Pennsylvania Cable Network Honored With Farm Show Service Award

Pennsylvania Cable Network Honored With Farm Show Service Award

HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff recognized the Pennsylvania Cable Network (PCN) as the winner of the Farm Show Service Award at the 2007 Pennsylvania Farm Show.

"PCN has played an instrumental role in helping Pennsylvanians understand the importance of agriculture, providing award-winning coverage of the Farm Show for 14 years," said Wolff. "We're proud to recognize PCN with the Farm Show Service Award for their commitment to the Farm Show, and we thank them for sharing the nation's largest indoor agricultural event with PCN's broad audience."

PCN provides the most comprehensive Farm Show coverage of any media outlet with more than 30 daily staff members working to provide 140 hours of show highlights. Since 1994, the network has provided more than 1,600 hours of Farm Show coverage to more than 3.3 million viewers. PCN has permanently installed hundreds of yards of cable in order to broadcast from a number of venues throughout the Farm Show Complex.

A schedule of this year's PCN coverage at the Farm Show is available at www.pcntv.com.

The Pennsylvania Farm Show is the largest indoor agricultural event in the nation, featuring 6,000 animals, 8,000 exhibits, hundreds of shows and events, and more than 400,000 visitors. The eight-day show runs Jan. 6-13 at the Farm Show Complex & Expo Center. Admission is free and parking is $5. For more information, visit www.farmshow.state.pa.us.

CONTACT: Kristi L. Rooker

(717) 787-5085

Source: Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture

CONTACT: Kristi L. Rooker of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture,
+1-717-787-5085

Web site: http://www.agriculture.state.pa.us/
http://www.farmshow.state.pa.us/
http://www.pcntv.com/

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