| Show SUBURBAN SALT LAKE PAPERS STRUGGLED brought about the division of Utah State Press Association wound which required several years to heal The last substantial attempt to create another paper in Ogden came in 1926 when William Epperson of Kaysville launched the Ogden Post weekly it had the full title Ogden Post and Theatre-Grams It became the property of his son Clyde and son-in-law Charles Saxton after his death in 1930 They sold it early in 1934 to Davis Wyoming newsman but competing with the established StandardExaminer indepression-era economy proved too formidable for the Post which quietly expired Ogden however has another newspaper though itnot of general circulation that has been quite successful Itthe Weber State Signpost tri-weekly publication on the campus of the university located within the cityboundaries Estab lished in 1939 the Signpost is its masthead announces student publication written edited and drafted by WSU students It ismember of Utah Press Association and its publisher Larry Stahle served as the 1992 president and was honored with the Master Editor and Publisher Award in 1995 grandson of Hall of Fame newsman John Stahle he was the owner of the Ephraim Enterprise and the Manti Messenger from 1960 until 1972 The most recent newspaper venture in Salt Lake and Davis counties was begun in 1981 by another grandson of the UPA founding member from Bountiful Gail Stahle At the time it was initiated he was publisher of the daily Color Country Spectrum based in St George TMC total market coverage product the Spectrum Newspaper wasfree circulation publication mailed to approx imately 265 000 households in the two counties It began with marginal success but after 18 months operation its publisher had posted losses of 5 million Ultimately the instability of the metropolitan area paper caused shock-wave financial distress for its down-state namesake and in 1982 Stahle was forced to discontinue the suburban venture and begin the process which led to the 1984 sale of the southern Utah daily somewhat unique paper which has been on the Utah 131 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
