KBJO-LD

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

KBJO-LD
St. Joseph, Missouri United States
Branding	Telemundo St. Joseph
Channels	Digital: 30 (UHF) Virtual: 30 (PSIP)
Subchannels	30.1 Telemundo
Affiliations	Telemundo
Owner	News-Press & Gazette Company (News-Press TV, LLC)
First air date	January 1, 2014 (January 1, 2014)
Call letters' meaning	The WB St. JOseph (original callsign of sister station KNPG-LD)
Sister station(s)	KNPN-LD, KNPG-LD, News-Press 3 NOW
Former callsigns	KNPG-LD (2014–2016)
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

KBJO-LD, formerly 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 NBC/CW affiliate KNPG-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; KBJO 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 on January 1, 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.

It was announced on Thursday, August 18, 2016 that the KNPG-LD callsign would move to channel 21, then CW affiliate KBJO-LD, and become the NBC affiliate station for the St. Joseph TV market sometime in the fall (later confirmed to be November 1), giving the market its first locally-based NBC affiliate.^[7] The CW affiliation was moved to subchannel 21.2 and KBJO-LD's callsign was relocated to channel 30, which remains a Telemundo affiliate.^[8]

Digital television

Digital channel

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming^[9]
30.1	1080i	16:9		Main KBJO-LD programming / Telemundo

News operation

Although the station is co-owned with KNPN-LD, which produces its own newscasts, KBJO-LD currently does not broadcast any of them.

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.
↑ NBC affiliate coming to St. Joe - St. Joseph News-Press, August 18, 2016.
↑ Kansas City Radio & TV blog
↑ RabbitEars.info Query for KNPG-LD

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Television stations in the Platte Purchase of Missouri, including St. Joseph

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Local stations	KQTV (2.1 ABC) KTAJ (16.1 TBN, 16.2 Hillsong, 16.3 Smile/JUCE TV, 16.4 Enlace, 16.5 Salsa) KNPG-LD (21.1 NBC, 21.2 The CW) KNPN-LD (26.1 Fox, 26.2 NP3 NOW, 26.4 TMD) KBJO-LD (30.1 TMD)

Adjacent locals	Kansas City WDAF (4.1 Fox, 4.2 Antenna, 4.3 This TV) KCTV (5.1 CBS) KMBC (9.1 ABC, 9.2 MeTV) KCPT (19.1 PBS, 19.2 PBS-HD, 19.3 Create) KCWE (29.1 CW, 29.2 Movies!) KMCI (38.1 Ind., 38.2 Bounce, 38.3 Escape, 38.4 Grit) KSHB (41.1 NBC, 41.2 Cozi TV, 41.3 Laff) KPXE (50.1 ION, 50.2 qubo, 50.3 Life, 50.4 Ion Shop, 50.5 QVC Over Air, 50.6 HSN) KSMO (62.1 MNTV, 62.2 MundoMax) Lincoln KUON (12.1 PBS/NET, 12.2 World, 12.3 Create) Omaha KMTV (3.1 CBS, 3.2 Laff, 3.3 Escape) WOWT (6.1 NBC, 6.2 Cozi TV, 6.3 Antenna TV) KETV (7.1 ABC, 7.2 MeTV) KXVO (15.1 CW, 15.2 This TV, 15.3 Grit) KHIN (36.1-3 PBS/IPTV) KPTM (42.1 Fox, 42.2 MNTV, 42.3 Estrella) Topeka KTWU (11.1 PBS, 11.2 Create, 11.3 PBS HD) WIBW (13.1 CBS, 13.2 MNTV/This) KSNT (27.1 NBC, 27.2 Fox)

Local cable channels	News-Press 3 NOW

See also Kansas City TV Topeka TV Omaha TV

News-Press & Gazette Company

Newspapers

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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	KCWQ-LP KECY-DT3 KIFI-DT3 KION-DT2 KNPG-LD2 ³ 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	KBJO-LD/KNPN-LD4 ³ KECY-DT4/KESE-LP KIFI-DT2 KMUV-LP KQRE-LP KUNA-LP

NBC network affiliates	KNPG-LD KTVZ KYMA-DT ²

other	AZA K42DJ ⁶ Cable News-Press 3 NOW ⁷

Radio stations

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 is also relayed on a second digital subchannel of KNPN-LD.

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