KNPG-LD

This article is about the television station currently known as KNPG-LD. For the station originally known as KNPG-LD until November 1, 2016, see KCJO-LD.

KNPG-LD
Channels
Branding
  • NBC 21 KNPG (general)
  • News-Press Now on NBC 21 KNPG (newscasts)
  • St. Joseph CW 6 (on LD2)
  • Telemundo St. Joseph (on LD3)
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KNPN-LD, KCJO-LD,
News-Press NOW
History
First air date
  • September 21, 1998 (25 years ago) (1998-09-21) (as cable-only "WBJO")
  • June 2, 2012 (2012-06-02) (as a digital subchannel of KNPN-LD)
  • March 7, 2013 (2013-03-07) (as standalone low-power station)
Former call signs
"WBJO" (1998–2013)
KBJO-LD (2013–2016)
Former channel number(s)
Digital: 16 (UHF, 2013–2019)
Call sign meaning
News-Press & Gazette Company
Technical information
Facility ID188055
ClassLD
ERP3 kW
HAAT74.6 m (245 ft)
Transmitter coordinates39°45′2.8″N 94°50′25.8″W / 39.750778°N 94.840500°W / 39.750778; -94.840500
Links
Websitewww.newspressnow.com/tv/

KNPG-LD (channel 21) is a low-power television station in St. Joseph, Missouri, United States, affiliated with NBC, The CW Plus and Telemundo. It is owned by the locally based News-Press & Gazette Company (NPG) alongside fellow flagship properties, Fox affiliate KNPN-LD (channel 26) and CBS affiliate KCJO-LD (channel 30). The three stations share studios at News-Press & Gazette's corporate headquarters (which also house operations for the St. Joseph News-Press and local news and weather channel News-Press NOW) on Edmond Street in downtown St. Joseph;[1] KNPG-LD's transmitter is located on South 16th Street (adjacent to US 36), just southeast of downtown.

There are no separate websites for the three stations, instead they are integrated with that of the co-owned St. Joseph News-Press.

  1. ^ "Fox Station Coming to St. Joseph, Mo". Broadcasting & Cable. March 20, 2012.