After a fit of wheeling and dealing that put Salt Lake public radio station KCPW into a tailspin, it looks as if would-be public radio tycoon Blair Fuelner is trying to do the same for its sibling in Park City.

After nearly three decades as the leadership and voice of Park City NPR affiliate KPCW, Feulner walked off his morning news show earlier this week, reportedly in a snit because the non-profit station's board refused to cave to his contract demands. Feulner told listeners he was taking a sabbatical and might not be back.

Joe Wrona, a trustee of Community Wireless of Park City, was as surprised as the listeners:

The board of trustees will have to meet to determine whether we want to revisit Blair Feulner's employment status. We have to deal with an employee who up and walked off the job.

Salt Lake's KCPW is out of the line of fire, at least. A community group, Wasatch Media, is wrapping up its purchase of the station from Community Wireless. Feulner put together a $2.5 million AM license deal that had sent the station skidding in red ink. Even though the Salt Lake community had supported the station financially and through volunteers, it was forced to bid against a Christian radio network to retake control of KCPW.

But it was reports on Feulner's extravagant pay package that angered many contributors. Blair's 2004 compensation included an $895,000 payment for negotiating the sale of a Coalville radio license and six-figure salaries for Blair and his wife—then an executive at the station. The non-profit reported a $675,000 operating deficit for the year.

Blair reportedly has been pressuring the Community Wireless board for a "golden parachute" retirement package.