| Show PRESS UTAH ASSOCIATION Stahle moved it from Hurricane to St George addedCedar City office and extensive circulation in Washington Iron Garfield Beaver and Kane counties covering 10 000 homes Marilyn Brown whose husband Ben was Errol and Myrlanbrother was the sole staff member News and advertising which she collected were shipped overnight to Bountiful for typesetting and printing The completed paper was then returned to St George and mailed third class Soon typesetting equipment was purchased and Marilyn began sending cameraready pages to Bountiful The papername was changed in 1973 to the Spectrum which its publisher felt most fittingly represented the newspaper and the area In its first 18 months three general managers Bill Cooper David Burell and Andy Brown had been at the helm In July 1973 John Rogers assumed the position the paper gained stability and began to grow Its local competition at that time included weeklies in St George and Cedar City the two Salt Lake City dailies and two Las Vegas dailies Stahle believed if he was given three years without his competitors going toTMC total market coverage program the Spectrum could become the newspaper of southern Utah Gaylen Jackson succeeded Rogers as general manager in 1975 and was followed by Larry Stahle brother of the publisher In 1976 Rogers returned briefly to assist in implementing the daily conversion leaving after that had taken place Stahle recalls he hadngiven much thought to going daily until Gary Nieleman of United Press International told him rumor had it the Review-Journal of Las Vegas was going to bringdaily to St George He reasoned if that seemed likegood idea to the Review-Journal it wasgood idea for the Spectrum and so the daily was born In preparation four-unit Goss Community press was moved from Bountiful to St George The staff had grown to 10 when management again reverted to John Rogers in 1977 With the 5-day daily published on Sunday and from Tuesday through Friday came two editions one for St George 168 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
