{"id":13,"date":"2012-10-10T13:26:31","date_gmt":"2012-10-10T13:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rcntv-wp.web.rcn.net\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2022-01-11T22:24:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T22:24:15","slug":"about-atvntv","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/about-atvntv\/","title":{"rendered":"About ATVN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Astound TV Network signed on the air in the mid-1960s on the cable TV channel lineup of Twin County Trans- Video Inc. (Twin County Cable). Since then the networks has be known by numerous names, including TV4, Cable 4, C-Tec4, RCN4, RCN \u2013TV, and now Astound TV Network, or ATVN.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>ATVN FIRSTS <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>High school football, basketball, baseball games and more on a regular basis<\/li>\n<li>Friday night coverage of high school football and Tuesday\/Friday night coverage of high school basketball. Additional coverage included <a title=\"PIAA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.piaa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PIAA<\/a> basketball playoffs and state championship games.<\/li>\n<li>A local one-hour news report, <em>TV 4 News: The Pulse of the Lehigh Valley<\/em>, aired weekdays in the late 1960s through 1973.<\/li>\n<li><em>High School Bowl<\/em> \u2013 a local version of the GE College Bowl which was airing on national TV<\/li>\n<li>Coverage of local election night returns<\/li>\n<li>Children\u2019s programming: <em>Jolly Jingles in Alphabet Land<\/em> and <em>Polly\u2019s Treehouse<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Community Spotlight\" href=\"\/atvn\/community-spotlight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Community Spotlight<\/em><\/a>, which still airs today<\/li>\n<li>Professional baseball &#8211; Allentown Ambassadors of the independent Northeast league from Bicentennial Park in Allentown<\/li>\n<li>Live coverage of the Christmas decoration lighting ceremonies in Allentown<\/li>\n<li>Halloween Parade coverage from Allentown, Bethlehem, Catasauqua and Northampton<\/li>\n<li>With promoter Jerry Fried, provided and installed the lighting for the half-mile Nazareth Speedway dirt track (home of Mario Andretti). Held exclusive broadcast rights to Nazareth\u2019s weekly Sunday racing events until 1988, when the track closed.<\/li>\n<li><em>Mandarin Chef<\/em> hosted by Charles Tang, dedicated to culinary delights \u201cfit for the Emperor\u201d<\/li>\n<li><em>The Jolly Joe Timmer Show,<\/em> hosted by local polka musician and showman Joe Timmer, aired from 1973- 2015, making it, for a time, the longest running show on American cable television.<\/li>\n<li>The first cable TV company in the Lehigh Valley to provide live sports and community remote coverage via a \u201cportable\u201d microwave transmitter\/receiver system<\/li>\n<li>The first use of a handheld \u201cminicam\u201d camera at local events<\/li>\n<li>During the 1980s, obtained the exclusive rights to <a title=\"District XI\" href=\"https:\/\/districtxi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">District XI<\/a> sports events and coverage was expanded to include soccer, tennis, field hockey and volleyball.<\/li>\n<li>In 1985, the <a title=\"Dream Come True\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dreamcometrue.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dream Come True <\/a>Telethon became a yearly televised event. The program continues to air, celebrating its\u2019 36th annual telethon in December 2021. Since its beginnings, over $1 million dollars have been raised to help terminally and chronically ill children of the Lehigh Valley receive a wish of their choice.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>PARTNERSHIPS<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The<a title=\"Lafayette College\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goleopards.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Lafayette<\/a> Sports Network (LSN):<\/strong> Since 1997 ATVN has televised Lafayette College basketball games, leading to the development of the Lafayette Sports Network.\u00a0 The schedule has grown to include all home Lafayette football games and a selected number of away games.\u00a0 All men\u2019s and women\u2019s league basketball games and a selection of away events are now televised.<strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Pennsylvania Cable Network\" href=\"https:\/\/pcntv.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pennsylvania Cable Network (PCN)<\/a>: <\/strong>For many years, ATVN has worked with PCN to produce selected events for statewide distribution. 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