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The trust created when Cumulus merged with Citadel has
announced intentions to sell spin-off WTPA 92.1 FM in the Harrisburg , PA.
market. The potential buyer is Patrick
Sickafus and the sale price was announced at $530,000. A bargain basement
price. The trust apparently is really eager to unload the station.
Sickfus is the owner of class country WWSM, 1510 AM in
nearby Annville , PA.
Sickafus’ professional name is Pat Garrett who owns several other
enterprises. He’s also touring country
musician, but he is not the well-known radio voice-over talent of the same-name.
Listeners to WTPA, long known as the Rock of Central PA, are
fearful a format change is coming.
Chris Tyler |
Fans were being asked to “like” the station on its Facebook
page. At the time, Tyler
stated “After 32 years as a heritage rock station, we don’t want that (format
change) to happen. We are just trying to get the word out that we need
listeners’ help.”
WTPA, was formerly owned by
Cumulus Media Inc., it is one of two local stations - the other being former
Citadel Broadcasting country station WCAT-FM 102.3 in Carlisle
— left in trusteeship following a 2011 merger between Cumulus and Citadel.
Cumulus, with 570 stations in 150 markets, is the second largest owner of radio
stations in the country, trailing only Clear Channel Communications.
LISTEN TO WTPA, Click Here.
Although Cumulus receives profits from both stations in the
wake of the Citadel deal, they are operated as independent stations under the
trusteeship of Potential Broadcasting LLC. The decision to sell the stations
was made in a deal with federal regulators in order to meet FCC limitations on
media ownership in a given market.
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