Remembering Our Fearless Founder Mr. Patrick Gottsch
Patrick Gottsch, the Founder and President of Rural Media Group, passed away over the weekend at the age of 70. He was a champion of Rural America, devoting more than half his life to empowering farmers and ranchers, giving them a voice at the table. We are grateful for his leadership and innovation. Join us as we mourn his passing and celebrate his many accomplishments.
Email messages of condolence and tribute to: videos@rfdtv.com
The Gottsch family has asked that, in lieu of flowers, memorial gifts in Patrick’s honor be made to the National FFA Foundation.
Patrick was a pioneer and legend in the Western world . . . he dedicated his life to building a 24-hour rural television network and multimedia company . . . beyond his remarkable career, Patrick was a loving husband, father, and grandfather.
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Carriage of the rural, independent programming delivered by RFD-TV and RURAL TV is at stake now with the potential merger of Comcast Cable with Time Warner Cable and the separate merger of AT&T U-Verse with DIRECTV. If the FCC approves, these two mergers will control over 54,000,000 homes, affecting RFD-TV and RURAL TV viewers in all 50 states.
Patrick Gottsch, founder and chairman of RFD-TV, testified before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee in May 2014. Read his full testimony: “Competition in the Video and Broadband Markets: the Proposed Merger of Comcast and Time Warner Cable.”
RFD-TV Founder to Testify Before a U.S. House Judiciary Committee Oversight Hearing on the Proposed Merger of Comcast and Time Warner Cable
RFD-TV is invited to testify before Congress on the proposed Comcast/Time Warner merger on May 8, 2014, in Washington, D.C. RFD-TV Founder & President Patrick Gottsch will present Rural America’s perspective on Independent Channels and Programmers to the House of Representatives subcommittee.
Rural Media Group founder Patrick Gottsch shares the substantial number of program schedule changes on RFD-TV, RURAL TV, and FamilyNet coming in 2014 —the most in our company’s history.