Evening Post Industries
{{Short description|American media company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Evening Post Industries
| logo =
| type = Private
| industry = Newspapers
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1896}}
| fate = Television stations acquired by the E. W. Scripps Company
| location = Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
| area_served = United States (Nationwide)
| key_people = Pierre Manigault, Chairman
John Barnwell, President and CEO
| revenue =
| num_employees =
| subsid = Cordillera Communications (defunct)
| homepage = {{url|http://www.eveningpostindustries.com}}
}}
Evening Post Industries is a privately held American media company, based in Charleston, 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 the Evening Post Publishing Company to 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."{{cite web|url=http://www.eveningpostindustries.com/press-releases/evening-post-name-change-signifies-growth-and-diversification|title=Evening Post Name Change Signifies Growth and Diversification - Press Releases - Evening Post Industries|work=eveningpostindustries.com|access-date=20 August 2015}}
In addition to The Post and Courier of Charleston, the South's oldest daily newspaper, the company owns six other newspapers in South Carolina, including the Aiken Standard. Other holdings include White Oak Forestry Company, and a marketing agency, Clear Night Group.
History
The Evening Post Publishing Company was formed by rice planter Arthur Manigault in 1896 to acquire The Evening Post, Charleston's then-ailing afternoon newspaper.[http://eveningpostindustries.com/history/ "Evening Post Industries History,"] Evening Post Industries official website. Accessed Jan. 3, 2018.[http://eveningpostindustries.com/timeline/ Company timeline] Manigault's son Robert became publisher in 1924. Two years later, he bought Charleston's morning paper, The News & Courier–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. 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 the Universal Press Syndicate, which renamed it Atlantic Syndication.[http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2010/04/07/atlantic-syndication-combines-with-universal-uclick/ Gardner, Alan. "Atlantic Syndication Combines with Universal Uclick". The Daily Cartoonist. April 7, 2010.]
The company also owned the Buenos Aires Herald in Argentina, Latin America's oldest English language newspaper, until 2007.{{Cite web |url=http://www.buenosairesherald.com/about.jsp#1998 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605231100/http://www.buenosairesherald.com/about.jsp#1998 |archive-date=2009-06-05 |url-status=dead }}{{in lang|es}} http://www.buenosairesherald.com/argentina/note.jsp?idContent=449785 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090608134111/http://www.buenosairesherald.com/argentina/note.jsp?idContent=449785 |date=2009-06-08 }}
On October 29, 2018, Cordillera Communications announced it had entered into a deal with the E. W. Scripps Company for 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.{{cite news |last1=National |first1=Scripps |title=The E.W. Scripps Company buys more television stations, bringing total to 51 |url=https://www.fox47news.com/news/national/the-ew-scripps-company-buys-more-television-stations-bringing-total-to-51 |access-date=29 October 2018 |publisher=FOX 47}}
Evening Post Industries Properties
=Newspapers=
- The Post and Courier - Charleston, South Carolina
- The Georgetown Times - Georgetown, South Carolina
- The Kingstree News - Kingstree, South Carolina
- Aiken Standard - Aiken, South Carolina
- Moultrie News - Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
- Summerville Journal-Scene - Summerville, South Carolina
- The Berkeley Independent - Moncks Corner, South Carolina
- Goose Creek Gazette - Goose Creek, South Carolina
- Waccamaw Times - Pawleys Island, South Carolina
- The Star - North Augusta, South Carolina
- Free Times - Columbia, South Carolina
= Television stations =
Evening Post's broadcasting division was called Cordillera 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 in St. Paul, Minnesota.
