South Carolina Educational Television

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South Carolina Educational Television
statewide South Carolina
Branding	ETV South Carolina
Channels	Analog: see table below Digital: see table below
Subchannels	.1 ETV SD .2 ETV South Carolina Channel .3 ETV HD
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	South Carolina Educational Television Commission
Founded	September 1963
Former affiliations	NET (1963-1970)
Transmitter Power	see table below
Height	see table below
Facility ID	see table below
Transmitter Coordinates	see table below
Website	www.myetv.org

South Carolina Educational Television is the statewide public television and public radio network in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It consists of all the PBS member television stations and NPR member radio stations in the state. It is operated by the South Carolina Educational Television Commission, an agency of the state government.

Contents 1 History 2 Television 3 Digital Television 3.1 Post-analog shutdown 4 Radio 5 Logos 6 SCETV original programming (current and past) 7 References 8 External links

[edit] History

The network traces its history to 1957, when the General Assembly authorized a study in the use of television in the state's public schools. A studio opened in the state capital, Columbia, a year later. The Commission began operations on June 3, 1960, and by 1962 extended television service to all 46 of South Carolina's counties. Also in 1963, the Commission opened the first educational television station in South Carolina, WNTV in Greenville. A year later, WITV in Charleston signed on. Two years later, the network's flagship, WRLK-TV in Columbia, signed on. The network is now comprised of 16 stations. After years of receiving NET and PBS programs on tape-delay, it entered PBS' satellite network in 1978. In 2000, SCETV broadcast the first digital television program in the state. Since 2003, the network has been known on-air as simply "ETV South Carolina."

The Commission entered public radio in 1972, when WEPR in Greenville signed on. Eventually, the network expanded to eight stations and was known as the South Carolina Educational Radio Network (SCERN) until 2003, when it became known as ETV Radio -- while "ETV" generally refers to television, SCETV views "ETV" as a general brand name for all SCETV-related media, not just television.

[edit] Television

SCETV's television network consists of 11 stations that cover almost all of South Carolina, as well as parts of Georgia and North Carolina. All stations are currently available in analog and digital. SCETV programming is generally the same statewide, though some stations show some local programs pertinent to their region.

As of 2008, the SCETV stations are:

Station	City of license	Channels (Analog/ Digital)	First air date	ERP (Analog/ Digital)	HAAT (Analog/ Digital)	Facility ID	Transmitter Coordinates
WNTV	Greenville	29 (UHF) 9 (VHF)	September 19631	5000 kW 65 kW	392 m 377.8 m	61010	34°56′28.6″N, 82°24′37.6″W
WITV	Charleston	7 (VHF) 49 (UHF)	January 19, 1964	316 kW 400 kW	564 m 521 m	61005	32°55′28.6″N, 79°41′55.2″W
WRLK-TV	Columbia	35 (UHF) 32 (UHF)	September 19662	550 kW 62 kW	315.5 m 315.7 m	61013	34°7′7″N, 80°56′12.7″W
WJPM-TV	Florence	33 (UHF) 45 (UHF)	September 3, 1967	646 kW 45 kW	242.4 m 242.4 m	61008	34°16′48.1″N, 79°44′34.4″W
WEBA-TV	Allendale	14 (UHF) 33 (UHF)	September 5, 1967	2307 kW 427 kW	241.3 m 241.3 m	61003	33°11′15.7″N, 81°23′49.2″W
WJWJ-TV3	Beaufort	16 (UHF) 44 (UHF)	September 6, 1975	847 kW 440 kW	387.7 m 364.5 m	61007	32°42′42.5″N, 80°40′53.8″W
WRJA-TV3	Sumter	27 (UHF) 28 (UHF)	September 7, 1975	647 kW 98.4 kW	354 m 364 m	61012	33°52′51.9″N, 80°16′15.7″W
WNSC-TV3,4	Rock Hill	30 (UHF) 15 (UHF)	January 3, 1978	2674 kW 403 kW	211.6 m 211.6 m	61009	34°50′23.7″N, 81°1′6.3″W
WHMC	Conway	23 (UHF) 9 (VHF)	September 2, 1980	917 kW 20 kW	245.1 m 229.6 m	61004	33°57′2.5″N, 79°6′30.5″W
WRET-TV3	Spartanburg	49 (UHF) 43 (UHF)	September 19805	1740 kW 50 kW	296 m 302.1 m	61011	34°53′11.3″N, 81°49′15.3″W
WNEH	Greenwood	38 (UHF) 18 (UHF)	September 10, 1984	1225 kW 49 kW	229.8 m 229.8 m	60931	34°22′20.3″N, 82°10′4″W

