The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)

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The Gazette

The July 27, 2005 front page
of The Gazette
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner Gazette Commmunications
Publisher Dave Storey
Founded 1883
Headquarters 500 3rd Ave SE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52401-1608
United States
Website: gazetteonline.com

The Gazette is a daily newspaper published in the American city of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The first paper was published as an evening journal, as the Evening Gazette on Wednesday January 10, 1883 and sold for 3¢; it presently sells for 75¢. The newspaper is distributed throughout northeast and east central Iowa, including the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City metropolitan areas. It was formerly called the Cedar Rapids Gazette. As of June 30, 2005, The Gazette has a circulation of 63,144 for the daily edition and 76,622 for the Sunday edition.[1]

The locally-owned Gazette Communications publishes The Gazette and two weekly newspapers, the Penny Saver in Linn County and the Community News Advertiser in Johnson County. Gazette Communications also owns KCRG-TV (channel 9) and Decisionmark (owners of the TitanTV website). Gazette Communications also owned KCRG radio (1600 AM) until they sold the station to the owners of another local broadcaster, KZIA FM 102.9. The sale was completed on October 31, 2006, with the radio station's call letters changing to KGYM as a result.[2]

The call letters, KCRG refer to the Cedar Rapids Gazette.

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  1. ^ Audit Bureau of Circulations. Reader Profile: The Gazette (PDF). Retrieved on 2006-12-21.
  2. ^ "Media: KZIA Completes Purchase, Renames Station KGYM-AM", The Gazette (Cedar Rapids), 2006-11-01, p. 8B. 

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