[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 15, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H581]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            HONORING PCN FOR 25 YEARS OF FARM SHOW COVERAGE

  (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor 
PCN for 25 years of outstanding coverage of the Pennsylvania Farm Show.
  Pennsylvania Cable Network, now called PCN, was organized August 29, 
1979, as a nonprofit corporation by Pennsylvania cable companies.
  PCN marked the first use of cable television for distance education, 
and it was the first educational cable television network in the 
Nation. PCN was on the air before CNN, ESPN, FOX News, MSNBC, and 
nearly all other nationally distributed cable networks.
  In November 1993, PCN began providing public affairs programming in 
prime time to provide viewers coverage of the Pennsylvania General 
Assembly.
  In 1994, it expanded beyond government and covered every aspect of 
the annual Pennsylvania Farm Show.
  This year, PCN exclusively delivered the Pennsylvania high school 
championships rodeo, the sale of champions, the celebrity rabbit 
hopping contest, the grand champion junior market goat and lamb show, 
the draft horse competitions, the mini-horse pull, square dancing 
competitions, and much more.
  Madam Speaker, I commend PCN on 25 years of exclusively delivering 
the Farm Show to viewers in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and I 
congratulate PCN on this outstanding achievement.

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