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==Media== ===Film and television=== Due to a social media post, students from the [[Rotary International|rotary club]] of Sequim High School were able to procure a film screening of [[The Boys in the Boat (film)|The Boys in the Boat]], a movie centered around [[Joe Rantz]] and his gold-medal [[Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Summer Olympics]] rowing team. The 2023 motion picture, directed by [[George Clooney]], was planned to be shown at a school auditorium as the city lacks a formal movie theater.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Haun |first1=Riley |title=New 'Boys in the Boat' film gets a hometown welcome |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/movies/new-boys-in-the-boat-film-gets-a-hometown-welcome/ |access-date=June 10, 2023 |work=The Seattle Times |date=March 4, 2023}}</ref> A number of students from the school district were in invited attendance at the premiere in December 2023, held at the [[SIFF Cinema Downtown]] in Seattle.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Simms |first1=Ryan |title=George Clooney-directed film about historic UW rowing team makes US debut in Seattle |url=https://komonews.com/news/local/the-boys-in-the-boat-seattle-george-clooney-director-premiere-siff-cinema-downtown-uw-rowing-team-row-crew-university-washington-1936-olympics-germany-jewish-german-adolph-hitler-oppression-boycott-race# |access-date=December 12, 2023 |publisher=KOMO 4 News |date=December 8, 2023}}</ref> ===Newspapers=== [[File:Sequim Gazette Building in Sequim, WA (2022).jpg|thumb|right|The former offices of the ''[[Sequim Gazette]]'']] A local newspaper, the ''[[Sequim Gazette]]'', is owned by [[Sound Publishing]] and publishes weekly print editions on Wednesdays that are delivered to subscribers.<ref>{{cite web |date=March 2019 |title=Washington State's Largest Community News Organization |page=40 |url=https://www.soundpublishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Sound_Media_Kit_P_031419.pdf |publisher=[[Sound Publishing]] |accessdate=April 30, 2025}}</ref> Its sister newspaper ''[[Peninsula Daily News]]'', based in Port Angeles, also covers the area and has daily print editions.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ollikainen |first=Rob |date=November 1, 2011 |title=Peninsula Daily News sold to Canadian group |url=https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/peninsula-daily-news-sold-to-canadian-group/ |work=Peninsula Daily News |accessdate=April 30, 2025}}</ref> The city's earliest newspaper, the ''Sequim Press'', was founded in 1911 and ceased publication in 1985. The ''Gazette'' was originally known as the ''Sequim Shopper'' when it began publication in January 1974 and was renamed later that year to the ''Jimmy Come Lately Gazette''. The newspaper was renamed to the ''Sequim Gazette'' on April 4, 1990, and was owned by Olympic View Publishing until it was sold to Sound Publishing in 2011.<ref name="Editions">{{cite book |last1=Bagwell |first1=Steve |last2=Stapilus |first2=Randy |year=2013 |title=New Editions: The Northwest's newspapers as they were, are, and will be |pages=267β268 |publisher=Ridenbaugh Press |location=Carlton, Oregon |isbn=978-0-945648-10-9 |oclc=861618089}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=July 29, 2014 |title=Gazette turns 40: Sequim newspapers started with Sequim Press in 1911 |url=https://www.sequimgazette.com/news/gazette-turns-40-sequim-newspapers-started-with-sequim-press-in-1911/ |work=Sequim Gazette |accessdate=April 30, 2025}}</ref> ===Radio=== Sequim is served by local radio stations based in the city and nearby Port Angeles, as well as broadcasts from [[Victoria, British Columbia]]. Non-commercial station [[KSQM]] debuted in 2009 and broadcasts [[community radio|community programming]] as well as music.<ref>{{cite news |last=Nash |first=Matthew |date=March 19, 2014 |title=KSQM celebrates first anniversary |url=https://www.sequimgazette.com/news/ksqm-celebrates-first-anniversary/ |work=Sequim Gazette |accessdate=April 30, 2025}}</ref> A commercial classic rock station, [[KZEG (FM)|KZEG]], went on the air in 2018 and was originally named KZQM.<ref>{{cite news |date=November 13, 2024 |title=Sequim radio station gets new call letters |url=https://www.sequimgazette.com/business/business-news-nov-13-2024/ |work=Sequim Gazette |accessdate=April 30, 2025}}</ref>
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