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News-Press & Gazette Company

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News-Press & Gazette Company
Company typePrivate
IndustryMedia
Founded1845 (when St. Joseph Gazette was founded)
Headquarters825 Edmond Street,
St. Joseph, Missouri
,
United States
Key people
Products
OwnerBradley family
Websitewww.npgco.com Edit this at Wikidata

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.

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How do you know what's happening in your world? The amount of information just a click away may be limitless, but the time and energy we have to absorb and evaluate it is not. All the information in the world won't be very useful unless you know how to read the news. To your grandparents, parents, or even older siblings, this idea would have sounded strange. Only a few decades ago, news was broad-based. Your choices were limited to a couple of general interest magazines and newspaper of record, and three or four TV networks where trusted newscasters delivered the day's news at the same reliable time every evening. But the problems with this system soon became apparent as mass media spread. While it was known that authoritarian countries controlled and censored information, a series of scandals showed that democratic governments were also misleading the public, often with media cooperation. Revelations of covert wars, secret assassinations, and political corruption undermined public faith in official narratives presented by mainstream sources. This breakdown of trust in media gatekeepers lead to alternative newspapers, radio shows, and cable news competing with the major outlets and covering events from various perspectives. More recently, the Internet has multiplied the amount of information and viewpoints, with social media, blogs, and online video turning every citizen into a potential reporter. But if everyone is a reporter, nobody is, and different sources may disagree, not only opinions, but on the facts themselves. So how do you get the truth, or something close? One of the best ways is to get the original news unfiltered by middlemen. Instead of articles interpreting a scientific study or a politician's speech, you can often find the actual material and judge for yourself. For current events, follow reporters on social media. During major events, such as the Arab Spring or the Ukrainian protests, newscasters and bloggers have posted updates and recordings from the midst of the chaos. Though many of these later appear in articles or broadcasts, keep in mind that these polished versions often combine the voice of the person who was there with the input of editors who weren't. At the same time, the more chaotic the story, the less you should try to follow it in real time. In events like terrorist attacks and natural disasters, today's media attempts continuous coverage even when no reliable new information is available, sometimes leading to incorrect information or false accusations of innocent people. It's easy to be anxious in such events, but try checking for the latest information at several points in the day, rather than every few minutes, allowing time for complete details to emerge and false reports to be refuted. While good journalism aims for objectivity, media bias is often unavoidable. When you can't get the direct story, read coverage in multiple outlets which employ different reporters and interview different experts. Tuning in to various sources and noting the differences lets you put the pieces together for a more complete picture. It's also crucial to separate fact from opinion. Words like think, likely, or probably mean that the outlet is being careful or, worse, taking a guess. And watch out for reports that rely on anonymous sources. These could be people who have little connection to the story, or have an interest in influencing coverage, their anonymity making them unaccountable for the information they provide. Finally, and most importantly, try to varify news before spreading it. While social media has enabled the truth to reach us faster, it's also allowed rumors to spread before they can be verified and falsehoods to survive long after they've been refuted. So, before you share that unbelievable or outrageous news item, do a web search to find any additional information or context you might have missed and what others are saying about it. Today, we are more free than ever from the old media gatekeepers who used to control the flow of information. But with freedom comes responsibility: the responsibility to curate our own experience and ensure that this flow does not become a flood, leaving us less informed than before we took the plunge.

