The Times Herald

The Times Herald
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) Gannett Company
Editor Michael Eckert[1]
Headquarters 911 Military Street
Port Huron, Michigan 48060
United States
Circulation 16,287 Weekday
18,103 Saturday
26,086 Sunday[2]
OCLC number 36177739
Website www.thetimesherald.com

The Times Herald is a daily newspaper in Port Huron, Michigan.[3] The newspaper, owned by the Gannett Company, is the only daily paper serving St. Clair County, Michigan as well as parts of Sanilac and Lapeer counties.

The Times Herald's history can be dated back to 1869 with the founding of the Port Huron Times. The Daily Herald, another Port Huron newspaper, was founded in 1900. The two merged together and began issuing a single issue, the Port Huron Times Herald, on April 4, 1910. The paper was purchased by Gannett in 1970.[4]

The Times Herald was the owner of one of Port Huron's early radio stations. In December 1947, WTTH was launched on AM 1360 and moved to AM 1380 in 1949. The call letters stood for The Times Herald. The Times Herald, like many community newspapers of the era, had to divest the station due to Federal Communications Commission media ownership requirements. The Times Hearld sold the station to Enterform in 1967 which was then followed by a call sign change to WPHM.[5]

The Times-Herald's longtime headquarters were in the 900 block of 6th Street in Port Huron, at the corner of Water and 6th. This also served as the WTTH studios. In 1980, the paper moved a block east to 911 Military Street. The 6th street location was demolished and is currently used as a parking lot. The Military street building served as the paper's offices, newsroom, and printing facility for the next three decades. In 2011, the Times Herald's printing was consolidated with sister paper Lansing State Journal.[6] Many administrative and advertising duties have also been consolidated with other Gannett properties. With the Military street building now over-sized for the Times Herald, the building was sold to Michigan Mutual Mortgage in 2014.[7] The paper continues to rent space inside their former building.

References

  1. ↑ "Staff Directory".
  2. ↑ "Audit Bureau of Circulations, Circulation averages for the six months ended: 3/31/2012". Archived from the original on 2013-03-17. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
  3. ↑ "Michigan Press Association list of members". Michigan Press Association. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  4. ↑ "About Us - thetimesherald.com". static.thetimesherald.com.
  5. ↑ https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=66080
  6. ↑ Lansing State Journal
  7. ↑ "Michigan Mutual to move to Times Herald building by March 2017".
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