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The Free Lance–Star is the principal daily newspaper distributed throughout Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States, with a circulation area including the city of Fredericksburg and all or parts of the counties of Spotsylvania, Stafford, King George, Caroline, Culpeper, Fauquier, Louisa, Orange, Prince William and Westmoreland.
Fredericksburg's daily newspaper is The Free Lance–Star. The Free Lance was first published in 1885, and competed with two twice-weekly papers in the city during the late 19th century, the Fredericksburg News and The Virginia Star. While the News folded in 1884, the Star moved to daily publication in 1893. In 1900, the two companies merged ...
He was the staff editorial cartoonist for The Free Lance-Star from 1998 to 2012. From 2000 to 2012 his work was syndicated to over 400 publications by Creators Syndicate. [1] [2] Today Jones is self-syndicating his work nationally to over 50 newspapers and news websites from his website, claytoonz.com, where he also occasionally writes a blog ...
WFLS was founded, and initially owned and operated by, The Free Lance–Star newspaper. WFLS began broadcasting as an AM station (on 1350 AM), on July 15, 1960. [5] Adopting a middle-of-the-road format, WFLS-FM launched on June 12, 1962. The station switched to an all-country format in 1975. It started broadcasting in HD Radio in May 2006. [6]
In 1994, the station was purchased by The Free Lance–Star, a daily newspaper in Fredericksburg. On July 16, 1996, WYSK modified its call letters to WYSK-FM, switching to an adult contemporary format. On March 4, 2002, WYSK-FM flipped to alternative rock, branded as "99.3 WYSK – The Rock Alternative".
As early as April and May 1974, the station began advertising in The Free Lance-Star that stock in Television Fredericksburg, Inc. was available to local residents. [8] One of two non-news productions, the daily Children's World , was canceled and replaced by the then-relatively unknown The Phil Donahue Show at the end of the 1973-74 season.
The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star declared his victory "the upset of the century." In the general election, however, Rawlings lost to Republican nominee William L. Scott, who received the support of most of Smith's primary voters, by a vote of 50,782 to 37,929, a nearly 15% margin. [5]