History

News-Press headquarters in St. Joseph

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

Print

St. Joseph, Missouri area

Northeast Kansas

Greater Kansas City metropolitan area

Television

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
  • CBS
  • Fox
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
  • ABC
  • CBS
  • MyTV
KCOY-TV 12 2013[b] Telemundo
KKFX-CD 24 2013 Fox
Colorado Springs, CO KRDO-TV 13 2006
  • ABC
  • Telemundo
Idaho Falls - Pocatello, ID KIFI-TV 8 2005
  • ABC
  • CBS
  • The CW
  • Telemundo
KIDK 3 2011[b]
  • Dabl
  • Fox/MyTV
KXPI-LD 34 2011 Fox/MyTV
Columbia–Jefferson City, MO KMIZ 17 2012
  • ABC
  • MeTV
  • MyTV
KQFX-LD 22 2012 Fox
St. Joseph, MO KNPG-LD ** 21 2012
KNPN-LD ** 26 2012
KCJO-LD ** 30 2014 CBS
Bend, OR KTVZ 21 2007
  • NBC
  • The CW
  • Fox
KFXO-CD 39 2007 Fox
KQRE-LD 20 2007 Telemundo
El Paso, TX–Las Cruces, NM KVIA-TV 7 1995
K22NM-D 4 [c] NBC

Radio

AM Station FM Station
City of license / Market Station Owned since Current format
Colorado Springs, CO KRDO 1240 2006 Talk radio
KRDO-FM 105.5 2015[d] Talk radio
Palm Springs, CA KUNA-FM 96.7 1997 Regional Mexican

Cable channel

Former assets

Print

  • 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

City of license / Market Station Channel Years owned Current status
Tucson, AZ KOLD-TV 13 1989–1993 CBS affiliate owned by Gray Television
Yuma, Arizona KYMA-DT 11 2014–2020[f] Defunct, license surrendered in 2020
Grand Junction, CO KJCT 8 2006–2013 Court TV affiliate KLML on channel 20, owned by Ventura Broadcasting
KKHD-LP 20 2007–2013 ABC affiliate KJCT-LP on channel 8, owned by Gray Television
Savannah, GA WSAV-TV 3 1976–1993 NBC affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
Austin–Rochester, MN KAAL-TV 6 1980–1985 ABC affiliate owned by Hubbard Broadcasting
Jackson, MS WJTV 12 1983–1993 CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
Hattiesburg, MS WHLT **[g] 22 1987–1993 CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar Media Group
Wilmington, NC WECT 6 1986–1993 NBC affiliate owned by Gray Television
Sioux Falls, SD KSFY-TV 13 1985–1993 ABC affiliate owned by Gray Television

Radio

City of license / Market Station Years owned Current status
Indio–Palm Springs, CA KESQ 1400 1997–2023 Defunct; went silent in 2022

Cable operations

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]

Notes

  1. ^ Owned by Imagicomm Communications, NPG operates KYMA via a shared services agreement.[6][7][8]
  2. ^ a b Owned by VistaWest Media, LLC, NPG operates these stations via a shared services agreement.
  3. ^ Owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, NPG operates K22NM-D.
  4. ^ NPG took over management of the Local Marketing Agreement (LMA) of KSKX/KRDO-FM from Pikes Peak Broadcasting Company in 2006.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Semi-satellite of WJTV.

References

  1. ^ a b Cablevision announces sale, St. Joseph News-Press, November 29, 2010.
  2. ^ FCC document for transfer of K16KF-D and K26LV-D Archived 2016-09-24 at the Wayback Machine, March 14, 2012.
  3. ^ Fox Station Coming to St. Joseph, Mo., Broadcasting & Cable, March 20, 2012.
  4. ^ Fox station to debut on June 2 Archived 2012-05-19 at the Wayback Machine, St. Joseph News-Press, May 17, 2012.
  5. ^ "NPG Buys ABC Affil in Columbia, Mo". 25 July 2012.
  6. ^ One Station Group Makes Big Move in a Small Market, TVSpy.com, 3 July 2014, Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  7. ^ Lobeck, Joyce (July 9, 2014). "4 major TV network affiliates here will share management". Yuma Sun. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
  8. ^ Lobeck, Joyce (July 9, 2014). "Yuma TV stations await completion of agreement". Yuma Sun. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
  9. ^ NPG reacquires cable channel; News-Press 3 NOW will return to local ownership by May 1, St. Joseph News-Press, March 5, 2012.
  10. ^ Suddenlink closes NPG Cable buy
  11. ^ http://www.npgcable.net/channel_lineup.html# NPG Cable communities served

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