Pennsylvania Cable Network
Type | Public affairs network |
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Country | United States |
Broadcast area | Pennsylvania |
Headquarters | Camp Hill, Pennsylvania |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Ownership | |
Owner | Pennsylvania Educational Communications Systems |
Key people | David R. Breidinger (Chairman) |
History | |
Founded | August 29, 1979 |
Launched | September 1979 |
Links | |
Website | pcntv |
Availability | |
Streaming media | |
PCN Select Streaming Service | pcntv |
PCN (the Pennsylvania Cable Network) is a private, non-profit cable television network dedicated to 24-hour coverage of
History
The non-profit Pennsylvania Educational Communications System (PECS) was founded on August 29, 1979
George Barco died in 1989 and Yolanda Barco became president in 1990. She renamed it the Pennsylvania Cable Network (PCN) and began to reposition it as the state's "educational, public affairs and cultural cable TV network."
PCN ended its relationship with Penn State on September 1, 1996, and assumed full responsibility for the network's operations and programming. The headquarters were also moved to Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. Around this time, PCN also began broadcasting programming from Deutsche Welle during the overnight hours.[6] Its funding comes from the cable companies that carry PCN, and it receives neither commonwealth nor federal funds.
Coverage
In addition to the Camp Hill headquarters (located near
The majority of PCN's programming is live, unedited coverage of both houses of the General Assembly, press conferences, and meetings of various political and business organizations. PCN also features tours of Pennsylvania manufacturing plants, coverage of the annual State Farm Show, walking tours of Gettysburg Battlefield, and Call-in Programs with the state's political figures. "PA Books" a weekly show featuring authors of books on Pennsylvania topics, has been running since 1996. PCN also televises Weather World, a fifteen-minute weather program from the Pennsylvania State University Department of Meteorology.
Coverage of Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) championships in most sports is also produced and broadcast by PCN. PCN also broadcasts college sports from Lebanon Valley College and Alvernia University.[8]
See also
External links
References
- ^ a b c "History". pcntv.com. Pennsylvania Cable Network. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ^ McCarty, Amy. "PENNARAMA offers credits to 1.5 million Pa cable users". The Daily Collegian. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ^ "Pennsylvania's cable classroom" (PDF). 3 September 1979. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ISBN 978-0-7864-8272-6. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
- ^ Lawler, Sylvia (20 November 1994). "NEW CHANNELS FEATURE PAST AND PRESENT". The Morning Call. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ^ "Memorandum" (PDF). PCN Vision. Summer 1996. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 February 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ^ "Bureaus". pcntv.com.
- ^ "Pennsylvania Sports". pcntv.com.