Lompoc Record

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Lompoc Record
Type Weekly newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s)Santa Maria California News Media Inc.
Founder(s)William W. Broughton
PublisherTerri Leifeste
EditorMarga K. Cooley
FoundedApril 1875
LanguageEnglish
Sister newspapers Santa Maria Times, Santa Ynez Valley News
OCLC number 11528217
Website lompocrecord.com

The Lompoc Record is a newspaper in the town of Lompoc, California.

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History

The Lompoc Record was first published on April 10, 1875. It was founded by William Wallace Broughton. [1] [2] He published the paper for 25 years. [3] In 1911, the Bank of Lompoc foreclosed on the Record and sold the printing plant at auction to Rae Soares. The previous owner was E.H. King. [4] [5]

In 1914, Ronald M. Adam bought the paper. [6] He was the first newsman on scene of the Honda Point disaster in 1923. He witnessed and documented the rescue operation, then scooped competitors by 14 hours. [7] His son Ken Adam started work at the Record in 1946 after serving in the U.S. navy during World War II followed by working as a script writer at MGM in Hollywood. He became publisher after his father retired in 1952 and came to be known for writing a witty column called" Something About Nothing." He also wrote and locally produced a musical called "Julie". Ken Adam died in 1966. [8]

His widow Harriet Adam acquired the paper and managed it until selling out in 1979 to Donrey Media. At that time the circulation was 9,000. [6] In 1999, the Record became part of the MediaNews Group-led California Media Partnership. [9] [10] In 2001, Pulitzer bought the paper. [11] [12] Lee Enterprises bought Pulitzer in 2005 [13] and sold the newspaper to Santa Maria News Media Inc. in March 2020. [14]

References

  1. ↑ "Vol. 1 | No. 1". The Lompoc Record. April 10, 1875. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "New Paper". Daily Evening Herald. Stockton, California. April 21, 1875. p. 3.
  3. ↑ "Judge Broughton Answers Summons". The Morning Press. Santa Barbara, California. February 13, 1910. p. 3.
  4. ↑ "Editor Sued". The Morning Press. Santa Barbara, California. May 2, 1911. p. 2.
  5. ↑ "Lompoc Record Sold To Santa Maria Man". The Santa Maria Times. May 27, 1911. p. 3.
  6. 1 2 "Lompoc Record sold". Santa Ynez Valley News. Solvang, California. November 22, 1979.
  7. ↑ "1923 Honda mishap worst peacetime Naval disaster". Santa Barbara News-Press. September 9, 1973. p. 8.
  8. ↑ "Witty Columnist | Ken Adam, Lompoc Publisher, Dies". Santa Barbara News-Press. July 27, 1966. p. 22.
  9. ↑ Walsh, Steve (January 15, 1999). "Mayor wants Record the same". Santa Maria Times. p. 21.
  10. ↑ Roberts, Gene; Kunkel, Thomas; Layton, Charles, eds. (2001). Leaving Readers Behind: The Age of Corporate Newspapering . Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press. ISBN   1610752325.
  11. ↑ "Pulitzer buys Lompoc Record". The Hanford Sentinel. February 6, 2001. p. 8.
  12. ↑ Tuttle, Rick (March 13, 2001). "Pulitzer names new publisher for Record". Lompoc Record. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
  13. ↑ Steinberg, Jacques (February 1, 2005). "Pulitzer to Be Acquired by Lee Enterprises". New York Times. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  14. ↑ "Lee Enterprises sells papers in Santa Maria, Hanford". Santa Maria Times. March 13, 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
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