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PCN PROFILES
Sunday at 10 P.M.
Saturday at 1 A.M.
Weekdays at 6 A.M.

Complete List of Profiles

Featuring hour-long interviews with prominent Pennsylvanians.


"PCN Profiles" Sunday at 10 P.M.

April
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6th

Robert Child
TV & Film Producer/Director

Robert Child is a documentary filmmaker. His television career spans nearly 25 years and he has worked on a variety of shows including “The CBS Morning Show,” “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,” and “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.” In 2000, he began producing independent documentaries. He served as writer, producer, and director of the Civil War film “Lincoln and Lee at Antietam: The Cost of Freedom.” He is currently directing “Dominion Day,” a World War II documentary film.

13th

Clyde Hare,
Photographer

20th

Sen. Vince Fumo,
D - Philadelphia

Sen. Vince Fumo has served in the PA Senate since 1978.  He was the Majority Appropriations Chairman from 1993 to1994 and the Minority Appropriations Chair from 1985 to1992 and 1995 to present.  In addition to his work in the PA Senate, Senator Fumo is also a lawyer, licensed electrical contractor, airplane pilot, boat captain and real estate investor.  He currently resides in Philadelphia.

27th

Andrew Susko,
PA Bar Association, President

Andrew Susko is the 113th president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. He has served as chair on numerous committees within the PBA such as the Young Lawyers Division, Task Force on the Judicial System, Membership Development Committee, Legislative and Governmental Affairs Committee and the “Project Peace” subcommittee. He is currently the chairman of the Litigation Department at White and Williams LLP, a 220-lawyer firm and leads the insurance fraud practice group. He has been a trial attorney for the past 20 years and has extensive jury trial experience.


May
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4th

Sen. Arlen Specter,
U.S. Senator

Sen. Arlen Specter was elected to the United States Senate in 1980 and is currently serving his fifth term. In 2005, Senator Specter became Pennsylvania’s longest-serving U.S. Senator. He is Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and a senior member of the Appropriations and Veterans Affairs committees.

11th

Vince Papale,
Former Philadelphia Eagle

Vince Papale was a professional football player for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1976 to 1979.  At the age of 30, Vince tried out for the Eagles as a walk-on candidate.  He made the team and became the oldest rookie in the history of the NFL. His story has been chronicled in a book and major motion picture called “Invincible.”

18th

Michael Berenstain,
“Berenstain Bears,” Author and Illustrator

Michael Berenstain is an author and illustrator for the “Berenstain Bears.”  The series of books was created by his parents Stan and Jan Berenstain in 1962.  Michael began collaborating with his parents on the books; he and his mother Jan have continued to write and illustrate new Berenstain Bears books since his father’s death in 2005.   Many of the series’ 250 books have been translated into Chinese, Hebrew, Italian, and Japanese, and been adapted for television.

25th

Luke Ravenstahl,
Mayor of Pittsburgh

Luke Ravenstahl became the 59th Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh in 2006 following the death of Mayor Bob O'Connor. The 28-year-old holds the distinction of being the youngest mayor of any major U.S. city. Prior to his current position, Mr. Ravenstahl became the youngest member ever elected to Pittsburgh City Council; two years later, he was unanimously voted Council President.


June
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"PCN Profiles" Saturday at 1 A.M.

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April
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5th

Bill George
PA AFL-CIO President

Bill George has been the President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) since June 1990. Mr. George was born and raised in Aliquippa, PA and served in a number of offices before being elected to his current position.  He serves with a number of organizations, including: the National AFL-CIO Appalachian Council, the PA Occupational Disease Study Advisory Board, and the United Way of PA.

12th

Ann Weaver Hart
President, Temple University

Ann Weaver Hart is the ninth president of Temple University.  She has the distinction of being the first female president in the university’s 123-year history. Prior to her position at Temple, she was president of the University of New Hampshire.  Since her inauguration in 2006, President Hart’s primary goals have been strengthening and expanding the University’s international mission in teaching and research, and community outreach.

19th

Luke Ravenstahl,
Mayor of Pittsburgh

Luke Ravenstahl became the 59th Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh in 2006 following the death of Mayor Bob O'Connor. The 28-year-old holds the distinction of being the youngest mayor of any major U.S. city. Prior to his current position, Mr. Ravenstahl became the youngest member ever elected to Pittsburgh City Council; two years later, he was unanimously voted Council President.

