevision announces sale
,
St. Joseph News-Press
, November 29, 2010.
- ^
FCC document for transfer of K16KF-D and K26LV-D
Archived
2016-09-24 at the
Wayback Machine
, March 14, 2012.
- ^
Fox Station Coming to St. Joseph, Mo.
,
Broadcasting & Cable
, March 20, 2012.
- ^
Fox station to debut on June 2
Archived
2012-05-19 at the
Wayback Machine
,
St. Joseph News-Press
, May 17, 2012.
- ^
"NPG Buys ABC Affil in Columbia, Mo"
. 25 July 2012.
- ^
One Station Group Makes Big Move in a Small Market
,
TVSpy.com
, 3 July 2014, Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^
Lobeck, Joyce (July 9, 2014).
"4 major TV network affiliates here will share management"
.
Yuma Sun
. Retrieved
July 14,
2014
.
- ^
Lobeck, Joyce (July 9, 2014).
"Yuma TV stations await completion of agreement"
.
Yuma Sun
. Retrieved
July 14,
2014
.
- ^
NPG reacquires cable channel; News-Press 3 NOW will return to local ownership by May 1
,
St. Joseph News-Press
, March 5, 2012.
- ^
Suddenlink closes NPG Cable buy
- ^
http://www.npgcable.net/channel_lineup.html#
NPG Cable communities served
External links
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Newspapers
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Radio stations
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Television stations
(by primary affiliations)
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- 1
This station was built and signed on by NPG.
- 2
This station is owned by VistaWest Media, LLC, but is operated by NPG under an
SSA
.
- 3
This station is owned by
Imagicomm Communications
, but is operated by NPG under an SSA.
- 4
This station carries a secondary MyNetworkTV affiliation on its primary channel.
- 5
This station carries a secondary
Retro Television Network
affiliation on its second digital subchannel.
- 6
This station is owned by
Hubbard Broadcasting
, but is operated by NPG.
- 7
Originally operating as a cable-only channel, News-Press 3 NOW is also relayed on a third digital subchannel of KNPN-LD.
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