Evening Post Industries


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."
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. 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.
The company also owned the Buenos Aires Herald in Argentina, Latin America's oldest English language newspaper, until 2007.
It was announced on October 29, 2018 that Cordillera Communications 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 is expected to close in Q1 of 2019.

Evening Post Industries Properties

Newspapers

Evening Post's broadcasting division was called Cordillera Communications. The licensees have different names, or parent. Cordillera Communications is 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. The sale was approved by the FCC on April 5, 2019. The transaction was completed on May 1.
Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and by city of license.
City of license / MarketStationChannel
TV 		Years ownedCurrent ownership status
Tucson, ArizonaKVOA4 1993–2019NBC affiliate owned by Quincy Media
San Luis Obispo, CaliforniaKSBY6 2004–2019NBC affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company
Pueblo - Colorado Springs, ColoradoKOAA-TV5 1977–2019NBC affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company
Nampa - Boise, IdahoKIVI-TV6 1981–2002ABC affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company
Lexington, KentuckyWLEX-TV18 1999–2019NBC affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company
Lafayette, LouisianaKATC3 1995–2019ABC affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company
Billings, MontanaKTVQ2 1994–2019CBS affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company
Butte, MontanaKXLF-TV4 1986–2019CBS affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company
Bozeman, MontanaKBZK
'		7 1993–2019CBS affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company
Great Falls, MontanaKRTV3 1986–2019CBS affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company
Great Falls, MontanaKTGF-LD
'		50 2015–2019NBC affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company
Helena, MontanaKXLH-LD
'		9 1995–2019CBS affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company
Helena, MontanaKTVH-DT12 2015–2019NBC affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company
Missoula, MontanaKPAX-TV8 1986–2019CBS affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company
Kalispell, MontanaKAJJ-CD
'		18 1988–2019CBS affiliate to be owned by the E. W. Scripps Company
Corpus Christi, TexasKRIS-TV6 1998–2019NBC affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company
Corpus Christi, TexasKZTV10 1CBS affiliate owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting
Corpus Christi, TexasK22JA-D47 1998–2019Telemundo affiliate owned by the E. W. Scripps Company
El Paso, TexasKDBC-TV4 1974–1986CBS affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group

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