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News-Press headquarters in St. Joseph
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.
NPG's properties include daily and weekly newspapers in Missouri and Kansas, 14 radio and television Stations in California, Idaho, Oregon, Colorado and Texas. The NPG group generally concentrates on the Kansas City / St. Joseph area for their newspapers and the western US for their broadcasting properties.
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 Bradley family expanded the focus with St. Joseph Cablevision cable television in 1965. In 2011, the Bradley family sold the cable division to Suddenlink Communications. The Gazette ceased publication in 1988 when his sister the afternoon News-Press took its morning spot. The family kept the "Gazette" and "G" in the company name.
Contents
Newspapers
- St. Joseph News-Press, St. Joseph, Missouri (flagship newspaper)
- Atchison Globe, Atchison, Kansas
- Hiawatha World, Hiawatha, Kansas
- Green Acres, St. Joseph, Missouri
- Miami County Republic, Paola, Kansas
- Osawatomie Graphic, Osawatomie, Kansas
- Louisburg Herald, Louisburg, Kansas
- Greater Kansas City, Missouri Area:
- Smithville Herald, Smithville, Missouri
- Kearney Courier, Kearney, Missouri
- Gladstone Dispatch, Gladstone, Missouri
- Liberty Tribune, Liberty, Missouri
- Johnson County Sun, Overland Park, Kansas
- Kansas City Nursing News, Overland Park, Kansas
- The Daily Star-Journal, Warrensburg, Missouri
Television
- KTVZ Channel 21 (NBC/The CW) Bend, Oregon
- KVIA-TV Channel 7 (ABC/The CW) El Paso, Texas
- KAEP-LP Channel 42 (Azteca América) Las Cruces, New Mexico (owned by Hubbard Broadcasting; operated by NPG)
- KESQ-TV Channel 42 / Cable 3 (ABC) Palm Springs, California
- KDFX-CA Channel 33 / Cable 11 (Fox) Indio, California (KESQ-DT2)
- KUNA-LP Channel 15 (Telemundo) Indio, California
- KCWQ-LP Channel 2 (The CW) Palm Springs, California (KESQ-DT3)
- KECY-TV Channel 9 (Fox/ABC on DT2) Yuma, Arizona
- KESE-LP Channel 35 (Telemundo) Yuma, Arizona
- KRDO-TV Channel 13 (ABC/Telemundo DT2) Colorado Springs, Colorado
- KJCT Channel 8 (ABC/Telemundo DT2/CW DT3) Grand Junction, Colorado
- KIFI-TV Channel 8 (ABC/Telemundo DT2/CW on DT3) Idaho Falls, Idaho
- KIDK Channel 3 (CBS) Idaho Falls, Idaho (owned by Fisher Communications; operated by NPG)
- KXPI-LD Channel 34 (MyNetworkTV) Pocatello, Idaho (KIDK-DT2) (owned by Fisher Communications; operated by NPG)
Radio
- KUNA-FM 96.7 FM Palm Springs, California
- KESQ-AM 1400 AM Palm Springs, California
- KRDO-FM 105.5 FM Colorado Springs, Colorado (owned by Optima Communications; operated by NPG)
- KRDO-AM 1240 AM Colorado Springs, Colorado
Cable
NPG owned cable systems under the name NPG Cable, Inc. It had systems in these communities:[1] On November 29, 2010, NPG announced that it had agreed to sell all of its cable systems to Suddenlink for $350 million. The acquisition was closed on April 1, 2011.[2][3]
- 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
References
- ^ http://www.npgcable.net/channel_lineup.html# NPG Cable communities served
- ^ http://www.newspressnow.com/news/25946657/detail.html
- ^ Suddenlink closes NPG Cable buy
External links
Television stations ABC affiliatesAzteca América affiliateKAEP-LP1CBS affiliateKIDK2CW affiliatesFox affiliatesMyNetwork TV affiliatesNBC affiliateTelemundo affiliatesRadio stations 1 This station is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, but is operated by NPG.
2 This station is owned by Fisher Communications, but is operated by NPG.
3 This station carries a secondary MyNetworkTV affiliation on its primary channel.
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