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The Front Page News Television Network, referred to as The PFPN, is a video-television network in the United States launched during the 1998 television season. It features a mixture of programming from both PFPN and Independent television networks, which produce independent operations on the web. The PFPN Founder of Van Stone Productions Foundation Entertainment and Front Page News Television Network targets 3- to 14 year-olds, 18- to 34-year-olds, and 40- to 65 year-olds. The PFPN is a project under the nonprofit VSP Foundation Inc.
The network began operations during the Month of January 1998 Monday, September with 5 nights of Soul City Wrestling reruns and West Philadelphia community related talent show specials. It has been lead by Icon Van Stone Downing and Webmaster Gerald McNeil from its beginning.
The Philadelphia City Paper covered the story about ‘the world’s only African American Wrestling Federation based in Philadelphia and they do things a little differently. Soul CitySamoa vs. Black Caesar, and other matches included the ever-popular midget wrestling. It was always a family affair. Expected were stiltwalkers and an appearance by Lumpy the Kangaroo.’ The Front Page News Television Network, formally know as the Van Stone Digest, covered Soul City Wrestling. Wrestling claims to put on a good, clean fight every time, with none of the blood, nudity or profanity that plague their more extreme peers. Hard Rock Hamilton took on The Holy Ghost, CoCo
The PFPN is a successor to The Van Stone Digest and of which launched in January 1998. However, both networks can be seen as descendants of the World of Van Stone, a venture between Van Stone Youth Program, Inc., and The Philadelphia Westside Weekly, publisher Tyree Johnson, which launched in 1988 and ended after a two year run. The PFPN respectively, continued as a separate syndication service.The World of Van Stone started begun to secure a foothold in the Black American Comics viewing lineup in Philadelphia, PA. The World of Van Stone Black Superhero Comics featured superhero U7, Shadai Chiropractor, Axe Man, Anvil Man, Baldwin Blues and supervillains Icy, and Grand Kaiser in an adventure called Heroes of the Last Q. World of Van Stone launched to create fanfare in Black Pro. Wrestlers and an amine animation concept. However, in the two seasons, PFPN network was able to air several Soul City wrestling and Heroes of the Last Q comics series that became quite popular in Philadelphia, PA and New York City, NY. However, towards the end of the year 2000, the Soul City Wrestling and Heroes of the Last Q were in decline. Unable to reach the audience or have the effect that PFPN had gained within its first year, coverage of Soul City Wrestling folded and the network began to cover other programming.
Nonetheless, in 2000 PFPN began to produce music videos television programming using High 8 video and special affects to compete with major television stations. Gerald McNeil, webmaster, videographer, photographer and radio/television engineer joined Samuel Van Stone Downing as Manager after working with the PFPN for over 2 years.
The PFPN targeted its programming to younger and older audiences alike PFPN offered local national news and/or sports programming to its viewers.
During the year of 2007, a new, full version of the network webcast, www.frontpagenews.us, was launched. The interactive webcast contains links to children safe web sites and now features in-depth education information of PFPN Black, Greek, Latino, and Bangladesh, History programs.
