So who is Dave DiRienzo?

He was born in Wilkes-Barre and has lived within 3,512 miles of it ever since.

He was born on March 12 and is a Pisces, just in case you care.

He went to school locally, mostly at places that aren’t around anymore.  Coincidence?

He is a resident of the Wyoming Valley, closer to Pittston than to Wilkes-Barre.

He’s the only two-time winner of the Nobel Prize for Awesome.  (1999, 2005)

He’s the short bald guy on the station.

What does Dave DiRienzo like?

He is a huge fan of the Chicago Bears in spite of the fact that they have no cheerleading squad.

His favorite pizza comes from Sabatini’s Pizza on Wyoming Avenue in Exeter.  (NOTE: Sabatini’s has not compensated Mr. DiRienzo at all for this endorsement, although he wouldn’t be averse to getting a free pie or two at some point...)

He is a big classic rock fan, except when he’s listening to podcasts.

He is an Anglophile, which isn’t as dirty as it sounds.

Stevie Ray Vaughan and blues music.

He also is a fan of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, Pittsburgh Penguins, Chelsea FC, and the Philadelphia Phillies.

Oktoberfest beers.

What does Dave DiRienzo dislike?

Pickles.

Uncaged birds.

The Philadelphia Flyers.

Idiots, bigots, malcontents, and right-wing nutjobs.

Billy Joel.

The color brown.

Little yippy dogs.

Grammatical errors.

Brett Favre.

What does the future hold for Dave DiRienzo?

Decades more of employment, a lottery win, and a retirement in Delaware.

Born in Scranton PA, surprisingly, I have never been asked to move by any government agency despite a misspent youth filled with flaunting authority and petty vandalism.

Luckily, I never moved on to serious property crimes or other offenses. When I was thirteen, ROCK107 signed on the air and my friends and I became obsessed. We would constantly bother the DJ's to play us songs by AC/DC or Iron Maiden. My how the tables have turned.

Rock 107 ran a "Daring DJ Contest" in the summer of 1982; the idea was to  write a letter and say why you should be given an hour of airtime on ROCK 107! My two best friends and I wrote a letter and WON! Yep, I was on ROCK 107 for one hour on a Sunday morning in the summer of 1982. HAHA! I was on the air here before Jay Daniels. However, the bosses will not count that towards my seniority so I am out an extra couple of weeks of vacation.

I was hooked. I remarked on the way out the door that being a DJ "would be a fun way to make a living!" Couple that with my ridiculous need for attention and I was pretty sure that I wanted to be on the radio.

After high school, I went to Marywood College (before it was a university) and studied Radio and TV Communications. I landed a couple of part time jobs on the air at various wimpy radio stations in the area before Dave London hired me part time at ROCK 107 because as he put it "we need some long haired rocker types around here." That was in 1988 and minus a stint where I moved to the beach in Delaware and a quick firing from ROCK 107, I have been here ever since.

I've bounced around from part time to overnights, then on to the night show.  Heck I even did a brief stint back on afternoons before landing back in the morning with Dave DiRienzo. About the only thing I've never done at ROCK 107 is the midday show; maybe they think I will scare off the hard working people of NEPA.

Regardless, I love ROCK 107 and the fabulous people all over that listen to our station.  I am here for the long run…unless they fire me again.