Centre Daily Times

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Centre Daily Times
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner The McClatchy Company
Publisher Susan Leath
Editor Robert Heisse
Founded 1898 (as The Weekly Times)
Headquarters 3400 East College Avenue
State College, PA 16801-7528
United States
Circulation 23,959 Monday - Thursday
26,246 Friday
25,961 Saturday
32,326 Sunday[1]
Official website CentreDaily.com

The Centre Daily Times is a daily newspaper located in State College, Pennsylvania in the United States. It is the hometown newspaper for the Pennsylvania State University, one of the most well-known and largest universities in the country with more than 40,000 students attending the main campus.

The Weekly Times was founded in 1898 and was later renamed The State College Times. In 1934, the paper became a daily, the Centre Daily Times. It was purchased by Knight Ridder in 1979. A Saturday morning edition was added in 1980, and a Sunday edition was launched in 1982. The Centre Daily Times became a morning paper in 1986. The McClatchy Company purchased Knight Ridder in June 2006, thereby acquiring the Centre Daily Times.

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[edit] Circulation Area

Home delivery is available to all of Centre County and parts of Blair, Clearfield, Clinton, Huntingdon and Mifflin counties. In addition, single copy sales reach several more counties, especially during college football season.

[edit] Major Awards

  • 2011 Keystone's Sweepstakes winner as the top newspaper in its circulation division in Pennsylvania for 14 consecutive years. Won nine individual awards.
  • Named to annual list of 10 newspapers to watch by Editor & Publisher.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "The McClatchy Company Newspapers: Centre Daily Times". The McClatchy Company. http://www.mcclatchy.com/146/story/351.html. Retrieved 2006-11-01. 

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Broadcast television in West-Central Pennsylvania, including Johnstown, Altoona and State College
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WPSU (3.1 PBS, 3.2 Create, 3.3 PBS World) - WJAC (6.1 NBC, 6.2 Me-TV) - WWCP (8.1 Fox, 8.2 WATM) - WTAJ (10.1 CBS) - WSCP-CA (13 Ind) - WPCW (19.1 CW) - WATM (23.1 ABC HD, 23.2 WWCP HD, 23.3 This TV) - WHVL-LP (29.1 MNTV, 29.2 A1) - W36BE-D (16.1 ABC, 16.2 Antenna TV) - W41CF (41 Ind) - WKBS (47.1 COR) - WLLS-LP (49 A1)
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