Question: Between what years was W. Davis Merritt Jr. the editor of the newspaper published in Wichita, Kansas and owned by The McClatchy Company?

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The Sun News: The Sun News is a daily newspaper published in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, in the United States.  It serves the Grand Strand region of South Carolina with a daily circulation of 50,000 and a Sunday circulation of 60,000.  It is owned by The McClatchy Company.

The Modesto Bee: The Modesto Bee is a California newspaper, founded in 1884 as the "Daily Evening News" and published continuously as a daily under a variety of names.  Prior to its purchase by Charles K. McClatchy and McClatchy Newspapers in 1924, it merged in the same year with the "Modesto News-Herald", adopting that name as part of a consolidation.  In 1933 it changed its name to the "Modesto Bee and News-Herald", and in 1975 abbreviated the name on its masthead to the "Modesto Bee".  Its current owner is the descendant firm, McClatchy Company, an American newspaper corporation.

The Wichita Eagle: The Wichita Eagle is a daily newspaper published in Wichita, Kansas, United States.  It is owned by The McClatchy Company and is the largest newspaper in Wichita and the surrounding area.

Charles Kenny McClatchy: Charles Kenny McClatchy, better known as C.K. McClatchy (November 1, 1858 – April 27, 1936), was the crusading editor of "The Sacramento Bee" and a founder of McClatchy Newspapers, the family-owned company that was forerunner to The McClatchy Company.

W. Davis Merritt: W. Davis "Buzz" Merritt Jr. was editor of "The Wichita Eagle" from 1975 through 1998.  He is considered one of the fathers of public journalism, a reform movement that urged journalists to do their jobs in ways that could help citizens engage in public life rather than discouraging them.  A major component of public journalism is to train journalists to view events from the citizen's perspective rather than that of the participants in the news.  Merritt is the author of three books on journalism, "Public Journalism and Public Life," "The Two W's of Journalism" (with Maxwell McCombs), and his latest, "", a critique of corporate ownership of newspapers that reserves its most pointed criticism for Knight Ridder, the company that owned "The Wichita Eagle" and his employer for 43 years.

Carlos K. McClatchy: Carlos K. McClatchy (March 25, 1927 – April 16, 1989) was called C.K. McClatchy, as had been his grandfather, Charles Kenny McClatchy.  This second C.K. was a son of Carlos McClatchy, first editor of "The Fresno Bee".  He became president of McClatchy Newspapers upon the death of his aunt, Eleanor McClatchy in 1979.  Over the next decade, until his own death, he guided the family-owned media company on a course that led toward The McClatchy Company, a major, nationwide newspaper chain.

Valentine S. McClatchy: Valentine Stuart McClatchy (August 29, 1857 – May 15, 1938) was an American newspaper owner and journalist.  Serving as publisher of "The Sacramento Bee" (now The McClatchy Company) from their father's death in 1883, McClatchy co-owned the paper with his brother Charles K. McClatchy until 1923.  After leaving the newspaper business, he became a leading figure in the anti-Japanese movement in California, forming key exclusionary groups to lobby for alien land laws and race-based limits on immigration and naturalization.

The State (newspaper): The State is an American daily newspaper published in Columbia, South Carolina.  The newspaper is owned and distributed by The McClatchy Company in the Midlands region of the state.  "The State" is the second largest newspaper in South Carolina.

The Bellingham Herald: The Bellingham Herald is a daily newspaper published in Bellingham, Washington, in the United States.  It is currently owned by The McClatchy Company.

Cowles Media Company: Cowles Media Company (1935–1998) was a newspaper, magazine and information publishing company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the United States.  The company operated Cowles Business Media, Cowles Creative Publishing and Cowles Enthusiast Media units.  The McClatchy Company purchased Cowles Media in 1998.  McClatchy kept the "Star Tribune" newspaper, which by then was the primary asset in the $1.4 billion deal, and sold the other business units to Primedia and to a management team.

Supporting paragraphs: W. Davis Merritt The Wichita Eagle
Answer: 1975 through 1998