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{{Infobox television channel
| name = Pittsburgh Cable News Channel
| logo = Logo of Pittsburgh Cable News Channel as of 2022.svg
| type = [[Digital subchannel]]
| country = [[United States]]
| area = [[Pittsburgh Media Market]]
| owner = [[Cox Media Group]]
| sister_channels = [[WPXI]]
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|1994|01|01}}
| terr_chan_1 = [[WPXI]] 11.4
}}

The '''Pittsburgh Cable News Channel''' ('''PCNC''') is a [[United States cable news|cable news channel]] and [[digital subchannel]] of [[WPXI]] serving the [[Western Pennsylvania]] area. It is owned by [[Cox Media Group]]. PCNC [[Simulcast|simulcasts]] or replays much of WPXI's programming. It continues to produce two original [[Talk show|talk shows]], "Pittsburgh Now" and "Night Talk", along with local news and regional business news.<ref>{{Cite web |title=TitanTV NextGen Affiliate Programming Guides |url=http://www.titantvguide.com/ |access-date=October 30, 2022 |website=www.titantvguide.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=December 31, 2019 |title=WPXI Channel 11 announces PCNC changes |url=https://www.wpxi.com/news/wpxi-channel-11-announces-pcnc-changes/M4QXCCXUX5EBTHEADCW43GUNWU/ |access-date=October 30, 2022 |website=WPXI |language=en}}</ref>

==History==
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, [[Tele-Communications Inc.|TCI]]. [[Comcast]] ([[Xfinity]]) stopped carrying PCNC on January 1, 2020,<ref name=":0" /> which significantly reduced the potential viewing audience. WPXI added PCNC to its [[digital subchannel]] lineup in early March 2023.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Owen |first1=Rob |title=TV Talk |url=https://triblive.com/aande/movies-tv/tv-talk-amazon-will-renew-a-league-of-their-own-pcnc-now-available-over-the-air/ |website=TribLive.com |date=March 14, 2023 |publisher=Trib Total Media |access-date=March 19, 2023}}</ref>

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. <ref>https://www.pghcitypaper.com/news/the-exit-interview-1335367</ref> After McIntire's departure in 2003, the show had several hosts, including Ann Devlin and its final host, [[Beaver County, Pennsylvania|Beaver County]] sports hall-of-fame broadcaster [[Ellis Cannon]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 4, 2017 |title=NIGHTTALK, Weeknights at 8pm, Exclusively on PCNC |url=https://www.wpxi.com/station/pcnc/nighttalk-weeknights-at-8pm-exclusively-on-pcnc/481245768/ |access-date=October 30, 2022 |website=WPXI |language=en}}</ref> 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]];<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Region's Business |url=https://www.alleghenyconference.org/media/our-regions-business/ |access-date=October 30, 2022 |website=Allegheny Conference |language=en-US}}</ref> 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 5:30{{nbsp}}p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.

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