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 four daily newspapers, six weekly newspapers, and 12 radio stations. Most of its properties are in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pennsylvania
The Citizens' Voice, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
The Standard-Speaker, Hazleton, Pennsylvania
The Republican & Herald, Pottsville, Pennsylvania
The Abington Suburban
The Triboro Banner
The Valley Advantage
The Pocono Times
Wyoming County Press Examiner, Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania
Ithaca & Tri-Village Pennysaver
Electric City, Scranton, Pennsylvania
Diamond City, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
WZBA, Baltimore, Maryland (city of license: Westminster, MD)
KNEZ, Reno, Nevada (city of license: Fernley, Nevada)
KRZQ, Reno, Nevada (city of license: Fallon, Nevada)
KZTI, Reno, Nevada (city of license: Fallon Station, Nevada)
KWNZ, Lovelock, Nevada
WEJL/WBAX/WEJL-FM Scranton, Pennsylvania
WEZX/WPZX/WQFM Scranton, Pennsylvania
WFUZ 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 All-Pro Broadcasting, Inc.
In January 2008, Times-Shamrock Communications launched the570.com, a regional entertainment portal covering the 570 area code.
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 (purchased by the Baltimore Sun Media Group)
Cleveland Scene (purchased by Euclid Media Group)
Detroit Metro Times (purchased by Euclid Media Group)
Orlando Weekly (purchased by Euclid Media Group)
San Antonio Current (purchased by Euclid Media Group)
Virgin Islands Daily News (sold to Virgin Islands businessman Archie Nahigian)
The Progress-Index (purchased by GateHouse Media)
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 (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 Oswego Pennysaver (Oswego, Pennsylvania)
Susquehanna County Independent (Montrose, Pennsylvania)
The Troy Pennysaver (Troy, Pennsylvania)
The Weekender (Montrose, Pennsylvania)
