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The first such newspaper in Wisconsin is generally considered the Wisconsin Afro-American, which George A. Brown (son of Bishop John Mifflin Brown) and Thomas H. Jones launched in 1892. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The status of the Wisconsin Afro-American as a genuine African American newspaper has been disputed, however. [ 4 ]
The newspaper's former radio station, WRJN, was founded in December 1926. Starbuck died in 1929, his son, Frank R. Starbuck, became publisher, and in 1932 the paper merged with the Racine Times-Call , the other local daily, to become the Journal Times .
Newspaper City Publisher/Parent company The Tribune-Phonograph: Abbotsford ... Racine: Lee Enterprises [4] Neighbors: Randolph: Capital Newspapers/Lee Enterprises [4]
WRJN's studios and transmitter tower are on Victory Avenue at 17th Street in Racine. [2] WRJN is a Class C station powered at 1,000 watts, using a non-directional antenna. Programming is also heard on two FM translators: W260CV at 99.9 MHz in Racine and W251BU at 98.1 MHz in Kenosha.
In 2011, Patch acquired hyperlocal news aggregator Outside.in from investors including Union Square Ventures and others, integrating the technology into the Patch platform. [15] In 2013, Patch was spun out of AOL as a joint venture with Hale Global. [16] In January 2014, the new owners announced layoffs of 400 journalists and other employees. [17]
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Racine City Hall. This is a list of mayors of Racine, Wisconsin, USA. Racine was originally incorporated as a village in 1841 before Wisconsin statehood. In the first term of the Wisconsin Legislature (1848), Racine was re-incorporated as a city. Racine has always since then utilized a mayor-council form of government. [1]
Racine (/ r ə ˈ s iː n, r eɪ-/ ⓘ rə-SEEN, ray-) [8] is a city in and the county seat of Racine County, Wisconsin, United States.It is located on the shore of Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Root River, situated 22 miles (35 km) south of Milwaukee and 60 miles (97 km) north of Chicago. [9]