The Duncan Banner

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The Duncan Banner
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet

Owner Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.
Publisher Floyd Jernigan
Founded 1892
Headquarters 1001 Elm Avenue
Duncan, Oklahoma 73534
Flag of the United States United States
Circulation 7,875 daily[1]

Website: duncanbanner.com

The Duncan Banner, "Stephens County's Only Daily Newspaper", is a six-day (Sunday through Friday) daily newspaper published in Duncan, Oklahoma, United States.

Founded by James P. Sampson in 1892, The Duncan Banner is the oldest business in Duncan still operating under the same name. Its first presses were reportedly brought to Duncan on the first railroad train to stop there.[2]

Today, the newspaper is owned by Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.

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  1. ^ CNHI-CAN Circulation, figures for an undetermined date, accessed February 18, 2007.
  2. ^ The Duncan Banner: History, accessed February 16, 2007.