{{Short description|Newspaper in the Mohawk Valley}} {{italic title}} {{For|other newspapers named the ''Daily Sentinel''|Sentinel (newspaper)}} {{use mdy dates|date=July 2021}} {{use American English|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Daily Sentinel | type = Daily newspaper | owners = Sentinel Media Company | headquarters = 111 Langley Rd<br /> Rome, NY 13441 | website = {{URL|romesentinel.com}} | sister_newspapers = Boonville Herald<br />Clinton Record | oclc = 14082459 | circulation = | founded = 1820s (as ''Rome Telegraph'' and ''Democratic Sentinel'')<br /> 1840s (as ''Rome Sentinel'') }} '''''The Daily Sentinel''''' is a newspaper serving the Utica-Rome metropolitan area in Central New York. It is based in Rome, New York and has an office in Utica, New York.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cleaver |first=Jolene|date=2022-05-19 |title=Ribbon cutting at Sentinel's new Utica office signals bright future |url=https://www.romesentinel.com/news/city/utica/ribbon-cutting-at-sentinel-s-new-utica-office-signals-bright-future/article_f5b92e1c-4ef0-523a-bd32-39879cb29b33.html |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=Rome Sentinel |language=en}}</ref>
==History== Earlier Rome papers in the 1820s sharing the same publisher included the ''Rome Telegraph'' and ''Democratic Sentinel''.<ref>{{cite web |website=Library of Congress |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn83031884/ |title=Democratic Sentinel (Rome, N.Y.) |access-date=July 25, 2021 |archive-date=July 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725090805/https://www.loc.gov/item/sn83031884/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The two began publishing as the ''Rome Sentinel'' (including ''Rome Weekly Sentinel'' and ''Rome Daily Sentinel'') in the 1840s.<ref>{{cite web|website=Library of Congress |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn83031885 |title=The Rome Sentinel |access-date=July 25, 2021 |archive-date=July 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725090759/https://www.loc.gov/item/sn83031885 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=Library of Congress |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn91066950 |title=Rome Sentinel (Rome, N.Y.) |access-date=July 25, 2021 |archive-date=July 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725093815/https://www.loc.gov/item/sn91066950 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=RoSenti.About>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.romesentinel.com/site/about.html |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=Rome Sentinel |language=en}}</ref> Since 1864, the ''Sentinel'' has been family-owned.<ref name=RoSenti.About /> Through marriage, the name of the owning family has changed from Kessinger to Barnard to Waters.<ref name=RoSentiFam.NYT41>{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1941/02/25/archives/albert-kessilq6er-publisher-is-dead-editor-and-owner-of-rome.html |title=ALBERT KESSINGER, PUBLISHER, IS DEAD; Editor and Owner of Rome Sentinel 40 Years -- Father With Paper 72 Years WAS ACTIVE IN POLITICS Mayor of City for 3 Terms Had Served as a Democratic Presidential Elector |date=February 25, 1941 |access-date=July 25, 2021 |archive-date=July 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725085301/https://www.nytimes.com/1941/02/25/archives/albert-kessilq6er-publisher-is-dead-editor-and-owner-of-rome.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1928/06/30/archives/a-c-kessinger-publisher-86-dies-owner-of-rome-sentinel-began-work.html |title=A. C. KESSINGER, PUBLISHER, 86, DIES; Owner of Rome Sentinel |date=June 30, 1928 |access-date=July 25, 2021 |archive-date=July 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725085303/https://www.nytimes.com/1928/06/30/archives/a-c-kessinger-publisher-86-dies-owner-of-rome-sentinel-began-work.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-07-13|title=Longtime Rome Sentinel publisher dies at 97 |url=https://www.uticaod.com/story/news/2018/07/13/longtime-rome-sentinel-publisher-dies/11530219007/ |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=Utica Observer Dispatch |language=en-US}}</ref>
Since as early as 1855,<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1855/01/27/archives/article-1-no-title.html |title=Article 1 |quote=which we copy from the Rome Sentinel |date=January 27, 1855 |access-date=July 25, 2021 |archive-date=July 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725090800/https://www.nytimes.com/1855/01/27/archives/article-1-no-title.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Sentinel'' articles,<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1865/07/23/archives/a-bogus-marriage-notice-fatal-result-of-a-hoax.html |title=A Bogus Marriage Notice; FATAL Hoax |date=July 23, 1865 |access-date=July 25, 2021 |archive-date=July 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725090803/https://www.nytimes.com/1865/07/23/archives/a-bogus-marriage-notice-fatal-result-of-a-hoax.