List of newspapers in Kentucky
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This is a list of newspapers in Kentucky.
Daily and weekly newspapers (currently published)
[edit]University newspapers
[edit]- College Heights Herald – Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green
- The Concord - Bellarmine University
- The Eastern Progress – Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond
- The Hill - Henderson Community College
- The Kentucky Kernel – University of Kentucky, Lexington
- The Louisville Cardinal - University of Louisville
- The Murray State News - Murray State University
- The Northerner - Northern Kentucky University
- The Patriot Newspaper - University of the Cumberlands
- The Pinnacle – Berea College, Berea[94]
- The Quadrangle - Jefferson Community and Technical College
- The Rambler - Transylvania University
- The Thorobred News - Kentucky State University[95]
- The Trail Blazer - Morehead State University, Morehead[96]
Defunct newspapers
[edit]| Title | Locale | Year est. | Ceased | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adair County News | Columbia | 1897 | 1987 | Founded by Charles S. Harris. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Nov. 3, 1897)-v. 70, no. 41 (Aug. 10, 1987). |
[97] |
| Big Sandy News | Louisa | 1885 | 1929 | Vol. 1, no. 1 (Aug. 27, 1885)-v. 45, no. 3 (Oct. 4, 1929). Merged with: Lawrence County Recorder, to form: Big Sandy News-Recorder. |
[98] |
| Citizen Voice & Times | Irvine | 1976 | 2022 | Created from merger of The Estill County Citizen Voice (1973) and The Irvine Times–Herald (1968) | [99][100] |
| The Clay City Times | Clay City | 1900 | 2022 | Appeared concurrently with Spout Spring Times | [99][101] |
| The Colored Kentuckian | Louisville | 1867 | Unknown | Edited by Philip H. Murray | [102] |
| Hartford Republican | Hartford | 18?? | 1926 | Description based on: Vol. 4, no. 21 (Dec. 18, 1891). | [103] |
| Jeffersonian | Jeffersontown | 1907 | 1965 | Vol. 1, no. 1 (June 13, 1907)-v. 59, no. 23 (Sept. 30, 1965). | [104] |
| Kentucky Irish American | Louisville | 1898 | 1968 | Vol. 1, no. 1 (July 4, 1898)-v. 140, no. 22 (Nov. 30, 1968). | [105] |
| The Kentucky Post | Northern Kentucky | 1881 | 2007 | Ceased operations December 31, 2007. | [106] |
| Louisville Anzeiger | Louisville | 1849 | 1938 | German-language | [19] |
| Louisville Herald | Louisville | 1869 | 1925 | Merged with Louisville Post in 1925 to form Herald-Post | [19]' |
| Louisville Herald-Post | Louisville | 1925 | 1936 | Owners:
|
[107][108] |
| Louisville Times | Louisville | 1884 | 1987 | After Gannett, bought both the Times and Courier Journal, the Times ceased publication. | [109][110] |
| The Sentinel | Radcliff | 1961 | 2022 | N/a | [111][112] |
See also
[edit]- Kentucky media
- List of radio stations in Kentucky
- List of television stations in Kentucky
- Media of cities in Kentucky: Bowling Green, Lexington, Louisville
- Journalism:
- Category:Journalists from Kentucky
- Western Kentucky University School of Journalism and Broadcasting (est. 1999), in Bowling Green[113]
- Murray State University Department of Journalism and Mass Communications (est. 1975)[114]
- Kentucky literature
U.S. newspapers
References
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- ^ The Pinnacle
- ^ Mass Communications & Journalism
- ^ The Trail Blazer
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- ^ "Kentucky Irish American 1898-1968 (Louisville, KY)". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. ISSN 1943-8931. LCCN sn86069180. OCLC 13689268. Retrieved September 27, 2025.
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- ^ Kleber, John E. (1992). The Kentucky Encyclopedia. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. pp. 127–128. ISBN 0-8131-1772-0. Archived from the original (eBook) on July 12, 2002.
- ^ Kleber, John E. (2014). The Encyclopedia of Louisville (eBook). Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. pp. 655–656. ISBN 978-0813149745.
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Bibliography
[edit]- S. N. D. North; United States Department of the Interior (1884). "Catalogue of Periodical Publications: Kentucky". History and Present Condition of the Newspaper and Periodical Press of the United States. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. OCLC 1850475. (+ List of titles 50+ years old)
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{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - James T. Haley, ed. (1895), "Newspapers: Kentucky", Afro-American Encyclopaedia, Nashville: Haley & Florida, hdl:2027/inu.30000029292855, OCLC 219597043
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- Thomas D. Clark (1948). Southern Country Editor. Bobbs-Merrill. OCLC 525858. (Includes information about weekly rural newspapers in Kentucky)
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Newspapers of Kentucky.
- "Kentucky Newspapers". Historical U.S. Newspapers Online. Library Guides. Ohio: Bowling Green State University.
Newspapers that are freely available on the Internet
- "Southeast". Historical African American Newspapers Available Online. Subject Guides. Poughkeepsie, NY: Marist College Library. (Includes Kentucky newspapers)
- International Coalition on Newspapers. "Newspaper Digitization Projects: United States: Kentucky". Chicago: Center for Research Libraries.
- University of Florida. "Kentucky". NewspaperCat: Catalog of Digital Historical Newspapers. Gainesville.
- "Kentucky". N-Net: the Newspaper Network on the World Wide Web. Archived from the original on February 15, 1997.
- "Kentucky Newspapers". AJR News Link. American Journalism Review. Archived from the original on March 2, 2000.
- "United States: Kentucky". NewsDirectory.com. Toronto: Tucows Inc. Archived from the original on November 20, 2001.
- Kentucky Digital Newspaper Program online library of digitized and digital Kentucky newspapers, University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center