the "flint journal" was founded in 1876 during flint's booming lumber years by charles fellows and washington irving beardsley as a weekly newspaper the "journal"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s main competitors at the time were the "wolverine citizen", "the genesee democrat" and "the flint globe". the paper was sold in rapid succession to doctor carman, who sold ownership in december 1882 to george mcconnolly and others until the "journal" was purchased by the "flint globe's"<nowiki> </nowiki> owner, howard h. fitzgerald , and merged as the "weekly globe and daily journal". the booth publishing company, owned by ralph h. booth of detroit, along with his brothers george and edmund , purchased ownership of the "weekly globe and daily journal" in 1911. in 1919, the journal had a paid circulation of 25,947, giving it the 4th largest paid circulation of any evening newspaper in the state. by the early 1920s, the journal had not only consolidated with the "globe" but also the "flint daily news". in july 1922, the journal entered the field of radio broadcasting, becoming partners with local broadcaster frank d. fallain to put flint's first station, weaa, on the air. the newspaper was known as the "flint daily journal" until 1935, when its name was shortened to the "flint journal".