WTHU
has same name, but a new sound
THURMONT,
Md. – The sounds of summer will be a bit different this
year as WTHU comes under new management.
According
to Chuck Walmer, owner of WTHU Radio in Thurmont, he has entered
into a sales agreement with the Christian Radio Coalition
to sell the station as of Feb. 15. Because the Federal Communications
Commission needs to approve the sale, it is not expected to
be finalized until June.
“I
have had other offers for the station, but I liked the package
they came in with,” Walmer said. “They are going
to continue with a lot of the things we had and add some to
it.”
Michael
Betteridge is the operations manager with www.WJTM.org, the
on-line radio station the Christian Radio Coalition operates.
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Industrial
parkway still in Thurmont's future
THURMONT,
Md. – The Thurmont industrial parkway that disappeared
off the Frederick County planning map with what appeared to
be minimal discussion and no local input is now back on the
county planning map after local officials showed strong support
for keeping it on.
“The
town of Thurmont feels this is very important to leave on
the map,” County Planner Denis Supercyznski told the
Frederick County Planning Commission. “They understand
it is conceptual in nature.”
During
the Dec. 19 commission meeting, Supercyznski asked the commission
to move the terminus of the parkway and instead the
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