Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald
The Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald was founded as a newspaper in 1914 as the Ahoskie Patriot and now serves the rural North Carolina communities of Bertie, Hertford, Northampton and Gates counties, including the towns of Ahoskie, Murfreesboro and Windsor.[4] It is published on Wednesday and Saturday.[4]
| Type | tri-weekly newspaper[1] |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Boone Newspapers, Inc |
| Publisher | Tony Clark[2] |
| Editor | Calvin Bryant [2] |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Headquarters | 801 Parker Ave. E P.O. Box 1325 Ahoskie, North Carolina 27910  |
| Circulation | 6,800 pd, 5,000 free [3] |
| Website | roanoke-chowannewsherald.com |
The paper gets its name from the location of its primary region of distribution between the Roanoke River and Chowan River in Northeastern North Carolina, a location that includes Bertie, Hertford, and Northampton counties.
The inclusion of Gates County is the result of a merger with the Gates County Index.
Media General sold the paper to Boone Newspapers Inc. of Tuscaloosa, Ala in 2000. [5]
References
- "Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald : About Us". Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald. 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-30.
- "North Carolina Newspaper Directory". Retrieved 2019-10-21.
- Editor & Publisher DataBook. Weeklies. 2018. p. 282.
- "About Us". Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald. Boone Newspapers, Inc. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
- "EASTERN". Business North Carolina. 20. September 2000 – via EBSCOhost.
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