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|quote=...running another King Ranch enterprise, the ''Corpus Christi Caller'', bringing back the coastal promotion and civic boosterism that had characterized the newspaper in its early years.}}</ref> Later, there was a newspaper called the ''Times''. Both were located on North Chaparral in 1920. In the late 1920s, the two were combined to become the ''Caller-Times''. The present building was erected in 1935 at 820 North Lower Broadway and has subsequently been remodeled and enlarged several times. The most recent addition was completed in 1994 when a new [[Goss Metroliner]] [[offset press]] was installed in a $10 million expansion.
|quote=...running another King Ranch enterprise, the ''Corpus Christi Caller'', bringing back the coastal promotion and civic boosterism that had characterized the newspaper in its early years.}}</ref> Later, there was a newspaper called the ''Times''. Both were located on North Chaparral in 1920. In the late 1920s, the two were combined to become the ''Caller-Times''. The present building was erected in 1935 at 820 North Lower Broadway and has subsequently been remodeled and enlarged several times. The most recent addition was completed in 1994 when a new [[Goss Metroliner]] [[offset press]] was installed in a $10 million expansion.


Another milestone was reached in August 1995 – the Internet edition of ''Caller-Times'' was launched. The site was re-designed and renamed caller.com in 1998.
Another milestone was reached in August 1995 – the Internet edition of ''Caller-Times'' was launched. The site was re-designed and renamed caller.com in 1998.


Caller.com was redesigned and relaunched with a new platform in November 2001. The site remained mostly the same until May 2007 when it launched a new design and layout.
Caller.com was redesigned and relaunched with a new platform in November 2001. The site remained mostly the same until May 2007 when it launched a new design and layout.
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The ''Caller-Times'' was the first source to report on U.S. Vice President [[Dick Cheney]]'s [[Dick Cheney hunting incident|hunting accident]]. The accident took place in the early evening of Saturday, February 11, 2006. [[Katharine Armstrong]], the owner of the ranch on which the accident took place, waited until the next morning to inform the ''Caller-Times''.<ref>{{cite news
The ''Caller-Times'' was the first source to report on U.S. Vice President [[Dick Cheney]]'s [[Dick Cheney hunting incident|hunting accident]]. The accident took place in the early evening of Saturday, February 11, 2006. [[Katharine Armstrong]], the owner of the ranch on which the accident took place, waited until the next morning to inform the ''Caller-Times''.<ref>{{cite news
|newspaper=TIME |date=February 13, 2006
|newspaper=TIME |date=February 13, 2006
|title=Slow Leak: How Cheney Stalled News Reports of Hunting Accident
|title=Slow Leak: How Cheney Stalled News Reports of Hunting Accident <!-- |author-link=Mike Allen --> |first=Mike |last=Allen |access-date=2013-08-26
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|url=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1159347,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060221075936/http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0%2C8599%2C1159347%2C00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 21, 2006}}</ref>
|url=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1159347,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060221075936/http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0%2C8599%2C1159347%2C00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 21, 2006}}</ref>


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Corpus Christi Caller-Times
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Gannett
EditorMary Ann Cavazos Beckett
Founded1883
Headquarters820 N. Lower Broadway
Corpus Christi, TX 78401
United States
Circulation
  • 18,141 daily
  • 32,239 Sunday
    (March 2017)
ISSN0894-5365
Websitecaller.com

The Corpus Christi Caller-Times is the newspaper of record for Corpus Christi, Texas.

History

There has been a newspaper in Corpus Christi for almost as long as there has been a town. In 1883, the Caller was started in a frame building at 310 North Chaparral, now the site of Green's Jewelers. Roy Miller was editor of the Caller 1907–1911, when it was an enterprise of the King Ranch; he sold his interest in it in 1929.[1][2] Later, there was a newspaper called the Times. Both were located on North Chaparral in 1920. In the late 1920s, the two were combined to become the Caller-Times. The present building was erected in 1935 at 820 North Lower Broadway and has subsequently been remodeled and enlarged several times. The most recent addition was completed in 1994 when a new Goss Metroliner offset press was installed in a $10 million expansion.

Another milestone was reached in August 1995 – the Internet edition of Caller-Times was launched. The site was re-designed and renamed caller.com in 1998.

Caller.com was redesigned and relaunched with a new platform in November 2001. The site remained mostly the same until May 2007 when it launched a new design and layout.

On October 15, 1997, the paper itself, long owned by Harte-Hanks Communications, was taken over by the Scripps Howard group.

In the early days, the paper cost just a few cents and until well after World War II, was delivered on bicycles. In 1939 the Caller-Times employed 100 people. Currently, there are nearly 100 full and part-time employees working at the Caller-Times.

Awards

The Caller-Times and Caller.com have consistently been recognized for quality. In 2001, Caller-Times was named Best Daily Newspaper by the Press Club of Dallas in a 5-state competition area. Staff also won 9 other "Katies." The Caller-Times has been chosen best newspaper in the 100,000 and under circulation category nine of the 13 years the category has been judged and was runner-up three of the other four years.

The newspaper in the news

The Caller-Times was the first source to report on U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's hunting accident. The accident took place in the early evening of Saturday, February 11, 2006. Katharine Armstrong, the owner of the ranch on which the accident took place, waited until the next morning to inform the Caller-Times.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Roy Miller Realized Dream in Port of Corpus Christi". The Victoria Advocate. August 7, 1955. pp. 5A, 6A. Retrieved August 26, 2013.
  2. ^ O'Rear, Mary Jo Holoubek (February 10, 2009). "8 Targets and Trials". Storm Over the Bay: The People of Corpus Christi and Their Port (1st ed.). College Station: Texas A&M University Press. p. 67. ISBN 9781603440882. LCCN 2008042786. Retrieved August 26, 2013. ...running another King Ranch enterprise, the Corpus Christi Caller, bringing back the coastal promotion and civic boosterism that had characterized the newspaper in its early years.
  3. ^ Allen, Mike (February 13, 2006). "Slow Leak: How Cheney Stalled News Reports of Hunting Accident". TIME. Archived from the original on February 21, 2006. Retrieved August 26, 2013.