KNPG-LD

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KNPG-LD
St. Joseph, Missouri
United States
Branding Telemundo St. Joseph
Channels Digital: 30 (UHF)
Virtual: 30 (PSIP)
Affiliations Telemundo
Owner News-Press & Gazette Company
(News-Press TV, LLC)
Call letters' meaning News-Press & Gazette Company
Former callsigns KNPN-LD, KBJO-LD,
News-Press 3 NOW
Transmitter power 0.75 kW
Height 354 m
Class LPTV
Facility ID 188057
Transmitter coordinates 39°45′0.0″N 94°50′25.0″W / 39.750000°N 94.840278°W / 39.750000; -94.840278
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS

KNPG-LD, UHF digital channel 30, is a Telemundo-affiliated television station located in Saint Joseph, Missouri, United States. The station is owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company, and is a sister station to Fox affiliate and the company's television flagship KNPN-LD (channel 26) and CW affiliate KBJO-LD (channel 21). The three stations share studios located out of News-Press & Gazette's company headquarters (which also house operations for the St. Joseph News-Press and local news and weather channel News-Press 3 NOW) on Edmond Street and Interstate 29 in downtown Saint Joseph; KNPG's transmitter is located between South 16th and Duncan Streets (adjacent to U.S. 36), just southeast of downtown Saint Joseph.

The station is owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company, and is a sister station to Fox affiliate and NPG television flagship KNPN-LD (channel 26) and CW affiliate KBJO-LD (channel 21). The three stations share studio facilities (which also house the operations of the St. Joseph News-Press newspaper and cable-exclusive 24-hour local news and weather channel News-Press 3 NOW) on Edmond Street in downtown Saint Joseph.[1]

History

The station traces its history back to June 2, 2012 when News-Press and Gazette Company signed on KNPN-LD as the Fox affiliate,[2] the first broadcast television station to have been built and signed on by the locally-based company. The station affiliated its fourth digital subchannel with Telemundo, which replaced the network's national feed on local cable providers as the Spanish-language network did not have an existing affiliate in Missouri.[3][4]

On December 19, 2012, News-Press & Gazette acquired a low-power digital television license in St. Joseph, K30ND-D from DTV America 1, LLC of Sunrise, Florida; concurrent with the consummation of the purchase, the station's call letters were changed to KNPG-LD (named after its parent company).[5]

The station signed on the air in late 2013 or early 2014 and broadcasts in HD. Telemundo is still also simulcast in HD from KNPN's third subchannel (which replaced CW programming on that subchannel after KBJO-LD signed on in March 2013).[6]

Low-powered television stations are exempt from the must-carry and retransmission consent regulations that full-powered stations enjoy, meaning that KNPG's carriage on other area cable systems besides Suddenlink and satellite providers is not guaranteed.

References

  1. ↑ Fox Station Coming to St. Joseph, Mo., Broadcasting & Cable, March 20, 2012.
  2. ↑ Fox station to debut on June 2, St. Joseph News-Press, May 17, 2012.
  3. ↑ NPG bringing FOX station to St. Joe, St. Joseph News-Press, March 19, 2012.
  4. ↑ Fox 26 KNPN Coverage Area
  5. ↑ FCC document for transfer of K30ND-D, December 19, 2012.
  6. ↑ KNPN to upgrade transmission to all HD, St. Joseph News-Press, March 5, 2013.

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