''The Telegraph'', for most of its existence known as the ''Nashua Telegraph'', is a daily
newspaper
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Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, spor ...
in
Nashua,
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...
. It was founded as the ''Nashua Daily Telegraph'' in 1869, although a weekly version dates back to 1832. Through the 2000s it was the second-largest newspaper in the state in terms of daily print circulation, behind the ''
New Hampshire Union Leader'' of
Manchester
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.
In 2020 ''The Telegraph'' reduced its print run to Saturday only, when it produces a weekend edition under the ''Sunday Telegraph'' banner. In the announcement, the paper said it will continue to report news for its website every day.
After being family-owned for a century, ''The Telegraph'' was bought in the 1980s by Independent Publications of
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, which owned several smaller daily and weekly newspapers around the United States as well as some other businesses. In 2005, the paper's owner bought the Cabinet Press, publisher of weekly newspapers based in nearby
Milford, New Hampshire. In April 2013, it was bought by
Ogden Newspapers
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of
Wheeling, West Virginia.
1980 presidential primary debate
On February 23, 1980, the ''Telegraph'' received national attention during the
New Hampshire presidential primary
The New Hampshire presidential primary is the first in a series of nationwide party primary elections and the second party contest (the first being the Iowa caucuses) held in the United States every four years as part of the process of choosi ...
, when it hosted a
Republican debate paid for by the campaign of former
California
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Governor
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan ( ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, actor, and union leader who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 ...
. During a discussion over which candidates should be allowed to participate, ''Telegraph'' editor Jon Breen (1935–2017), acting as
moderator, ordered sound man Bob Molloy to shut off Reagan's microphone, which was met with shouts of protest from the audience; Molloy refused to comply. Mispronouncing his name, Reagan rebuked Breen saying, "I am paying for this microphone, Mr. Green!"
'sic'' which was cheered by the audience and applauded by most of his fellow opponents.
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The phrase entered the political lexicon and the publicity helped to boost Reagan's successful run for the presidency.
Reagan later recounted the incident as a "brief and seemingly small event, one lasting only a few seconds", that he said he thought, "helped take me to the White House". He continues:
Arriving at the debate, Reagan found two seats prepared, one each for himself and for Bush on either side of Breen. The other candidates were confused, as was the audience.
See also
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List of newspapers in New Hampshire
References
External links
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Newspapers published in New Hampshire
Nashua, New Hampshire
Hudson, New Hampshire
Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
Publications established in 1832
1832 establishments in New Hampshire