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |page=6 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1904/08/12/archives/deep-dignified-and-effective.html |title=Deep, Dignified and Effective: From The Rome Sentinel |date=August 12, 1904 |access-date=July 25, 2021 |archive-date=July 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725090801/https://www.nytimes.com/1904/08/12/archives/deep-dignified-and-effective.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-11-24 |title=Pending sale of Nirvana could keep Forestport plant operational |url=https://www.nny360.com/news/pending-sale-of-nirvana-could-keep-forestport-plant-operational/article_e78801d2-bebb-5db7-b12d-216fce8210c6.html |access-date=2023-11-26 |language=en |newspaper=Watertown Daily Times |archive-date=August 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828215552/https://www.nny360.com/news/pending-sale-of-nirvana-could-keep-forestport-plant-operational/article_e78801d2-bebb-5db7-b12d-216fce8210c6.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |newspaper=Times Union (Albany) |url=https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/Regulators-decision-on-rail-line-s-control-12905197.php |title=Regulators' decision on rail line's control awaits DEC application |date=May 10, 2018 |access-date=July 25, 2021 |archive-date=July 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725185053/https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/Regulators-decision-on-rail-line-s-control-12905197.php |url-status=live }}</ref> editorials,<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=Times Union (Albany) |url=https://www.timesunion.com/tuplus-opinion/article/Drive-to-cut-alcohol-fueled-crashes-6509606.php |title=Drive to cut alcohol-fueled crashes |date=September 16, 2015 |access-date=July 25, 2021 |archive-date=July 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725184514/https://www.timesunion.com/tuplus-opinion/article/Drive-to-cut-alcohol-fueled-crashes-6509606.php |url-status=live }}</ref> and photos have been reprinted or used as sources by other papers such as ''The New York Times'', as well as the Associated Press.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Associated Press (APnews) |url=https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/09/amid-urban-debris-the-snowy-owl-is-a-wintertime-ghost |title=Amid Urban Debris, the Snowy Owl Is a Wintertime Ghost |author1=Dave Taft |author2=John Clifford |date=January 9, 2015 |quote=Rome Daily Sentinel, via Associated Press |access-date=July 25, 2021 |archive-date=July 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725085258/https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/09/amid-urban-debris-the-snowy-owl-is-a-wintertime-ghost |url-status=live }}</ref> The ''Sentinel'' covered the activities at nearby Griffiss Air Force Base, including the presence of nuclear weapons there, until the closure of Griffiss in 1994.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/27/nyregion/nuclear-deterrence-as-a-neighbor.html |title=Nuclear Deterrence as a neighbor |date=December 27, 1982 |access-date=July 25, 2021 |archive-date=July 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725085305/https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/27/nyregion/nuclear-deterrence-as-a-neighbor.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
The Sentinel company founded a radio station, WRUN, which signed on April 24, 1948.<ref name="by1981">{{cite book|title=Broadcasting Yearbook 1981|year=1981|page=C-164|url=http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1981/Cb%20Facilities%20of%20Radio%201981%20N-Z.pdf|access-date=February 28, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101008193016/http://davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1981/Cb%20Facilities%20of%20Radio%201981%20N-Z.pdf|archive-date=October 8, 2010|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> WRUN stood for "Rome-Utica News".<ref name=RoSentiWRUN.NYT>{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/12/sports/sports-world-specials-baseball-what-s-in-a-name.html |title=Sports World Specials: BASEBALL; What's in a name? |date=June 12, 1989 |access-date=July 25, 2021 |archive-date=July 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725090256/https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/12/sports/sports-world-specials-baseball-what-s-in-a-name.html |url-status=live}}</ref> At the time it applied for permits, the signal from Utica-based competitor WIBX was too weak to reach Rome at night; WIBX upgraded their transmitter soon after.<ref name="rs-origapp">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnyradio.com/potw/WRUN-Apps.pdf|title=Sentinel Company Files Applications For 2 Radio Stations|date=April 25, 1946|work=Rome Sentinel|access-date=February 28, 2010}}</ref> Dick Clark was an announcer at WRUN before becoming a television news anchor at WKTV in 1951.