January

Debbie Kirtz is appointed to the Peters Township Cable TV Board

A Service Club at the High School is discussed by the Board and is set to go into service in the fall (eventually renamed the PTHS Video Club.).

May

Representatives from Peters Township and Adelphia meet to discuss renegotiating the Cable TV Franchise Agreement

August

The first Video Production Class is discussed, which will be taught by Jim Riding, Paul Sutherland and B. Nickles and cost $25, with registration and publicity to be arranged by Joanne Nelson of the Recreation Department.  It will be offered in January 1989, with an advanced class to follow.

October

Peters Township signs a franchise renewal agreement with Adelphia for an additional 15 years on October 24.  Part of this agreement results in the creation of Channel 20 (a local origination studio facility to be used by the communities of Upper St. Clair, Bethel Park, Mt. Lebanon, and Peters Township.  In addition, the Township is granted its own separate Public Access, Educational Access, and Government Access channels.  

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newspaper article

 Adelphia gives Peters Township an equipment grant of $75,000 (over 5 payments) for the purchase of equipment for the Township Public Access channels, as part of its agreement.

 Basic Cable Channels offered on Adelphia as part of the agreement include: WPCB, WQEX, KDKA, WTAE, WPXI, WQED, WTRF, WPTT, WPGH, WTOV, Public Access Channel, Education Access, Government Access, Local Origination, WTBS Atlanta, WWOR New York, CBN Cable Network, ESPN, Lifetime, Cable News Network (CNN), Financial News Network II, Cable Headline News, C-Span, The Weather Channel, MTV, Nashville Netowrk, KBL Entertainment, USA, Arts, Culture and Entertainment, Nickelodeon, Meadows Racing Network, and QVC.  In addition, Home Box Office (HBO) and Disney Channel are offered as Premium Programming Services.

November

Canonsburg General Hospital begins its decades-long relationship with Peters Township Cable TV, by supplying the station with 7 programs to air on the station, the first of these "Seven Warning Signs of Cancer" with Robert Lesnock, M.D. is shown for the first time on Nov. 30.  Additional programs include "Lung Cancer", "Understanding Breast Cancer", "CGH's Coping & Caring Support Group" & "Colorectal Cancer"