The Beacon Herald is a daily newspaper (Monday to Saturday) published in Stratford, Ontario

Stratford, Ontario

Stratford is a city on the Avon River in Perth County in southwestern Ontario, Canada with a population of 32,000.When the area was first settled by Europeans in 1832, the townsite and the river were named after Stratford-upon-Avon, England. It is the seat of Perth County. Stratford was...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. The paper serves the area of Perth County, Ontario

Perth County, Ontario

Perth County is a census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. The county seat is Stratford and is located in Southwestern Ontario, west of Toronto. It encompasses , 90% of which is classified as prime agricultural land...

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The paper was established in 1923 from the merger of two local papers, the Stratford Beacon Weekly (c.1855 and daily after 1887) and Stratford Weekly Herald (c.1863 and daily after 1887).

The paper is the survivor of several other papers in Stratford:

• Stratford Mirror 1920s to 1940s
• Stratford Times 1964 to 1976
• Stratford Weekly News 1979 to 1980

The paper was owned by the Dingman family until it was acquired by Sun Media

Sun Media

Sun Media Corporation is the owner of several widely read tabloid and broadsheet newspapers in Canada and the 49 percent owner of Sun News Network...

 (Quebecor Media) in 2000.

See also

Other local media outlets in Stratford include:

• CJCS - AM radio station
• CHGK-FM
  CHGK-FM
  CHGK-FM is a Canadian radio station in Stratford, Ontario with an adult contemporary format at 107.7 FM. The station uses an on air branding as FM 107.7.-History:...