RCN Digital Customers in Lehigh Valley Can Choose When and How They Want to Watch PBS 39’s Tempo & Scholastic Scrimmage Programs & WLVT Documentaries

HERNDON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI), a leading local provider of video, data, and voice services to residential, business and commercial/carrier customers, today announced an agreement with PBS 39/WLVT to offer the station’s locally produced documentaries and two weekly programs in RCN ‘s Video ON DEMAND (VOD) library.

"Tempo! and Scholastic Scrimmage are both very popular signature programs on PBS 39 and we are very pleased to be able to offer our customers the opportunity to watch these shows whenever they want,” said Randy Schwartzman, Director of Sales and Marketing, RCN of Pennsylvania. “The quality of the public interest programs and documentaries PBS 39 puts together is among the best in the Lehigh Valley."

Tempo! is the region’s longest running news magazine program which spotlights local people and events. Scholastic Scrimmage is a competition of quick recall among area high schools. It has been a favorite on PBS 39 for 35 years. Some of the PBS 39 documentaries include Football Heroes of Pennsylvania, The Lehigh-Lafayette Legacy and The Raker Legacy: The Good Shepherd Story.

“The mission of PBS 39 is to educate, inspire, inform, entertain and stimulate the exchange of ideas for the enrichment of the public,” said Patricia C. Simon, President & CEO, PBS 39. “PBS 39 is pleased to partner with RCN to bring our viewers more of the local programming they want to see when they want to see it. In today’s busy world, it just makes sense to bring the content to the customer on demand.”

RCN customers with a digital converter can select from any of the PBS 39 programs found within the RCN TV-Community VOD menu; all PBS 39 programs are free to view.

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