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Evening Post Industries
Company typePrivate
IndustryNewspapers
Founded1896;128 years ago(1896)
FateTelevision stations acquired by theE. W. Scripps Company
HeadquartersCharleston, South Carolina,U.S.
Area served
United States (Nationwide)
Key people
Pierre Manigault, Chairman
John Barnwell, President and CEO
SubsidiariesCordillera Communications (defunct)
Websitewww.eveningpostindustries.com

Evening Post Industriesis a privately held American media company, based inCharleston, South Carolina,United States.It has been led by four generations of the Manigault family.

On August 6, 2013, the company changed its name from theEvening Post Publishing Companyto Evening Post Industries. In a press release, CEO John Barnwell stated, “The name change better reflects our existing diversified holdings and ongoing acquisition strategy in beyond media, while keeping the legacy value of Evening Post."[1]

In addition toThe Post and Courierof Charleston, the South's oldest daily newspaper, the company owns six other newspapers in South Carolina, including theAiken Standard.Other holdings include White Oak Forestry Company, and a marketing agency, Clear Night Group.

History[edit]

The Evening Post Publishing Companywas formed by rice planter Arthur Manigault in 1896 to acquireThe Evening Post,Charleston's then-ailing afternoon newspaper.[2][3]Manigault's son Robert became publisher in 1924. Two years later, he bought Charleston's morning paper,The News & Courier[2]–the oldest daily newspaper in the South.

The company launched an international syndication arm,Editors Press Service,in 1933.

Robert's brother Edward took over in 1945 after Robert's death; he was in turn succeeded by his son Peter.[2]Peter's son, Pierre, inherited the company upon Peter's death in 2004.

In 2004, the Evening Post Publishing Company sold Editors Press Service to theUniversal Press Syndicate,which renamed itAtlantic Syndication.[4]

The company also owned theBuenos Aires Heraldin Argentina, Latin America's oldest English language newspaper, until 2007.[5][6]

On October 29, 2018, Cordillera Communications announced it had entered into a deal with theE. W. Scripps Companyfor Scripps to purchase all but one TV station, the Tucson, Arizona station, from Cordillera. The deal was expected to close in the first quarter of 2019.[7]

Evening Post Industries Properties[edit]

Newspapers[edit]

Television stations[edit]

Evening Post's broadcasting division was calledCordillera Communications.The licensees had different names (most of which bear the station call letters, current, former (as in the case of KBZK's owners being KCTZ Communications (former call letters), or parent (repeaters only): KOAA (Sangre de Cristo (Blood of Christ) Communications) does not, however). Cordillera Communications was a holding company headquartered inSt. Paul, Minnesota.

On October 29, 2018, it was announced that theE. W. Scripps Companywould acquire 15 of the 16 Cordillera stations, withQuincy Mediaacquiring KVOA due to Scripps already owningKGUN-TV.[8]The sale was approved by the FCC on April 5, 2019.[9]The transaction was completed on May 1.[10]

The following stations, arranged alphabetically bycity of license,were owned by Cordillera:

City of license/Market Station Channel Years owned Current status
Billings, MT KTVQ 2 1994–2019 CBSaffiliate owned by theE. W. Scripps Company
Bozeman, MT KBZK[A] 7 1993–2019 CBS affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company
Butte, MT KXLF-TV 4 1986–2019 CBS affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company
Corpus Christi, TX KRIS-TV 6 1998–2019 NBCaffiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company
Corpus Christi, TX KZTV 10 [i] CBS affiliate owned bySagamoreHill Broadcasting[ii]
Corpus Christi, TX K22JA-D 47 1998–2019 Telemundoaffiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company
El Paso, TX KDBC-TV 4 1974–1986 CBS affiliate owned bySinclair Broadcast Group
Great Falls, MT KRTV 3 1986–2019 CBS affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company
Great Falls, MT KTGF-LD[B] 50 2015–2019 NBC affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company
Helena, MT KXLH-LD[C] 9 1995–2019 CBS affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company
Helena, MT KTVH-DT 12 2015–2019 NBC affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company
Kalispell, MT KAJJ-CD[D] 18 1988–2019 CBS affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company
Lafayette, LA KATC 3 1995–2019 ABCaffiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company
Lexington, KY WLEX-TV 18 1999–2019 NBC affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company
Missoula, MT KPAX-TV 8 1986–2019 CBS affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company
Nampa–Boise, ID KIVI-TV 6 1981–2002 ABC affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company
Pueblo–Colorado Springs, CO KOAA-TV 5 1977–2019 NBC affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company
San Luis Obispo–Santa Barbara, CA KSBY 6 2004–2019 NBC affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company
Tucson, AZ KVOA 4 1993–2019 NBC affiliate owned byAllen Media Broadcasting

Notes[edit]

  1. ^Owned bySagamoreHill Broadcastingand operated by Cordillera Communications.
  2. ^Operated by the E. W. Scripps Company.
  1. ^Satellite of KXLF.
  2. ^Satellite of KTVH.
  3. ^Satellite of KRTV.
  4. ^Satellite of KPAX.

References[edit]

  1. ^"Evening Post Name Change Signifies Growth and Diversification - Press Releases - Evening Post Industries".eveningpostindustries.com.Retrieved20 August2015.
  2. ^abc"Evening Post Industries History,"Evening Post Industries official website. Accessed Jan. 3, 2018.
  3. ^Company timeline
  4. ^Gardner, Alan. "Atlantic Syndication Combines with Universal Uclick". The Daily Cartoonist. April 7, 2010.
  5. ^"Archived copy".Archived fromthe originalon 2009-06-05.Retrieved2008-09-25.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^(in Spanish)http://www.buenosairesherald.com/argentina/note.jsp?idContent=449785Archived2009-06-08 at theWayback Machine
  7. ^National, Scripps."The E.W. Scripps Company buys more television stations, bringing total to 51".FOX 47.Retrieved29 October2018.
  8. ^"Cordillera announces sale of stations to Scripps, Quincy".KRISTV.com.29 October 2018.Retrieved29 October2018.
  9. ^FCC OKs Scripps Purchase of Cordillera Stations,Broadcasting & Cable,5 April 2019, Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  10. ^"Scripps Closes Its Acquisition of 15 Television Stations from Cordillera Communications".E. W. Scripps Company. 1 May 2019. Archived fromthe originalon 1 May 2019.

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