On October 29, 2018, it was announced that the E. W. Scripps Company would acquire 15 of the 16 Cordillera stations, with Quincy Media acquiring KVOA due to Scripps already owning KGUN-TV.{{cite web |title=Cordillera announces sale of stations to Scripps, Quincy |url=https://kristv.com/news/2018/10/29/cordillera-announces-sale-of-stations-to-scripps-quincy/ |website=KRISTV.com |access-date=29 October 2018 |date=29 October 2018}} The sale was approved by the FCC on April 5, 2019.[https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/fcc-oks-scripps-purchase-of-cordillera-stations FCC OKs Scripps Purchase of Cordillera Stations], Broadcasting & Cable, 5 April 2019, Retrieved 5 April 2019. The transaction was completed on May 1.{{cite web |url=http://www.scripps.com/press-releases/1243-scripps-closes-its-acquisition-of-15-television-stations-from-cordillera-communications |title=Scripps Closes Its Acquisition of 15 Television Stations from Cordillera Communications |date=1 May 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501191117if_/http://www.scripps.com/press-releases/1243-scripps-closes-its-acquisition-of-15-television-stations-from-cordillera-communications |publisher=E. W. Scripps Company |archive-date=1 May 2019 }}
The following stations, arranged alphabetically by city of license, were owned by Cordillera:
| class="wikitable" | ||
| scope="col" | City of license / Market
! scope="col" | Station ! scope="col" | Channel ! scope="col" | Years owned ! scope="col" | Current status | ||
|---|---|---|
| Billings, MT
! scope="row" | KTVQ | 2 | 1994–2019 | CBS affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company |
| Bozeman, MT
! scope="row" | KBZK{{efn-ua|Satellite of KXLF.}} | 7 | 1993–2019 | CBS affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company |
| Butte, MT
! scope="row" | KXLF-TV | 4 | 1986–2019 | CBS affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company |
| Corpus Christi, TX
! scope="row" | KRIS-TV | 6 | 1998–2019 | NBC affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company |
| Corpus Christi, TX
! scope="row" | KZTV | 10 | {{efn-lr|Owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting and operated by Cordillera Communications.}} | CBS affiliate owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting{{efn-lr|Operated by the E. W. Scripps Company.}} |
| Corpus Christi, TX
! scope="row" | K22JA-D | 47 | 1998–2019 | Telemundo affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company |
| El Paso, TX
! scope="row" | KDBC-TV | 4 | 1974–1986 | CBS affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| Great Falls, MT
! scope="row" | KRTV | 3 | 1986–2019 | CBS affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company |
| Great Falls, MT
! scope="row" | KTGF-LD{{efn-ua|Satellite of KTVH.}} | 50 | 2015–2019 | NBC affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company |
| Helena, MT
! scope="row" | KXLH-LD{{efn-ua|Satellite of KRTV.}} | 9 | 1995–2019 | CBS affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company |
| Helena, MT
! scope="row" | KTVH-DT | 12 | 2015–2019 | NBC affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company |
| Kalispell, MT
! scope="row" | KAJJ-CD{{efn-ua|Satellite of KPAX.}} | 18 | 1988–2019 | CBS affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company |
| Lafayette, LA
! scope="row" | KATC | 3 | 1995–2019 | ABC affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company |
| Lexington, KY
! scope="row" | WLEX-TV | 18 | 1999–2019 | NBC affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company |
| Missoula, MT
! scope="row" | KPAX-TV | 8 | 1986–2019 | CBS affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company |
| Nampa–Boise, ID
! scope="row" | KIVI-TV | 6 | 1981–2002 | ABC affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company |
| Pueblo–Colorado Springs, CO
! scope="row" | KOAA-TV | 5 | 1977–2019 | NBC affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company |
| San Luis Obispo–Santa Barbara, CA
! scope="row" | KSBY | 6 | 2004–2019 | NBC affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company |
| Tucson, AZ
! scope="row" | KVOA | 4 | 1993–2019 | NBC affiliate owned by Allen Media Broadcasting |
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References
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External links
- [http://www.eveningpostindustries.com Evening Post Industries]
- [https://www.eveningpostpublishing.com/ Evening Post Publishing]
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Category:Newspaper companies of the United States
Category:Companies based in South Carolina
Category:Mass media in Charleston, South Carolina