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

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.[1] The divested properties:

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.[4] The divested properties include:

  • The Daily Review (Towanda, Pennsylvania)
  • The News-Item (Shamokin, Pennsylvania)
  • Bradford-Sullivan Pennysaver (Towanda, Pennsylvania)
  • The Citizen-Standard (Valley View, Pennsylvania)
  • The Farmer's Friend (Towanda, Pennsylvania)
  • The Northeast Driller (Sayre, Pennsylvania)
  • The Owego Pennysaver (Owego, New York)
  • Susquehanna County Independent (Montrose, Pennsylvania)
  • The Troy Pennysaver (Troy, Pennsylvania)
  • The Weekender (Montrose, Pennsylvania)

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.[5]

The affected stations were:

  • KRZQ, Reno, Nevada (city of license: Fallon, Nevada)
  • KZTI, Reno, Nevada (city of license: Fallon Station, 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.[6]

The daily newspapers sold included:

The weekly newspapers sold included:

  • The Abington Suburban
  • The Triboro Banner
  • The Valley Advantage
  • The Pocono Times
  • Wyoming County Press Examiner, Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania
  • Ithaca & Tri-Village Pennysaver

In August 2025, Milwaukee Radio Alliance (a partnership between Times-Shamrock and All-Pro Broadcasting) announced that sell WLUM-FM and WLDB to Educational Media Foundation for $4 million.[7][8] Weeks later in September, it was announced that Civic Media would acquire WZTI and its FM translators from Milwaukee Radio Alliance for $465,000.[9]

The affected stations were:

  • WLDB, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • WLUM, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • WZTI, Greenfield, Wisconsin

References

  1. ^ "Times-Shamrock to sell some newspapers, sharpen focus on Northeast Pennsylvania". The Times-Tribune. August 26, 2013.
  2. ^ "Newly Formed Euclid Media Group to Acquire Times-Shamrock Alternative Weekly Properties". Association of Alternative Newsmedia. December 23, 2013.
  3. ^ "Times-Shamrock sells Virgin Islands Daily News". Associated Press. October 2, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ^ "Times-Shamrock OKs sale of papers to Sample News Group". The Standard Speaker. October 3, 2015.
  5. ^ "KRZQ To Flip To Soft Oldies As Shamrock Exits Reno - RadioInsight". RadioInsight. July 28, 2017.
  6. ^ "Times-Shamrock selling off its newspaper group". wnep.com. August 31, 2023. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  7. ^ Foran, Chris (August 26, 2025). "Milwaukee's 102.1 FM will drop its alternative-rock format 'in about a month's time'". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved February 23, 2026.
  8. ^ Venta, Lance (August 25, 2025). "K-Love Acquires B93.3 & FM 102.1 Milwaukee". RadioInsight. Retrieved February 23, 2026.
  9. ^ Kirchen, Rich (September 10, 2025). "Civic Media expands Milwaukee radio presence". Milwaukee Business Journal. Retrieved February 23, 2026.


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