Joel Bechtel, Director of Sports Fundraising and Community Awareness

As Director of Sports Fundraising and Community Awareness at PCN,  Joel works in the community and around the state to develop new sports partnerships and sponsorships as well as community outreach.

A graduate of Elizabethtown College, Joel has 30 years experience in the media industry. For 20 years, he worked at WITF-TV in Harrisburg, holding various positions including the title of director of learning technologies before his departure to WHVL-TV in State College. Joel built the business plan for WHVL and launched it as the first ever commercial television station with its base of operations in State College PA. Still a  minority owner of WHVL-TV, he held the position vice president and general manager for the television station before leaving the day-to-day operations.

Joel continues to serve as a consultant and frequent co-host for the Pennsylvania Sports Network's state-wide radio shows.  He is an Emmy nominated television producer and before coming to PCN, Joel operated a  media consulting business providing management and logistical insight to media and state agencies in Pennsylvania.

Joel grew up in Northern New Jersey and currently lives in Harrisburg, PA.