(Update Sunday) NPG announced on its website that an agreement has been made.

(Update Friday 4:25 p.m.)  – Station blackout may not end for fans to see Sunday’s NFC Championship Game.

As we previously reported, AT&T* said it is calling on KNPN to end a local station blackout so fans can see Sunday’s NFC Championship Game.

Since January 12, the FOX KNPN station has been unavailable to DIRECTV customers in the St. Joseph area as News-Press & Gazette and AT&T try to come to terms on a re-transmission consent agreement.

Chris Lester, Senior Public Relations Manager with AT&T said a letter was delivered to KNPN-FOX and KNPG-NBC’s general manager Eric Bradley Thursday afternoon.

“We rarely do public messaging in negotiations such as these.  But we feel we must respond in this particular case,” Lester said.

AT&T provided the St. Joseph Post with a copy of the letter from Robert Thun, AT&T Senior Vice President, Content & Programming.  Thun said he is asking that on Sunday, KNPN and its parent company, News-Press & Gazette, return KNPN to all DIRECTV customers living in the St. Joseph region for, at minimum, the duration of this game so customers can watch the Atlanta Falcons play the Green Bay Packers in NFL Playoffs.

“We agree to compensate News-Press & Gazette for KNPN’s entire day’s schedule rather than just the three hours for a typical game, and also apply any higher retransmission consent rate to which we eventually agree,” Thun said. CLICK HERE to read Thursday’s press release on the blackout from AT&T.

According to NPG’s website they will not be granting the request.

“Yesterday, DirecTV requested that NPG provide temporary retransmission rights in order for their subscribers to have access to the AFC and NFC Championship games on Sunday. We will not be granting temporary retransmission rights to DirecTV in order for their subscribers to receive the AFC and NFC championship games on Sunday,” NPG said in a statement.  CLICK HERE to view the company’s latest update.