this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message news press & gazette company type private industry media founded 1845 when st. joseph gazette was founded headquarters 825 edmond street st. joseph missouri united states key people brian bradley president david bradley chief executive officer henry h. bradley executive vice president and cfo products newspapers television radio website www.npgco.com 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 15 radio and television stations in california idaho oregon colorado 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 . contents 1 history 2 major assets 2.1 current properties 2.1.1 st. joseph missouri area 2.1.2 northeast kansas 2.1.3 greater kansas city metropolitan area 2.2 television stations 2.3 radio stations 3 former assets 3.1 television 3.1.1 former stations 3.1.2 cable operations 4 references 5 external links history edit 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 1995 purchase of 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 st. joe now along with news press & gazette s acquisition of several full power and low power television stations such as kecy tv in el centro california kjct in grand junction colorado and ktvz in bend oregon . 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 edit current properties edit st. joseph missouri area edit st. joseph news press st. joseph missouri ; flagship newspaper green acres st. joseph missouri northeast kansas edit atchison daily globe atchison kansas hiawatha world hiawatha kansas louisburg herald louisburg kansas miami county republic paola kansas osawatomie graphic osawatomie kansas greater kansas city metropolitan area edit the daily star journal warrensburg missouri gladstone dispatch gladstone missouri 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 television stations edit television stations owned and or operated by news press & gazette company are a mix of full power and low power stations most of which carry main channel affiliations with the big four television networks abc cbs nbc and fox . its stations also carry affiliations with the cw with the company s cw outlets receiving their programming from the cw plus programming service and spanish language network telemundo via subchannel only affiliations or affiliations with separately licensed low power stations that are rebroadcast as subchannels on its full power stations in the respective markets . notes indicates that it was built and signed on by npg . city of license market station channel tv rf owned since affiliation el centro california yuma arizona kecy tv 9 9 2008 fox mynetworktv abc dt2 the cw dt3 telemundo dt4 kese lp 35 2008 telemundo kyma dt 1 11 11 2014 nbc kswt 1 13 13 2014 cbs monterrey salinas california kmuv lp 11 2013 telemundo kion tv 46 32 2013 cbs the cw dt2 palm springs indio california kesq tv 42 42 1996 abc kdfx cd 33 39 2008 fox kuna lp 15 1997 telemundo kcwq lp 2 26 2006 the cw kpsp cd 38 38 2012 cbs santa barbara santa maria san luis obispo california keyt tv 3 27 2012 abc mynetworktv rtv dt2 kcoy tv 2 12 19 2013 cbs kkfx cd 24 2013 fox colorado springs colorado krdo tv 13 24 2006 abc telemundo dt2 idaho falls pocatello idaho kifi tv 8 8 2005 abc telemundo dt2 the cw dt3 kidk 2 3 36 2011 cbs fox mynetworktv dt2 kxpi ld 2 34 34 2011 fox mynetworktv columbia jefferson city missouri kmiz 17 17 2012 abc mynetworktv dt2 metv dt3 kqfx ld 22 22 2012 fox st. joseph missouri kbjo ld 21 16 2012 the cw knpg ld 30 30 2013 telemundo knpn ld 26 26 2012 fox telemundo dt3 news press 3 now 3 cable 26.2 2012 3 previously owned from early 2000s specify 2011 news weather bend oregon ktvz 21 21 2007 nbc the cw dt2 fox dt3 kfxo ld 39 39 2007 fox kqre lp 19 2007 telemundo el paso texas las cruces new mexico kvia tv 7 17 1995 abc the cw dt2 weather dt3 azteca am rica dt4 k42dj 4 42 unknown specify azteca am rica other notes 1 owned by northwest broadcasting npg operates kyma and kswt via a resource sharing agreement . 6 7 8 9 2 owned by vistawest media llc npg operates these stations via a shared services agreement . 3 this channel was sold to suddenlink communications as part of its purchase of npg s cable division but was reacquired by npg in may 2012 . 10 it was originally operated as a cable only channel prior to june 2 2012 . 4 owned by hubbard broadcasting npg operates k42dj . radio stations edit am station fm station city of license market station owned since current format colorado springs colorado krdo 1240 am 2006 news talk information krdo fm 105.5 fm 2015 news talk information palm springs california kesq 1400 am unknown spanish religious music kuna 96.7 fm unknown regional mexican former assets edit television edit former stations edit city of license market station channel tv rf years owned current ownership status tucson arizona kold tv 13 32 1989 1993 cbs affiliate owned by raycom media grand junction colorado kjct 20 7 1 2006 2013 cozi tv affiliate kgby owned by chang media group kkhd lp 8 20 1 2007 2013 abc affiliate kjct lp owned by gray television savannah georgia wsav tv 3 39 1988 1993 nbc affiliate owned by media general austin rochester minnesota kaus tv kaal tv 6 36 1980 1985 abc affiliate owned by hubbard broadcasting jackson mississippi wjtv 12 12 1983 1993 cbs affiliate owned by media general sioux falls south dakota ksfy tv 13 13 1985 1993 abc affiliate owned by gray television hattiesburg mississippi whlt semi satellite of wjtv 22 22 1987 1993 cbs affiliate owned by media general wilmington north carolina wect 6 44 1986 1993 nbc affiliate owned by raycom media other notes 1 kjct used virtual channel 8 and operated on analog channel 8 prior to 2009 and kkhd lp operated on analog channel 20 under npg ownership . cable operations edit 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 11 npg cable systems operated in the following communities 12 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 edit a b cablevision announces sale st. joseph news press november 29 2010 . fcc document for transfer of k16kf d and k26lv d march 14 2012 . fox station coming to st. joseph mo. broadcasting & cable march 20 2012 . fox station to debut on june 2 st. joseph news press may 17 2012 . http www.tvnewscheck.com article 61007 npg buys abc affil in columbia mo npg takes over yuma el centro stations ftvlive.com 2 july 2014 retrieved 9 july 2014 . 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 edit news press & gazette company official site st. joseph news press npg printing v t e news press & gazette company newspapers the daily star journal osawatomie graphic st. joseph news press television stations abc network affiliates kecy dt2 kesq tv keyt tv kifi tv kmiz krdo tv kvia tv cbs network affiliates kcoy tv 1 kidk 1 kion tv kpsp cd kswt 2 cw network affiliates kbjo ld 3 kcwq lp kecy dt3 kifi dt3 kion dt2 ktvz dt2 fox network affiliates kdfx cd kecy tv kfxo ld kkfx cd knpn ld 3 kqfx ld kxpi ld 1 mynetworktv affiliates kecy tv 4 keyt dt2 5 kmiz dt2 4 kxpi ld 1 4 telemundo affiliates kecy dt4 kese lp kifi dt2 kmuv lp kqre lp knpg ld knpn ld4 3 kuna lp other affiliations aza k42dj 6 nbc ktvz kyma dt 2 cable news press 3 now 7 radio stations kesq krdo krdo fm kuna fm 1 owned by vistawest media llc npg operates this station under a ssa . 2 owned by northwest broadcasting npg operates this station under an ssa . 3 this station was built and signed on by npg . 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