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The Beacon publishes regional news of northern central Newfoundland, provincial news, entertainment, local sports, social and club news, letters and advertisements. Similar to the Advertiser in its editorial policy, it strongly supported the Smallwood administration in the 1950's and gradually become more nonpartisan as the years passed.

This newspaper's description was sourced from Suzanne Ellison's Historical Directory of Newfoundland and Labrador Newspapers.

Place of publication:
Gander

Dates of publication:
Nov. 06, 1958-

Publisher:
Gerald Vokey, 1961-

Frequency:
Weekly, Nov. 6, 1958-Oct. 24, 1979.
Semiweekly, Oct. 31, 1979-Apr. 30, 1982.
Weekly, May 7, 1982-

Editor:
Robert (wee Bobbie) Thomas Clark, 1958-1960.
Gerald Vokey, Aug. 7, 1974-Nov. 26, 1975.
Bob Moss, Dec. 3, 1975-July 24, 1991.
David Sorenson, Mar, 10, 1993-Nov. 9, 1994.
Greg Seaward, 1995-
Acting Editor:
Stephen Maher, July 31-Sept. 18, 1991.
Donna Barnes, Oct. 2, 1991-Mar. 3, 1993.

Title Varies:
Gander Beacon, Nov. 6, 1958-Nov. 8, 1995.
Beacon, Nov. 13, 1995-

Errata

Not published:
1962 Dec 26
1963 Jan 9, Sep 11
1966 Dec 28
1967 Dec 27
1979 Nov 26
1979 Dec 27
1980 Apr 4
1981 Apr 17
1982 Apr 9

1979 Nov 23 original Scans are poor quality

1979 Oct 31 starts publishing biweekly
1982 May starts publishing weekly

Issues by Month

1958:
Nov Dec 1959: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1960: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1961: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1962: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1963: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1964: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1965: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1966: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1967: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1968: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1969: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1970: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1971: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1972: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1973: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1974: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1975: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1976: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1977: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1978: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1979: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1980: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1981: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1982: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1983: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1984: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1985: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1986: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1987: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1988: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1989: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

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