The Oklahoman

By asylvester
  • Sam Small Founds The Oklahoman

    Sam Small Founds The Oklahoman

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    Timespan

  • The Oklahoma Publishing Company takes over.

    The Oklahoma Publishing Company takes over.

    Edward K. Gaylord takes over the Oklahoman.
  • Oklahoma Publishing Company buys WKY.

    Oklahoma Publishing Company buys WKY.

    E. Gaylord buys Oklahoma's first radio station, WKY.
  • Charles G. Werner publishes Pulitser prize winning cartoon.

    Charles G. Werner publishes Pulitser prize winning cartoon.

    A cartoonist for The Oklahoman becomes the youngest person to ever win the Pulitser prize for editorial art. This is the date he published his winning cartoon.

  • Gaylord founds Oklahoma's first TV station.

    Edward founds what is today KFOR-TV.
  • Gaylord dies, son takes over.

    Gaylord dies, son takes over.

    Edward L. Gaylord takes over the Oklahoman after the death of his father.

  • Gaylord sells WKY TV.

    WKY TV sold to Evening News Association of Detroit, Michigan.
  • The Oklahoman is created.

    The Oklahoman is created.

    OPUBCO renames the Oklahoma City Times to the daily Oklahoman.

  • American Journalism Review rates Oklahoman poorly.

    An American Journalism Review states that the Oklahoman suffers from understaffing, uninspired content, and political bias.

  • Oklahoman "Worst Newspaper in America"

    Columbia Journalism Review rates Oklahoman as the worst newspaper in America.

  • WKY radio sold

    WKY radio sold to Citadel Broadcasting.
  • Sherrie Gossett writes "Accuracy in Media".

    Sherrie Gossett writes "Accuracy in Media".

    Gossett wrote Vanderkam, a contributing editor to Reader's Digest, pointed out that CJR "labeled" the newspaper "partly because the paper had no liberal columnists. Yet Vanderkam's search through the past few years' CJRs yielded no discernibly conservative writers in its pages, either.

  • Oklahoman cuts eastern half of state.

    The Oklahoman announces that it will no longer cover Tulsa, or any other city east of Oklahoma City.
  • The Okalhoman and Tulsa World's agreement.

    The Okalhoman and Tulsa World's agreement.

    The Oklahoman and Tulsa World agree to share some content from each.
  • The Oklahoman hits iPad.

    The Oklahoman hits iPad.

    The Oklahoman launches on iPad.
  • Announced that OPUBCO bought by Philip Anschutz.

    Announced that OPUBCO bought by Philip Anschutz.

    The Denver based business manand his company, Anschutz Corporation, bought OPUBCO, which owns the Oklahoman.