Rock 107, WEZX-FM, has reached a milestone birthday – 40 Years Old.
Here is collection of images from Times-Shamrock Archives dealing with the station.
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- Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins forward Greg Crozier, front right, appears on the Daniels & Webster Show on WEZX-FM Thursday morning as part of the Penguins Caravan in 2000. Times-Shamrock Archives
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- The 2000 Rock 107 staff: In front, Mad Dog. Kneeling, left to right: Ron Reno, Compound Dave, Ruth Miller, Webster, Mike Slusser and Jeff King. Standing: Sean the Shark, Rob Lipschutz, Andy Langford, Lou Fontaine, Daniels, Mark Hoover, Mike Evans, D.C. Day, The Prospector and Dave Kohn. Times-Shamrock Archives
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- Sharon Dannunzio of Moosic displays a commemorative Rock 107 T-shirt during the radio station’s 20th birthday bash Tuesday night at the Woodlands Inn & Resort in Plains Township. Times-Shamrock Archives
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- Phil Kresge of the Pennsylvania Concrete Promotional Council puts the finishing touches on a concrete crypt containing ROCK 107’s evening DJ “The Prospector.” Prospector was to remain “entombed” for 48 hours as part of a “bury” hunger promotion at Grand Central Station, Route 6 in Dickson City. As part of the effort, the station hoped to collect up to a ton of non-perishable food in support of the National Association of Letter Carriers’ annual food drive. Times-Shamrock Archives
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- Phil Kresge of the Pennsylvania Concrete Promotional Council puts the finishing touches on a concrete crypt containing ROCK 107’s evening DJ “The Prospector.” Prospector was to remain “entombed” for 48 hours as part of a “bury” hunger promotion at Grand Central Station, Route 6 in Dickson City. As part of the effort, the station hoped to collect up to a ton of non-perishable food in support of the National Association of Letter Carriers’ annual food drive. Times-Shamrock Archives
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- Prospector, from Rock 107, helps empty a truck full of food items in the parking lot of the Times building which were to be distributed to St. Vincent DePaul Soup Kitchen in Wilkes-Barre
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- Shamrock Communications employees, Paul “Thunder” Shaw (facing) hands boxes of food to Jim Manganiello to be distributed to St. Vincent DePaul Soup Kitchen in Wilkes-Barre in 2003. Times-Shamrock Archives
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- Rock 107 DJ DC Day. Times-Shamrock Archives
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- Martin Sheen, seated left, and Paul Sorvino, right, discuss the merits of an an ablum with Rich Piombino, program director for Rock 107 on July 24, 1982. Sheen and Sorvino filled in as disc jockeys for two hours. The pair are in Scranton filming The Championship Season. Times-Tribune Archives
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- WEZX Radio DJ Jay Daniels talking with the Rev. Mr. Billy C. Wirtz, right, during a live broadcast from the auditorium in the Scratnon Times Building on June 9, 1989. Times-Tribune Archives
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- Rock 107 morning duo Jay Daniels and John Webster have plenty of surprises in store for their live radio broadcast from the WELJ Radio Theater on March 30, 1990. Times-Tribune Archives
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- Rock 107 radio personality the Prospector (left) is driven up Jackson Street by Cal VanSant of the Shopper Chopper as a pantry raid is conducted on All Saints Academy in Scranton on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. Rock 107 and Gerrity’s Supermarkets partnered in the pantry raids around business and Gerrity’s Supermarkets. Jake Danna Stevens / Staff PHotographer
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- Rock 107’s The Prospector stands high above Business Route 6 in Dickson City raising funds and awarness for Hurricane Katrina victims in 2005, when the radio station set out to raise $10,700 for the Red Cross. Times-Shamrock Archives
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- “People talk about giving until they are blue in the face. It’s time to do something,” says ROCK 107’s “The Prospector” as he stands in a crane high above Rt. 6 in Dickson City raising funds and awarness about Hurricane Katrina victims. The radio station, owned by the Times-Tribune has set out to raise $10,700 for the Red Cross. Mr. Logan said, “It seems like a lofty goal but I think we can do it.” Times-Shamrock Archives
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- Rock 107’s Prospector makes an announcement during the Wrap-up celebration for Rock 107 and Gerrity’s Supermarkets Prospector’s Pantry Raid! in Scranton on Friday, Nov 20, 2015. Jake Danna Stevens / Staff Photographer
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- At left, members of the Rock 107 WEZX-FM staff hold a Cabbage Patch Kids doll during a four-hour, on-air auction Dec. 23, 1983, which netted $500 for the Scranton Progressive Center and Project Hope. Pictured are Kim Matthews, Shawn Waters and Don Hallett. TIMES-TRIBUNE ARCHIVES
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- John Webster, left, and Jay Daniels during the Daniels & Webster show on location at Wayne’s World on Memorial Highway in Dallas, Wednesday, September 17, 2008. Times-Shamrock Archives
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- Rock band Great White plays a concert at ROCK 107’s auditorium celebrating the radio’s 32 years broadcasting rock music. Times-Shamrock Archives
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- Rock band Great White plays a concert at ROCK 107’s auditorium celebrating the radio’s 32 years broadcasting rock music. Times-Shamrock Archives
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- Mark Kendall, founding member of Great White, sings in the Rock 107 auditorium in the Scranton Times building Friday. The band also appears at Mohegan Sunat Pocono Downs Friday night with the band Slaughter. Times-Shamrock Archives
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- Rock 107’s the Prospector introduces Great White, who plays a concert at ROCK 107’s auditorium celebrating the radio’s 32 years broadcasting rock music. Times-Shamrock Archives
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- Rock 107 DJ Prospector, center, chats with EMR Paintball Park employees Jacob and Jordan Hemenway at PNC Field for a fund raiser for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkenson’s Research. Patrons are able to shoot paintballs at Prospector who said., My mom has parkinson’s so it’s something that touches home for me everyday.” Times-Shamrock Archives
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- Lita Ford speaks to the audience as she plays in the ROCK 107 studio Thursday, March 28, 2013 prior to her performance at the birthday bash at the Woodlands. Times-Tribune Archives
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- Rock 107’s Mad Dog catches up on his reading. Times-Shamrock Archives
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- Tesla entertains an intimate crowd in the Rock 107 auditorium during a live radio concert Sunday afternoon in 2001. Times-Shamrock Archives
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- Tesla lead singer Jeff Kieth entertains an intimate crowd in the Rock 107 auditorium during a live radio concert Sunday afternoon in 2001. Times-Shamrock Archives
Brian Fulton has been the librarian at The Times-Tribune for the past 15 years. On his blog, Historically Hip, he writes about the great concerts, plays/musicals and celebrity happenings that have taken place throughout NEPA. He is also the co-host of the local history podcast, Historically Hip. He competed and was crowned grand champion on an episode of NPR quiz show “Ask Me Another.” Contact: bfulton@timesshamrock.com; 570-348-9140; or @TTPagesPast