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((No reference|date=March 2024))((Infobox newspaper
| name               = Williamsport Sun-Gazette
| image              = Williamsport Sun Building from south.jpg
| image_size         = 325px
| caption            = ''Williamsport Sun-Gazette'' Building (2014)
| type               = [[Daily newspaper]]
| format             = [[Broadsheet]]
| foundation         = 1801
| ceased publication = 
| price              = 
| owners             = [[Ogden Newspapers Inc.]]
| publisher          = Robert O. Rolley Jr. (2019–present), Bernard A. Oravec (2009–2018)
| editor             = Michael Maneval
| language           = English
| circulation        = 
| headquarters       = 252 W. Fourth Street<br>[[Williamsport, Pennsylvania|Williamsport]], Pennsylvania 17703-0266<br>United States
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| website            = [http://sungazette.com/ sungazette.com]
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The '''''Williamsport Sun-Gazette''''' is published in [[Williamsport, Pennsylvania]], in [[Lycoming County, Pennsylvania|Lycoming County]]. Its earliest antecedents date to 1801. As of January 1, 2016, the daily circulation of the paper was listed as 19,000 daily Monday–Saturday, with a Sunday circulation of 24,000.

==History==
The ''Williamsport Sun-Gazette'' was founded in 1801 as the ''Lycoming Gazette''.  At the time of the newspaper's conception, there were 131 residents in the town of [[Williamsport, Pennsylvania]]. The newspaper was started in a building in what is now the vicinity of Penn Street and Washington Boulevard.  The ''Gazette'' name has been on the nameplate and masthead of a newspaper in Williamsport continuously since that time. The ''Sun-Gazette'' is the oldest continuously operating enterprise in the West Branch Valley.((Citation needed|date=August 2020))

At over 218 years old, the ''Sun-Gazette'' is now the 10th-oldest newspaper in America and the fourth-oldest in Pennsylvania.  More than 32 other newspapers have operated and closed in the Williamsport area since 1801.((Citation needed|date=August 2020))

The ''Lycoming Gazette'' was a weekly paper from 1801 until 1867, when it was first published as a daily newspaper. The ''Lycoming Gazette'' then purchased the ''West Branch Bulletin'', which was founded in 1860, and merged in 1869 to become the ''Gazette and Bulletin'', which was a daily morning newspaper.

A rival newspaper, the ''Williamsport Sun'', printed for the first time on July 8, 1870, as an afternoon paper.

===20th century through today===
In 1955, the morning ''Gazette & Bulletin'' and the afternoon ''Williamsport Sun'' were consolidated and became the ''Williamsport Sun-Gazette'', the area's afternoon newspaper.

John E. Person Jr. served as president of the new ''Williamsport Sun-Gazette'' from 1955 to 1990.

On July 1, 1990, the family-owned ''Sun-Gazette'' was acquired by another family owned newspaper group, [[Ogden Newspapers]], which operates more than 40 newspapers throughout the United States, including the ''East Lycoming Shopper & News'' and the ''Muncy Luminary'', both in Lycoming County. The ''Williamsport Sun-Gazette'' has been led by a series of publishers since 1990.

Publishers of The Williamsport Sun-Gazette for Ogden Newspapers, Inc. since July 1, 1990, include Thomas C. Briley 1990–2000, John A. Fusco 2001, John J. Yahner Nov. 2001 – Sept. 2007, Robert O. Rolley Jr. Oct. 2007–2008, Bernard A. Oravec 2009-2018, Robert O. Rolley Jr. 2019–current.

Robert O. Rolley Jr. returned to lead the ''Williamsport Sun-Gazette'' in 2019 shortly after the departure of Bernard A. Oravec. Rolley now serves as publisher of both the Williamsport Sun-Gazette and The Express in Lock Haven.

In January 1991, the ''Sun-Gazette'' published the first Sunday edition, becoming a seven-day-a-week publication, including holidays. Prior to that time, the ''[[Grit (newspaper)|Grit]]'' newspaper was the Sunday paper for the area, until ''Grit'' was purchased and moved to [[Topeka, Kansas]], in 1993, later converting to magazine format. Coincidentally, both the ''Sun-Gazette'' and ''Grit'' are now owned by Ogden Newspapers.

On August 9, 1999, 130 years after the merger of the ''Lycoming Gazette'' and the ''West Branch Bulletin'', the ''Sun-Gazette'' returned to the morning edition format.

The ''Sun-Gazette'' has won numerous advertising, creative and editorial awards.((citation needed|date=January 2015)) It is nationally known for its coverage of the fracking industry, and also covers some news in neighboring counties, especially [[Clinton County, Pennsylvania|Clinton County]], [[Tioga County, Pennsylvania|Tioga County]] and [[Sullivan County, Pennsylvania|Sullivan County]].  It also covers [[Penn State University]] football and 17 local high school athletic programs.

The paper offers an almost exclusively conservative point of view, mainly through its original and syndicated editorials, as well as its selective use of articles from the [[Associated Press]]. The daily local news reporting is generally fair.((Citation needed|date=August 2020)) The ''Sun-Gazette'' often partners with the local community, through donation of advertising space in support of local civic, scholastic, and service organizations. In addition, the company offers editorial support to many Williamsport-area businesses and charities.((citation needed|date=January 2015))

''A Community Keystone; The Official History of The Williamsport Sun-Gazette'' was published in July 2018.  This special hardcover book contains over 500 photos and 448 pages of detailed newspaper and community history, divided into 37 chapters that cover the entire 217 years of newspaper publication in Williamsport since 1801. This book was featured on PCN's PA Books television show on November 11, 2018.((Citation needed|date=August 2020))

==Online==
In addition to the printed ''Sun-Gazette'', the newspaper has an online presence at SunGazette.com, which attracts over 165,000 unique visitors and averages over 1.9 million page views per month.

==References==
((reflist))
==External links==
((commons category|Williamsport Sun Building))
*[http://www.sungazette.com/ ''Williamsport Sun-Gazette'']
*[http://www.oweb.net/ Ogden Newspapers]

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