<ref>{{cite book | last=Clark | first=Dick | last2=Robinson | first2=Richard | title=Rock, Roll & Remember | date=1978 | isbn=978-0-445-04178-3 | publisher=Crowell | location=New York}}</ref> The Sentinel company sold WRUN in 1970.<ref name="by1971">{{cite book|title=Broadcasting Yearbook 1971|year=1971|page=B-145|url=http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1971/B%202%20Radio%20YB%201971.pdf|access-date=February 28, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101008150638/http://davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1971/B%202%20Radio%20YB%201971.pdf|archive-date=October 8, 2010|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Later, a local FM repeater of WAMC would use the call letters WRUN, and the AM station would rebrand as WUTI, which would become defunct in 2013.<ref name=RoSentiWRUN.NYT/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Former WRUN radio station to be purchased by Fly Creek firm |url=https://www.uticaod.com/story/business/2010/09/21/former-wrun-radio-station-to/44770305007/ |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=Utica Observer-Dispatch |language=en-US |date=2010-09-21 |archive-date=November 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231126015031/https://www.uticaod.com/story/business/2010/09/21/former-wrun-radio-station-to/44770305007/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.radio.net/s/wrun |title=WRUN: Northeast Public Radio 90.3 FM |access-date=July 25, 2021 |archive-date=July 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725085302/https://www.radio.net/s/wrun |url-status=live }}</ref>
The Sentinel company published the "Clinton Record" from 2018 to 20202, covering the village of Clinton.<ref name="n402">{{cite web | author=Thomas M. BakerStaff writeremail | title=Historically speaking! | website=Rome Sentinel | date=2024-08-15 | url=https://www.romesentinel.com/village-of-clinton-historically-speaking/article_6176165d-1d8f-5ada-a2a6-ab10df98cc30.html | access-date=2024-09-01}}</ref><ref name="n401">{{cite web | title=DAILY SENTINEL: Celebrating 160 years | website=Rome Sentinel | date=2024-08-15 | url=https://www.romesentinel.com/townnews/journalism/daily-sentinel-celebrating-160-years/article_fa0a511e-273c-11ef-9284-dffc728edee8.html | access-date=2024-09-01}}</ref>
In early 2022, the paper rebranded as the ''Daily Sentinel''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-12 |title=Historic rebrand for Rome Sentinel |url=https://www.wktv.com/historic-rebrand-for-rome-sentinel/video_915286f4-73fd-11ec-9f2c-8775bf723a61.html |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=WKTV NewsChannel2 |language=en}}</ref> Other changes at the same time included switching from carrier delivery to delivery via the U.S. Postal Service, expansion of local news coverage to all of Oneida, Herkimer and Madison counties, and a $1 increase in rates. At that time, publisher Bradley Waters mentioned that the paper had not turned a profit for four years, and expressed hopes that the changes would allow the ''Sentinel'' to remain family-owned.<ref name=rs202201>{{Cite web |last=Cleaver |first=Jolene |date=2022-01-11 |title=Changes needed to save future of local news |url=https://www.romesentinel.com/news/county/changes-needed-to-save-future-of-local-news/article_ebe338d1-aedc-5f13-9fbe-434ae870034b.html |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=Rome Sentinel |language=en}}</ref> Over the following year, the boards of the Utica City School District and the town of New Hartford voted to switch from the Utica-based ''Observer-Dispatch'' to the ''Sentinel'' as their official newspaper.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Caputo |first=Thomas Caputo |date=2022-07-07 |title=New members sworn in to Utica board of ed; Daily Sentinel chosen as district's official newspaper |url=https://www.romesentinel.com/news/city/utica/new-members-sworn-in-to-utica-board-of-ed-daily-sentinel-chosen-as-district-s/article_778ad428-fe00-5421-a196-cf00c238c1fa.html |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=Rome Sentinel |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Manore |first=Alexis |date=2023-01-07 |title=New Hartford Town Board makes Daily Sentinel its official newspaper |url=https://www.romesentinel.com/news/county/oneida/new-hartford-town-board-makes-daily-sentinel-its-official-newspaper/article_29471071-f249-5b10-916b-833c54a980ea.html |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=Rome Sentinel |language=en}}</ref> In its organizing meeting for its 2024 term, the Utica Common Council voted to switch the city's official newspaper to the ''Sentinel''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Caputo |first=Thomas |date=2024-01-03 |title=Daily Sentinel designated as Utica's official newspaper |url=https://www.romesentinel.com/news/daily-sentinel-designated-as-utica-s-official-newspaper/article_f363ecee-a9ab-11ee-bcbd-ab08e4c5f8ba.html |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=Rome Sentinel |language=en}}</ref>
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