roanoke times

The July 27, 2005 front page of

The Roanoke Times Type Daily newspaper Format Broadsheet Owner Landmark Communications Publisher Debbie Meade Editor Carole Tarrant Founded 1886 Headquarters 201 West Campbell Avenue

Roanoke, Virginia 24010-2491

United States Circulation 97,000 Morning

106,000 Sunday[1] Website: roanoke.com

The Roanoke Times is the primary newspaper in Southwestern Virginia and is based in Roanoke, Virginia. It is published by Landmark Communications. The Roanoke Times has an office in Richmond, VA, and maintains a bureau in Christiansburg, VA covering the New River Valley and Virginia Tech.

According to Scarborough’s “Ranker Report,” produced every six months, The Roanoke Times ranks first in the country in terms of percentage of adults reading a newspaper on weekdays in that newspaper's coverage area.

On January 3, 2008, it was reported that the family-owned Landmark Communications, parent company of the Times, may be for sale.[2] A subsequent sale by Landmark Communications of its wildly successful Weather Channel gave rise to reports that the rest of the parent company of The Roanoke Times might be dismembered. Contents [hide] 1 History 2 Notable stories 3 Notable writers, columnists and editors 4 New River Valley Current 5 References 6 External links //

History

From the mid 1970s until June 30, 1995, the newspaper was known as The Roanoke Times & World-News. Prior to the mid 1970s, the morning Roanoke Times and the afternoon Roanoke World-News published separate editions.

Notable stories

As the major daily newspaper for Roanoke and much of Southwest Virginia, The Roanoke Times has extensively covered news events from the area that have gained national media exposure. Some examples include: International Marketing & Engineering Inc., investigated by The Roanoke Times, 1979, subsequently featured by Harry Reasoner in a CBS "60 Minutes" report on the company engaged in deceptive sales practices, whose officers were later sentenced to prison The November 4, 1985, flood that caused extensive damage around Roanoke and left 10 people dead. The September 22, 2000, shooting at the Backstreet Cafe in downtown Roanoke motivated by the establishment's gay and lesbian clientele. The April 16, 2007, shooting at Virginia Tech, which claimed 32 lives.

Notable writers, columnists and editors Bill Brill, writer and columnist 1956-1991, sports editor 1960-1991 Ben Beagle, longtime reporter and humor columnist, retired but still contributes the column Edwin Freakley, city editor, The Roanoke Times & World-News, later president of Worrell Enterprises Inc., newspaper publishers John Eure, vice president, Times-World Corp., later managing editor of The World-News Forrest "Frosty" Landon, longtime executive editor (1982-1995), The Roanoke Times Barton W. Morris Jr. (1923-2003), former president, publisher and chairman-of-the-board of The Roanoke Times

New River Valley Current

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