WPI/ NTPA has been notified of the passing on Saturday, May 18 of Patrick Gottsch, 70. Mr. Gottsch was the founder of Rural Media Group, whose RFD-TV channel has broadcast “NTPA Championship Pulling” each week for over 19 years.
RMG’s properties also include the Cowboy Channel, the Cowgirl Channel, and Rural Radio 147. Mr. Gottsch was a native of Elkhorn, Nebraska.
RMG prepared a brief retrospective on Mr. Gottsch’s life. Read it here.
WPI expresses its deepest sympathy to RFD-TV’s executives and to Mr. Gottsch’s family and friends