On January 8, 1923, WQAN “the Voice of Anthracite” went on the air. The station was started by the Scranton Times after purchasing WRAY in November 1922.

Since that broadcast, WQAN and then later WEJL have been providing the people of Northeast Pennsylvania with news, information and music. Today, Times-Shamrock Communications local broadcast stations are WEZX (Rock 107), WFUZ (ALT 92.1) and WEJL (local ESPN Radio).

The January 9, 1923 edition of the Scranton Times had complete coverage of that first broadcast. It appears below.

The Scranton Times – January 9, 1923

Here are few images from the first broadcast day –

The Scranton Times – January 9, 1923

The Scranton Times – January 9, 1923

Over the years, countless people have visited the Times Building to perform or to be interviewed over our radio stations. In 1962, the radio station was visited by two special four legged friends – Sinbad and Sylvia –  lions cubs from Nay Aug Park Zoo. You read more about their visit and listen to the podcast dealing with the lions of Scranton at https://accessnepa.com/pages-from-the-past/historically-hip-lions-of-scranton/.