Record Delta
| Type | Semi-daily |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | News Media Corporation |
| Founded | 1876 |
| Headquarters | 2B Clarksburg Rd Buckhannon WV 26201 |
| Circulation | 3,475 (as of 2016)[1] |
| Website | therecorddelta |
The Record Delta is a newspaper serving Buckhannon, West Virginia, and surrounding Upshur County.[2] Published Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, it has a circulation of 3,475 and is owned by News Media Corporation.[3]
History
[edit]The Record Delta is the merger of the Buckhannon Record and the Republican Delta. The Buckhannon Record was founded in 1876.[4] In the 1910s it had the distinction of being an early West Virginia newspaper to be helmed by a female editor, Minnie Kendall Lowther.[5] Commenting on the paper's leadership in 1918. the Exponent Telegram stated: "The Buckhannon Record, edited by a woman, is.one of the best of northern West Virginia weeklies and it is high time that women were taking more active part in newspaperdom generally throughout West Virginia."[6]
In March 1977, the Buckhannon Record combined with the Republican Delta to form the Record Delta.[7]
In both 2016 and 2017, the paper won the West Virginia Press Association's General Excellence Award in Division IV (under 4,000 circulation).[8][9]
It has been sourced for reporting by the Charleston Gazette-Mail as recently as April 2018,[10] and is considered a paper of public record by the State of West Virginia.[11]
On August 14, 2018, News Media Corporation announced that James Austin would take over as the publisher of The Record Delta, Mountain Statesman, The Weston Democrat.[12]
Related Resources
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 2016 West Virginia Press Association Newspaper Directory (PDF). West Virginia Press Association. 2016.
- ^ "Newspapers Currently Received in the West Virginia Archives and History Library" (PDF). West Virginia Division of Culture and History. State of West Virginia. December 2016.
- ^ 2016 West Virginia Press Association Newspaper Directory (PDF). West Virginia Press Association. 2016.
- ^ "About Buckhannon banner". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ^ "Woman Editor On De Berriz Incident". The Fairmont West Virginian. 10 August 1920. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ^ "Woman Editors". The Fairmont West Virginian. 9 September 1918.
- ^ "Newspapers on Microfilm". West Virginia Department of Culture and History. State of West Virginia.
- ^ "Four newspapers earn West Virginia Press Association top editorial honors". West Virginia Press. West Virginia Press Association. 7 August 2017.
- ^ "Glenville's Corcoran wins top honor; Four newspapers top General Excellence". West Virginia Press. West Virginia Press Association. 6 August 2016.
- ^ "Decades after previous killing, Upshur man faces new murder charge". Charleston Gazette-Mail.
- ^ "2018-2019 Newspapers" (PDF). West Virginia Secretary of State. State of West Virginia.
- ^ "The Record Delta announces new publisher". The Record Delta. 14 August 2018.
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