KNPG-LD
| St. Joseph, Missouri United States |
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|---|---|
| Branding | Telemundo St. Joseph |
| Channels | Digital: 30 (UHF) Virtual: 30 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 30.1 Telemundo |
| Affiliations | Telemundo (2014–present) |
| Owner | News-Press & Gazette Company (News-Press TV, LLC) |
| First air date | 2014 [specify] |
| 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 | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: | Profile CDBS |
KNPG-LD, virtual and 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 studio facilities 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 maintains transmitter facilities located between South 16th and Duncan Streets (adjacent to U.S. 36), just southeast of 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 St. Joseph market's 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 (in reference to its parent company).[5]
The station signed on the air in late 2013 or early 2014. In addition to carrying programming on its main signal in high definition, Telemundo programming continues to be simulcast in HD over KNPN's third digital subchannel (which replaced CW programming on that subchannel after KBJO-LD signed on in March 2013).[6] Although both stations are low-power, the coverage area of KNPN is still significantly larger than that of KNPG. 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.
Digital television
Digital channels
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[7] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | Main KNPG-LD programming / Telemundo |
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ NPG bringing FOX station to St. Joe, St. Joseph News-Press, March 19, 2012.
- ↑ Fox 26 KNPN Coverage Area
- ↑ FCC document for transfer of K30ND-D, December 19, 2012.
- ↑ KNPN to upgrade transmission to all HD, St. Joseph News-Press, March 5, 2013.
- ↑ RabbitEars.info Query for KNPG-LD
