President and CEO

President & CEO, Brian Lockman, Announces His Retirement from Pennsylvania Cable Network Brian Lockman, President & CEO of Pennsylvania Cable Network, announced that he will retire from his role after 20 years of leading the organization. Lockman will continue in the position through March 31, 2020. Mr. Lockman joined PCN as Vice President and Chief […]

Corey Clarke, Philadelphia Bureau Chief

Corey Clarke has been the PCN Philadelphia Bureau Chief since it opened in January 2002. He is responsible for the daily operations of the bureau including covering Philadelphia-related events and provides coverage and technical support for PCN programming originating in the area. He is the host of “PCN Sports Profiles” and “The African American Experience […]

Debra Kohr Sheppard, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Debra Kohr Sheppard’s responsibilities as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer include oversight of PCN’s Operations and Engineering Departments, and executive oversight of the technical operations of the Programming Department. She prioritizes objectives and facilitates streaming initiatives with the Marketing Department. Previously, Sheppard managed PCN’s transition from analog to digital and then to high […]

Larry Kaspar, Producer and Host

Larry Kaspar is a Producer at PCN, and can be seen on air during PCN’s live Call-In program, “On The Issues,” as well as “PCN Profiles.” Larry produces “On The Issues,” a 30-minute interview program with the people who influence and make public policy. He also produces coverage of the state courts, the related series […]

Francine Schertzer, Vice President of Programming

Francine Schertzer is the Vice President of Programming at PCN. She supervises PCN’s Assignment Desk and team of Producers, who are responsible for coverage of the state legislative floor proceedings and a variety of PCN original productions. Francine serves as a regular on-air host, and has produced a myriad of regularly-occurring programs and large-scale productions […]

Matt Hall, Vice President of Field Operations

Matthew Hall serves as PCN’s Vice President of Field Operations. In that role, he supervises field crews, engineering, and the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh bureaus. He also works closely with PCN’s Sports Director on coverage of sports across Pennsylvania. Matt serves as an occasional host on the network, and co-produces the PCN Tours program. A graduate of Marywood […]

Brian Lockman, President and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Lockman was named President and Chief Executive Officer of the Pennsylvania Cable Network in February 1999. He joined PCN as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in November 1994 after more than fifteen years with C-SPAN. One of C-SPAN’s original four employees, he served more than ten years as that network’s Vice President of […]

Journalists Roundtable

Gov. Tom Wolf gave his fifth budget address this week, which as presented, did not increase taxes, though full funding for several environmental agencies and other programs relies on a $4.5 billion borrowing plan that would fund infrastructure projects from rural community broadband, to state parks. Legislative leaders offered their rebuttals to some of the […]