WQED SHOWCASE CHANNEL NOW ON COMCAST CABLE SYSTEMS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
February 15, 2012

CONTACT:
George Hazimanolis
412-622-1366
ghaziman@wqed.org

Maria Pisano
412-622-1459
mpisano@wqed.org

WQED SHOWCASE CHANNEL NOW ON COMCAST CABLE SYSTEMS

PITTSBURGH -- WQED Showcase, WQED’s newest digital channel, now airs on Comcast cable systems in western Pennsylvania. WQED Showcase is available to Comcast subscribers on the following channels: channel 199 in traditional Comcast systems, channel 193 on former Adelphia systems in Morgantown and Taylor County, WV; channel 196 in the South Hills and Monroeville; and channel 200 in New Castle, Indiana, Plum and Punxsutawney.

WQED Showcase airs a mix of popular pledge programming from the WQED archives like QED Cooks; Rick Sebak documentaries; multi-documentary specials hosted by Fennimore and Sebak; and national pledge programming that has never been shown on WQED due to space limitations.

WQED Showcase joins WQED’s other signals, including WQED-TV in HD; WQED: The Create Channel; and WQED: The Neighborhood Channel in providing a wide array of locally-produced and national programming for the Pittsburgh market.

WQED Showcase airs 24 hours a day seven days a week.

WQED Pittsburgh (www.wqed.org) has a proud history of honors, including 128 National and Mid-Atlantic Emmy® Awards, an Academy Award, and many, many others, including two Emmy® Awards for Station Excellence. WQED was founded in 1954 as the nation’s first community-supported broadcaster. The people of WQED create, produce and distribute quality programs, products and services to engage, inform, educate and entertain the public within their community and around the world. WQED Pittsburgh is one of the first broadcasters in the country to be fully high-definition (HD) in its studio and field production capabilities. It is the parent company of WQED-TV (PBS); WQED: The Neighborhood Channel; WQED: The Create Channel; WQED Showcase; Classical WQED-FM 89.3/Pittsburgh; Classical WQEJ-FM 89.7/Johnstown; local and national television and radio productions; WQED Interactive; and The WQED Education Department.