Record Delta

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]

Record Delta
TypeSemi-daily
Owner(s)News Media Corporation
Founded1876
Headquarters2B Clarksburg Rd Buckhannon WV 26201
Circulation3,475 (as of 2016)[1]
Websitetherecorddelta.com

History

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]

References
  1. 2016 West Virginia Press Association Newspaper Directory (PDF). West Virginia Press Association. 2016.
  2. "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.
  3. 2016 West Virginia Press Association Newspaper Directory (PDF). West Virginia Press Association. 2016.
  4. "About Buckhannon banner". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  5. "Woman Editor On De Berriz Incident". The Fairmont West Virginian. 10 August 1920. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  6. "Woman Editors". The Fairmont West Virginian. 9 September 1918.
  7. "Newspapers on Microfilm". West Virginia Department of Culture and History. State of West Virginia.
  8. "Four newspapers earn West Virginia Press Association top editorial honors". West Virginia Press. West Virginia Press Association. 7 August 2017.
  9. "Glenville's Corcoran wins top honor; Four newspapers top General Excellence". West Virginia Press. West Virginia Press Association. 6 August 2016.
  10. "Decades after previous killing, Upshur man faces new murder charge". Charleston Gazette-Mail.
  11. "2018-2019 Newspapers" (PDF). West Virginia Secretary of State. State of West Virginia.
  12. "The Record Delta announces new publisher". The Record Delta. 14 August 2018.


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