26th

Carolyn Welsh
PA's Only Female Sheriff
(R), Chester County


May
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3rd

John Brenner
Mayor of York, PA

John Brenner has been Mayor of the city of York since November 6, 2001.  At the age of 33, Mr. Brenner was elected as the youngest mayor in York’s history.  Prior to this current position, he was City Controller for two years, and worked as a staff assistant for PA Lieutenant Governor Mark Singel.

10th

Joseph Torsella,
President & CEO, National Constitution Center

Joseph Torsella is the President and CEO of the National Constitution Center (NCC). The NCC is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to increasing public understanding of, and appreciation for, the Constitution. The museum is an interactive, interpretive facility located within Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia.

17th

Robert Child
TV & Film Producer/Director

Robert Child is a documentary filmmaker. His television career spans nearly 25 years and he has worked on a variety of shows including “The CBS Morning Show,” “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,” and “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.” In 2000, he began producing independent documentaries. He served as writer, producer, and director of the Civil War film “Lincoln and Lee at Antietam: The Cost of Freedom.” He is currently directing “Dominion Day,” a World War II documentary film.

24th

Clyde Hare,
Photographer

31st

Sen. Vince Fumo,
D - Philadelphia

Sen. Vince Fumo has served in the PA Senate since 1978.  He was the Majority Appropriations Chairman from 1993 to1994 and the Minority Appropriations Chair from 1985 to1992 and 1995 to present.  In addition to his work in the PA Senate, Senator Fumo is also a lawyer, licensed electrical contractor, airplane pilot, boat captain and real estate investor.  He currently resides in Philadelphia.


June
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"PCN Profiles" Weekdays at 6 A.M.

April
(Schedule Subject To Change)

1st
John Kanzius, Cancer Researcher
2nd
Vince Papale, Former Philadelphia Eagle
3rd
Pat Toomey, President of the Club for Growth
4th
Dick Vermeil, Former Philadelphia Eagles Coach
7th
Robert Child, TV & Film Producer/Director
8th
Christopher Ferguson, Astronaut
9th
Mark Bussler, Documentary Filmmaker
10th
James Nevels, Founder & Chair of the Swarthmore Group
11th
John Updike, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author
14th
Clyde Hare, Photographer
15th
Sen. Gibson Armstrong, Chair of the PA Senate Majority Appropriations Cmte.
16th
Ryan Buell, Founder of the Penn State Paranormal Research Society
17th
Scott Hartwig, Supervisory Historian, Gettysburg Nat'l. Military Park
18th
Joe & Marvis Frazier, Former Heavyweight Boxers
21st
Sen. Vince Fumo, D - Philadelphia
22nd
Judge John Jones, US Middle District of PA
23rd
Rep. Bill DeWeese, PA House Majority Floor Leader
24th
Eleanor Schano, Television Pioneer
25th
Rep. Dwight Evans, Majority Chair, PA House Appropriations Cmte.
28th
Andrew Susko, PA Bar Association, President
29th
Anthony Stultz, Buddhist Teacher & Counselor
30th
Dr. Edna Baehre, President of HACC

May
(Schedule Subject To Change)

1st
Derek Fell, Garden Writer & Photographer
2nd
Paul Knight & Fred Gadomski, Hosts of "Weather World"
5th
Sen. Arlen Specter, U.S. Senator
6th
Joe Hand, Boxing Promoter
7th
"Salty" Ferguson, Former Pro-Baseball Player
8th
Bill White, Former President of the National Baseball League
9th
Joan Myers Brown, Artistic Director for Philadanco
12th
Vince Papale, Former Philadelphia Eagle
13th
Dick Groat, 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates Shortstop
14th
Anne Beiler, Founder of Auntie Anne's Pretzels
15th
Yongyi Song, Chinese Detainee
16th
Andrew Kistler, Past Commander, Disabled American Veterans
19th
Michael Berenstain,“Berenstain Bears,” Author and Illustrator
20th
Dallas Green, Manager of the 1980 World Champion Phillies
21st
Ralph Roberts, President of Comcast Corp.
22nd
Donald Goldstein, Pearl Harbor Historian
23rd
Ed Pope, Accused of Spying in Russia
26th
Luke Ravenstahl, Mayor of Pittsburgh
27th
Joel Myers, Founder of AccuWeather
28th
Bob Dorough, Jazz Composer & Pianist
29th
Elizabeth Vrato, Author
30th
Dr. Wanda Filer, PA's First Physician General

June
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