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The San Diego Daily Journal was a daily newspaper in San Diego, California, published under that name from 1944 to 1950. [1] [2] It was established by Clinton D. McKinnon, publisher of the twice-weekly San Diego Progress-Journal, who announced in January 1944 that within the next 60 days it would become a daily to compete with the established San Diego Union and Tribune. [3]
McKinnon, who was preparing for a run for US Congress, sold a majority stake of the paper to journalist John A. Kennedy in 1947. Kennedy sold it to the Union-Tribune Publishing Company in 1950. [4] [5]
Its predecessor titles were: [2]
In 1946, McKinnon started KSDJ, a 5,000 watt CBS affiliate radio station, advertised with the tagline "The Voice of The Daily Journal". Its call sign was derived from the Journal name. [6] Originally owned personally by McKinnon, the station was bought by the Journal in 1947 as part of the deal which made Anderson the Journal's majority owner. [7] The radio station was sold to Charles E. Salik on October 21, 1948, and in January 1949 its call sign was changed to KCBQ. [8]
...the name, circulation lists, and publishing rights have been sold to the San Diego Union-Tribune Publishing Co., which publishes the Evening Tribune and the Morning Union.