The publishers’ devotion to progress and the community’s needs became evident on June 27, 2005, when, after more than 250 years of combined service recording the region’s life and times, Scranton’s two newspapers became one—The Times-Tribune. The transition to a single morning newspaper came after investing more than $6 million in newsroom and printing plant technology and equipment.
In addition to The Times-Tribune and the Standard-Speaker, which Times-Shamrock purchased on May 1, 2007, the company owns The Citizens’ Voice of Wilkes-Barre and the Republican Herald of Pottsville.
The Voice was founded in October 1978 by newspaper employees in Wilkes-Barre who sought working conditions better than those offered at the Wilkes-Barre Publishing Co. On May 1, 2000, its employee shareholder-owners sold the newspaper to The Scranton Times.
The Pottsville newspaper, founded in 1884, serves Schuylkill County and surrounding areas.  It was purchased by Times-Shamrock in 2003 and made the move from an afternoon newspaper to a morning edition a year later.
In 2023, the newspaper division was sold so Times-Shamrock could focus on the rapidly growing radio and billboard industries.

Today, the broad-based media company has over ten radio stations in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Baltimore, and Milwaukee markets, a dozen websites,  and a billboard company.
Times-Shamrock’s radio stations and websites have a combined total weekly audience of over 1 million listeners, and its  radio stations reach more than 500,000 Northeastern Pennsylvania readers/listeners each month.

Jim Loftus – Chief Executive Officer

Jim Loftus began his career in radio as an On-Air personality in Northeastern PA in 1977. He is the CEO of Times-Shamrock Communications, based in Scranton.

 Jim says his first radio job interview was at Rock 107 in 1977, during his senior year in high school. He didn’t get the job but returned in 1997 as the GM and soon became the company’s COO. Times-Shamrock owns radio stations in Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre, Baltimore, Milwaukee, and Shamrock Outdoor in NEPA.

Before that, he was the COO of 7 Mountains Media, operating over 150 radio signals in 14 markets across PA and NY. In 2015, he became the president and CEO of WBEB- B101/Philadelphia. Jim spent over ten years as a vice president with CBS Radio in Philadelphia, serving as the general manager of WOGL and WYSP and sales director for their six-station cluster and CBS Philly.com.

For nine years, he was Chief Operating Officer of Times-Shamrock Communications. Earlier in his career, Jim was the VP/GM for Susquehanna Radio’s five stations in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and the Director of Sales at Power 99 FM/ WUSL and Famous 56/WFIL in Philadelphia. Jim is on the board of the PAB and a board member at St. Mary’s Villa Senior Care Campus in Elmhurst, PA.

He taught communications at Temple University for 16 years. Jim is a 1981 Marywood College graduate with a Communication Arts degree.

He and his wife Renee have an adult daughter, Riley, and reside at Moosic Lakes in NEPA.

Scott Brickel – Chief Financial Officer

Scott Brickel has been Chief Financial Officer at Times-Shamrock Communications since May 2019. As Chief Financial Officer, Scott is responsible for planning, implementing, managing, and controlling all finance-related activities for the Company. Scott has over 25 years of experience with various manufacturing companies in the Scranton area.

Before joining the Company, Scott was Chief Executive Officer/Chief Financial Officer at DeLuxe Building Solutions, Inc., a modular construction company start-up offering integrated systems for designing, fabricating & assembling steel-framed, volumetric modular units. Preceding his time at DeLuxe, Scott was Chief Executive Officer at Olympia Chimney Supply Inc., providing executive leadership and direction to financial stewardship initiatives within a $25M Private Equity-backed manufacturer of stainless steel chimney liners, chimney systems, and accessories. Scott began his career in public accounting with Parente Randolph (now Baker Tilly). He held executive management positions with Warren Diamond Powder Co., FiNet Technologies, Panel Prints, Inc., and Tammac Holdings Corporation.

Scott holds a BS in accounting from Lycoming College and an MBA from the University of Scranton.