ɪt wʌz fˈaʊndᵻd ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti tˈuː baɪ ðə hjˈuːs pˈʌblɪʃɪŋ kˈʌmpəni, pˈʌblɪʃɚɹ ʌvðə nˈɔːɹfək dˈeɪli nˈuːz, ænd sˈɪns nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti sˈɪks tʊ ɐ sʌbsˈɪdjɚɹi, dˈʌbəljˌuːdʒˈæɡ, ˈɪŋk.
It was founded in 1922 by the Huse Publishing Company, publisher of the Norfolk Daily News, and since 1956 to a subsidiary, WJAG, Inc.