All of the tapes, film and everything associated with that show was confiscated."
However, if anyone has job security, it's Rock 107's morning duo and not because of ratings success. "Me and all my high school buddies listened to D & W every day, we loved them," said Rock 107's general manager Bobby Lynett. "So, I can't fire them because all of my old high school buddies would beat me up if I did that."
Mr. Lynett, however, said he has an understanding with the men. "If they cross the line or do something questionable, I want them to call me first before I get any other calls," Mr. Lynett said.
"And," he added, "they have indeed called me and come into the office when they thought they may have done something wrong. But, they have fun doing what they do. They get to be class clowns."
Contact the writer: sbrown@timesshamrock.comA look back at Daniels & Webster
Jan. 1, 1985 Jay Daniels takes over morning show duties
Jan. 2, 1985 John Webster, who was doing the character "Swami Salami," is paired with Daniels to see if it 'worked.'
March 10, 1985 Daniels and Webster named as new morning show team
June 9, 1985
First TV appearance: D&W profiled on WBRE Television
November 1985 Rock 107 rated as one of the top five radio stations in the country.
May 1986 D&W create the characters Crockett and Hot Tubs, two doughnut-eating policemen who have a variety of important duties including getting the fictional Mayor McNutley unstuck from the City Hall men's room using Crisco and the Jaws of Life.
May 1987 D&W broadcast live from a 7/Eleven store at Mulberry Street and Wyoming Avenue in Scranton where they treated listeners to gasoline for 10.7 cents per gallon.
December 1987 Release of "Total Lack of Insubordination" compilation of material from the show
August 1990 Rock 107 installs an answering machine on one of its telephone lines and invites listeners to call and leave messages for Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Those picked as the best messages were aired on D&W.
Aug. 21, 1990 Duo releases "Tubes and Tape Recorders" compilation, available on cassette and CD.
April 1992 D&W offer $107 to the first police officer who wrecks one of the city's new fleet of patrol cars. Shortly afterward, patrolmen Virgil Argenta and Tom Passmore have an accident. "I gave them two weeks," Mr. Daniels said.
May 1992 Daniels & Webster's "Undie 500" begins. A number of men and women, clothed only in their underwear, race on tricycles at Lackawanna County Stadium. Contestants had to pedal from the home dugout over a winding 200-foot course through traffic-control cones around home plate.
April 1993 More than 300 listeners and invited guests turn out to the Times-Tribune building for D&W's eighth anniversary live show in the Rock 107 radio theater featuring The Hooters.
Dec. 15, 1999 "Wind Beneath My Seat" compilation CD is released.
December 1999 Locally, D&W outpace Howard Stern in the Arbitron ratings by more than 2 percentage points.
July 4, 2005 "Cole Slaw Spectacular" held in back of Times Building. Veggies were shredded with a wood chipper to make cole slaw for holiday.
January 2006 D&W help catapult Rock 107 into the top spot of the Arbitron ratings. "We have stability. I think that was a major factor and we listen to our listeners," operations manager and program director Tom Bass said.
April 2006 Rock 107 celebrates its 27th birthday with a bash at the Woodlands Inn & Resort featuring Quiet Riot.
June 2006 D&W's annual small-town tour begins.
Oct. 3, 2008 D&W will celebrate their 5,000th show with a live broadcast in Public Square in Wilkes-Barre and will release a two-CD set, "Sgt. Lumpy's Auto Parts Store Band," available through Joe Nardone's Gallery of Sound stores.
source: Jay Daniels and The TimesTribune archives
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