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Doug and Jean Sutton are KHTS AM-1220’s January Unsung Hero for their contributions to their community.
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The Sutton’s run the Santa Clarita Gazette, a local publication that started out in 1998 as a free classifieds, and has grown to so much more.
“We met in fourth grade,” Doug said, referring to his wife of 30 years, “she didn’t like me.”
They went through school together and reconnected at their ten year high school reunion in 1983 and then married in 1984.
The Sutton’s have three boys, one in the army, one is a newscaster in Indiana and another is a recent college graduate.
Doug is a member of several boards including the food pantry board, the rotary club, the Michael Hoefflin Foundation, and serves on the board of the Chamber of Commerce.
Doug’s Dad encouraged him from a young age to stay connected with his community and nonprofits.
“We donate as much ad space as we can to nonprofits that need to get the word out about an upcoming event,” Doug said, “and we’ve done that from the start.”
Do you have a news tip? Call us at (661) 298-1220, or drop us a line at [email protected].An average ad space in one of their publications can run about $150, and these nonprofits are running free ads multiple times a week, but the Sutton’s say they are happy to do it.
The Santa Clarita Gazette started out as “free classifieds,” but with Craigslist’s popularity making free classifieds a thing of the past they reinvented themselves and in 2012 and added news.
“We wanted an alternative to the daily paper,” Doug said.
In 2003, the Sutton’s created the Canyon Country Magazine.
“It’s a local source that is made up of 90 percent editorial content,” said Jean, “The non-advertorial setup is really unique.”
The magazine is made up of local news, the Sutton’s go out and find interesting people, and interesting businesses to write about.
“We try to keep the integrity of the editorial, non advertorial content,” Jean said.
The Sutton’s also pride themselves in their church outreach with Heart of the Canyon church.
To check out the Santa Clarita Gazette visit their website here.
To check out Canyon Country Magazine visit their website here.
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