The Register-Herald
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Community Newspaper HoldingsInc. |
| Publisher | Frank Wood |
| Editor | J. Damon Cain |
| Founded | 1985 |
| Headquarters | 801 North Kanawha Street Beckley, West Virginia25801 |
| Circulation | 19,237 (as of 2016)[1] |
| Website | Register-Herald.com |
The Register-Heraldis a six-day morningdaily newspaper,Monday thru Friday with a Weekend Edition delivered on Saturday mornings, and is based inBeckley, West Virginia,and also covering surrounding communities inFayette,Greenbrier,Raleigh,SummersandWyomingcounties,West Virginia.It has a circulation of 19,237 and is owned by Community Newspaper Newspaper Holdings.[2]
History[edit]
The newspaper traces its history toThe Raleigh Register,theRaleigh Herald,and theBeckley Evening Postwhich were among a dozen weekly and monthly publications published in and around Beckley as early as the 1880s.The Raleigh Registerdeveloped into a modern daily newspaper and began seven-day publication on June 6, 1923. TheEvening Postbegan daily publication on February 12, 1924. On May 31, 1926 theHerald and Evening Postcombined as a morning daily newspaper known as theBeckley Post-Herald.On June 1, 1928 theRaleigh RegisterandBeckley Post-Heraldcame undercommon ownership,with thePost-Heraldpublishing Monday-Friday mornings, theRegisterpublishing Monday-Friday afternoons, with subscribers receiving a combined paper produced by thePost-Heraldstaff on Saturday and theRegisterstaff on Sunday. Despite the common ownership theRegisterwas generally aDemocraticnewspaper, and thePost-HeraldaRepublicanalternative. This arrangement continued until the sale of the newspapers to the owners of theCharleston Daily Mailin 1977. Following this, the editorial independence of the two publications declined, and theRegisterwas slowly shut down. By 1981 theRegisterwas simply an afternoon reprint and update of thePost-Herald,with a separate editorial page, and on January 1, 1985 the two newspapers were completely combined under the current name.
The newspaper changed hands three times in the 1990s, before being acquired by its current owners in 2000. Circulation has waned with the declining population of the area.
Beckley Newspapers,a division ofCommunity Newspaper HoldingsInc., publishesThe Register-Heraldand two weekly newspapers,The Fayette TribuneandThe Montgomery Herald.[3]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^2016 West Virginia Press Association Newspaper Directory(PDF).West Virginia Press Association. 2016.
- ^2016 West Virginia Press Association Newspaper Directory(PDF).West Virginia Press Association. 2016.
- ^The Register-Herald: Department Email Information,accessed January 20, 2007.
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