News-Press & Gazette Company

[LTSC1980 130]

First NPG ends local news in KION and replaces with KPIX newscasts.

 

Now they merged their flagship clusters’ newscasts in St. Joe with KQTV.

 

What happened to NPG?

 

https://www.kq2.com/news/heartland-media-kqtv-news-press-gazette-npg-announce-strategic-partnership/article_a0ff5cc7-644e-4d1d-a5dd-4ac196e755e8.html

Edited November 3, 2025 by LTSC1980

[TheRob 969]

St. Joseph doesn't have enough economic potential for two TV newsrooms. KQTV stood alone in the market for decades before NPG's TV venture.

[Megatron81 343]

NPG will be out of the TV business and are sellers.

[tyrannical bastard 4676]

44 minutes ago, Megatron81 said:

NPG will be out of the TV business and are sellers.

That does not bode well for Colorado Springs, especially given the forthcoming consolidation between KOAA and KKTV under Scripps.

[nathannah 2792]

I always figured this stupid model (signing on six-seven LPTVs to take on the big station in town and grab all the RTC while pissing off viewers used to big city stations) would bomb, and I've sadly been proven right.

 

It can only work in markets like Victoria and Lima because there's nothing real to replace. Once you mess with an actual adjacent market (here, and Lafayette, Indiana), it never goes well at all.

[mer764KCTV5 213]

16 minutes ago, nathannah said:

I always figured this stupid model (signing on six-seven LPTVs to take on the big station in town and grab all the RTC while pissing off viewers used to big city stations) would bomb, and I've sadly been proven right.

 

It can only work in markets like Victoria and Lima because there's nothing real to replace. Once you mess with an actual adjacent market (here, and Lafayette, Indiana), it never goes well at all.

 

Yea, but I think it could be good 'cause of the fact that St. Joesph, MO only (for a long time) have one TV station airing local newscasts which is KQTV. (Personally, KTAJ-TV is a lot more of a Kansas City station.)

[mre29 1967]

20 minutes ago, nathannah said:

I always figured this stupid model (signing on six-seven LPTVs to take on the big station in town and grab all the RTC while pissing off viewers used to big city stations) would bomb, and I've sadly been proven right.

 

Not sure what you mean by RTC as there seems to be multiple definitions. That said, I can see that they've taken full advantage of the less-restrictive rules for LPTV stations to launch multiple stations in the same market.

 

[tyrannical bastard 4676]

40 minutes ago, mre29 said:

 

Not sure what you mean by RTC as there seems to be multiple definitions. That said, I can see that they've taken full advantage of the less-restrictive rules for LPTV stations to launch multiple stations in the same market.

 

Retransmission Consent most likely.  Satellite coverage, less OTA coverage in the digital era and zip code accuracy for digital delivery of OTT contents make for hard lines that differentiate between DMAs and viewing areas.

[LocalDirector23415 2]

The joint KQTV/NPG news initiative now broadcasting from the News-Press studio facilities in downtown St. Joseph, MO… some screengrabs from the “inaugural” newscast tonight.

[JRyan 694]

I don't get why they didn't wait to "merge" the newscasts until they made the move to the News-Press building.

Edited December 16, 2025 by JRyan
grammar/clarity

[LocalNewsNerd7000 159]

On 12/15/2025 at 9:14 PM, LocalDirector23415 said:

The joint KQTV/NPG news initiative now broadcasting from the News-Press studio facilities in downtown St. Joseph, MO… some screengrabs from the “inaugural” newscast tonight.

KMIZ switched to this graphics package (update), along with the current ABC logo. We can also celebrate the removal of the “HD” block from their logo. 

 

 

 

[mre29 1967]

10 hours ago, LocalNewsNerd7000 said:

 

 

I really like those colors, though they do make the bright blue background behind the KQTV anchors look almost like a bluescreen.