PITTSTON, Pa. — If you live in northeastern Pennsylvania, chances are you're familiar with the voice of John Webster.
The radio legend is signing off after four decades on the air.
Webster announced on Thursday that he plans to retire next month.
He's currently one half of the morning show on WILK alongside his co-host Nancy Kman.
Webster has been at WILK for 10 years, but he's perhaps best known for his time at Rock 107.
For a quarter-century, he was part of the "Daniels and Webster" morning show there.
He started his career at WCDL in Carbondale in 1980 after graduating from East Stroudsburg University with a degree in education.
He jokes in his bio on WILK's website that had he pursued his career as a teacher, he would have already retired long ago.
Newswatch 16 caught up with Webster before he went on the air Friday morning.
He said, "It's an old tired expression but if you love what you do, you never work a day in your life. Aside from the alarm clock at 3 o'clock in the morning, it was like stealing money."
When asked about what some of his favorite moments are, he added, "All the free stuff, we get a lot of free stuff. A lot of payola and plugola. No that doesn't happen, I'm joking. That's illegal. We have a corporate structure that would nail us for saying something like that. Everything's on the up and up, radio is the most honorable profession in the world."
WILK says they are searching for his replacement.
"People say 'do you have a replacement?' and I say 'no one's gonna replace John.' Whatever show comes next is gonna be itneresting and exciting and it all depends on who that other person is but you can't replace someone like John that's been doing this for so many years and is such a big part of the area," said his co-host, Nancy Kman.
In 2019, Joe Snedeker sat down with Webster for his Mr. Curiosity Podcast. Check it out below.