WHYY has announced that Fred Vigeant has been named general manager of Pennsylvania’s WPSU(TV-FM), effective Oct. 26.

According to a release, Vigeant will lead a WPSU team already in place, with several staff members taking on new roles.

Vigeant’s appointment follows the Oct. 1 completion of WHYY’s acquisition of WPSU from Penn State University. WPSU is licensed to State College, Pa., and its full-power licenses and translators cover 24 counties for television and 13 counties for radio across central and northern Pennsylvania.

Philadelphia-based WHYY has retained WPSU’s name and call letters, and said the public media outlet remains locally focused and locally run.

WPSU’s updated personnel structure includes:

• Jeff Hughes, interim general manager during the transition
• Jon Widmer, director of technology
• Emily Reddy, news director
• Jeff Benzing, director of content and audience engagement
• Susan Chyzewski, director of education, grants and government relations

Search processes are underway to fill two additional leadership positions: director of advancement and director of broadcasting and programming.

Vigeant joins WPSU from WITF(TV-FM) in Harrisburg, Pa., where he served as vice president and chief audience officer since 2022. He previously served as WITF’s director of programming and promotion for TV and radio, a role he began in 2012.

He also spent 12 years at WRVO(FM) in Oswego, N.Y., serving in several roles, including program director and operations manager.

This article initially appeared on Radio World, sister brand to TV Tech.

PHILADELPHIA and UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa—WHYY and Penn State University announced the completion of WHYY’s acquisition of WPSU, ensuring the continuation of public media service for approximately 1.5 million residents across central and northern Pennsylvania and beginning a new chapter for the station and the communities it serves.

With the transaction officially complete, Philadelphia public broadcaster WHYY now operates WPSU’s television and radio stations under the WPSU name and call letters. WPSU will remain locally focused and locally run, serving viewers in central and northern Pennsylvania with local television, radio and digital content in addition to PBS and NPR programming.

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

“We are deeply grateful to the growing number of generous donors from Centre County and southeastern Pennsylvania who have stepped forward at this pivotal moment. Their early support is providing the working capital necessary not only to keep WPSU’s vital service strong during this transition, but to begin investing in its future and growing its impact over time.”

The completion of the transaction follows nearly two years of planning and collaboration between WHYY and Penn State, culminating in the Federal Communications Commission’s September approval of the transfer of WPSU’s broadcast licenses to WHYY.

HEBDEN BRIDGE, ENGLAND—Penn State University’s PBS affiliate WPSU is gearing up for the new school year by updating its broadcast facility with Calrec Audio’s Summa digital mixing console.

The Summa at WPSU is linked into the network’s five studio spaces and serves as the main mixing console for the full live production lineup for the PBS station’s programs. Though the station, which has a partnership with the university’s School of Communications, installed the system in May, it will give students a chance to learn using the Summa this September.

Calrec Audio is a provider of audio mixing technology for on-air and live production.