PCNC first started broadcasting on January 1, 1994, created in a partnership between WPXI (Channel 11) and the region's largest cable TV company at the time, TCI. Comcast (Xfinity) stopped carrying PCNC on January 1, 2020,[2] which significantly reduced the potential viewing audience. WPXI added PCNC to its digital subchannel lineup in early March 2023.[3]
From 1996 to 2023, PCNC produced the local prime time talk show "Night Talk", featuring one-on-one interviews of local newsmakers. The show launched with John McIntire as host. [4] After McIntire's departure in 2003, the show had several hosts, including Ann Devlin and its final host, Beaver County sports hall-of-fame broadcaster Ellis Cannon.[5] Other shows aired on the channel included "Pittsburgh Now"; "Our Region's Business", hosted by Bill Flanagan (not to be confused with radio and TV host Bill Flanagan) of the Allegheny Conference;[6] and local newscasts multiple times per day with reporting from WPXI.
Currently, PCNC airs reruns of WPXI newscasts, some syndicated news/talk shows, and Cox Media Group shows such as National News Tonight (produced by WSB-TV) and Justice Rules. PCNC's only current exclusive newscast is at 5:30p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.
