Times-Shamrock Communications

Times-Shamrock Communications is an American media company based in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The company, owned by the Lynett and Haggerty families of Scranton, lists among its assets nine radio stations.

Assets

Radio stations

WZBA, Baltimore, Maryland
WEJL Scranton, Pennsylvania
WEZX/WPZX/WFUZ/WLGD Scranton, Pennsylvania
WQFM/WQFN Scranton, Pennsylvania
WLDB, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
WLUM, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
WZTI, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The Milwaukee radio stations are operated by Milwaukee Radio Alliance, a partnership between Shamrock Communications, Times-Shamrock's broadcasting affiliate, and Willie Davis's All-Pro Broadcasting, Inc. Davis died on April 15, 2020, leaving his estate as the partner in the MRA.
In January 2008, Times-Shamrock Communications launched the570.com, a regional entertainment portal covering the 570 area code.

Former properties

In August 2013, Times-Shamrock announced it would divest several of its properties in order to focus the company on northeastern Pennsylvania. The divested properties:Baltimore City Paper Cleveland Scene Detroit Metro Times Orlando Weekly San Antonio Current Virgin Islands Daily News The Progress-Index
In October 2015, Times-Shamrock announced another major divestment of several newspaper properties. The divested properties were all part of the Towanda Printing Company business segment. Sample News Group, of Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, acquired the properties. Also included in the sale was the Towanda Printing Company printing facility. The divested properties include:The Daily Review The News-Item Bradford-Sullivan Pennysaver The Citizen-Standard The Farmer's Friend The Northeast Driller The Owego Pennysaver Susquehanna County Independent The Troy Pennysaver The Weekender
In July 2017, it was announced that Times-Shamrock was selling its radio stations in the Reno, Nevada, market to Entravision. KRZQ was not included in the sale, as it was sold separately to John Burkavage's Bighorn Media.
The affected stations were:

KRZQ, Reno, Nevada
KZTI, Reno, Nevada
KWNZ, Lovelock, Nevada
KNEZ, Fernley, Nevada

In August 2023, Times-Shamrock announced it had sold its remaining four daily newspapers, including its flagship title, The Times-Tribune, to Colorado-based MediaNews Group, owned by Alden Global Capital. The sale includes weekly and periodic newspapers and commercial printing operations—Absolute Distribution Inc. and Times-Shamrock Creative Services.
The daily newspapers sold included:The Times-Tribune, Scranton, PennsylvaniaThe Citizens' Voice, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

The Standard-Speaker, Hazleton, Pennsylvania
The Republican & Herald, Pottsville, Pennsylvania

The weekly newspapers sold included:The Abington SuburbanThe Triboro BannerThe Valley AdvantageThe Pocono TimesWyoming County Press Examiner, Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania

''Ithaca & Tri-Village Pennysaver''