Lewisporte Pilot

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The Pilot contains news of the Lewisporte region, provincial news, social and personal news, a women's page, advertisements and sports. The editorials generally deal with local issues and avoid controversy.

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

Place of publication:
Lewisporte

Dates of publication:
Sept. 15, 1961-

Publisher:
Blackmore Printing Co. Ltd., Sept. 15, 1961-Nov. 29, 1968.
Robinson-Blackmore Printing and Publishing Ltd., Dec. 6, 1968.

Frequency:
Biweekly, Sept. 15, 1961-Feb. 11, 1966.
Weekly, Feb. 25, 1966-

Editor:
Clarence Holwell Spracklin, Sept. 15, 1961-?
Mrs. Winston Locke, ? -Sept. 10, 1971.
Elizabeth Perry, Sept. 10, 1971-Nov. 30, 1973.
Winston Randell, Dec. 7, 1973-Sept. 24, 1975.
Mike Downey, Jan. 21-Sept. 15, 1976.
Bill Murphy, Sept. 22, 1976-May 11, 1977.
George Armstrong, July 13, 1977-Feb. 4, 1981.
Al Wurdemann, Feb. 11, 1981-Nov. 16, 1988.
Barry Moores, Nov. 23, 1988-Sept. 27, 1989.
Michael Ralph, Oct. 25, 1989-Sept. 2, 1992.
Bert Pomeroy, Sept. 9, 1992-Jan. 19, 1994.
Sue Hickey, Jan. 26-Aug. 31, 1994.
Kelley Bragg, Sept. 7, 1994-

Title Varies:
Lewisporte Pilot, Sept. 15, 1961-Nov. 2, 1973.
Pilot, Nov. 9, 1973-

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