WPSU

Central Pennsylvania’s public broadcasting station, WPSU, is officially separated from Penn State.

WPSU is now part of WHYY under an agreement the Philadelphia-based station and Penn State finalized this week, bringing closure to a two-year-long process and allowing WPSU to continue bringing public radio, television, community events and educational outreach to central and northern Pennsylvania.

The transaction received approval from the Federal Communications Commission Sept. 9. WHYY and Penn State announced the completion of the transfer Wednesday.

Bill Marrazzo, WHYY’s president and CEO, called it “both a continuation and a beginning.”

“For more than 70 years, WPSU has been a trusted resource for the people of central and northern Pennsylvania,” Marrazzo said. “Our responsibility now is to honor that trust while building an even stronger and more sustainable WPSU for the generations ahead.”

Under the agreement, the university transferred its public radio and television assets to WHYY for $1. WPSU will continue to operate under the same name and call letters.

The announcement notes that WPSU’s audiences will continue to have access to PBS and NPR programming, along with local television, radio and digital content.

“We are very pleased that the more than 1.5 million people across central and northern Pennsylvania will continue to benefit from this vital public media service,” Sara Thorndike, Penn State’s chief financial officer, said in the news release.

Read the rest of the story at WPSU.org/radio.