Notes:

• 1. The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says WNTV signed on September 15, while the Television and Cable Factbook says it signed on September 29.
• 2. The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says WRLK-TV signed on September 5, while the Television and Cable Factbook says it signed on September 6.
• 3. WNSC-TV, WRJA-TV, WRET-TV and WJWJ-TV are full-fledged stations that break off from the main signal at WRLK-TV in Columbia to produce regional programs. The other five stations are operated as full-time relay stations.
• 4. WNSC-TV originally started as a low-powered translator on channel 55 in 1974 before moving to a full-powered signal on channel 30 in 1978.
• 5. The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says WRET-TV signed on September 4, while the Television and Cable Factbook says it signed on September 8.

[edit] Digital Television

There are several ATSC digital television signals broadcasted over digital channels above which are available over-the-air with a digital tuner, or through digital cable service. With either, there are offerings of three sub-channels. SCETV's digital channels map to their analog channel numbers. SCETV HD is a simulcast of the high definition PBS-DT2 feed at a screen resolution of 1080i.

The lineup of the sub-channels are as follows:

Sub-channel	Programming
xx.1	main SCETV/PBS Programming (standard definition)
xx.2	The South Carolina Channel (standard definition)
xx.3	SCETV HD (simulcast of PBS-DT2)

[edit] Post-analog shutdown

After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion, which is tentatively scheduled to take place on February 17, 2009: ^[1]

• WITV will move its digital broadcasts back to its present analog channel number, 7; ^[2]
• WHMC will move its digital broadcasts to channel 9; ^[3]
• WNTV, WRLK-TV, WJPM-TV, WEBA-TV, WJWJ-TV, WRJA-TV, WNSC-TV, WRET-TV, and WNEH will remain on their present, pre-transition digital channel numbers (9, 32, 45, 33, 44, 28, 15, 43, and 18). ^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]}

Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers will display virtual channels for each SCETV station corresponding to their present analog channel numbers.

[edit] Radio

SCETV Radio consists of eight FM transmitters covering almost all of South Carolina and parts of Georgia and North Carolina.

Three of them broadcast a mix of NPR information programs and classical music; four of them broadcast strictly NPR news and information. However, they simulcast NPR's more popular shows, such as Morning Edition and All Things Considered.

Until 2001, all of the stations operated as South Carolina Educational Radio, with a format similar to the Classical stations today. WJWJ-FM was the first station to switch to all-news, as both Charleston and Savannah provided classical NPR stations in the coverage area. By 2003, the stations had split into their current networks.

Until the rebranding to ETV Radio, WJWJ-FM, WSCI, and WEPR had local studios with occasional local shows. Due to budget cuts and the creation of the three ETV Radio networks, all stations now are fed programming directly from Columbia, although ETV maintains several local offices.

An eighth station, WNSC-FM in Rock Hill, broadcasts all jazz music in order to avoid programming duplication with WFAE in Charlotte. Ironically, WNSC was the Charlotte area's first NPR station when it signed on in 1979; WFAE didn't sign on until 1981.

News and classical music

City	Call letters	Frequency
Charleston	WSCI	89.3
Columbia	WLTR	91.3
Greenville	WEPR	90.1

News and information

City	Call letters	Frequency
Aiken	WLJK	89.1
Beaufort	WJWJ-FM	89.9
Conway	WHMC-FM	90.1
Sumter	WRJA-FM	88.1

Jazz

City	Call letters	Frequency
Rock Hill	WNSC-FM	88.9

[edit] Logos

SCETV and SCERN's logo from 1978 to 2003

SCETV's secondary logo from 2000 to 2003

The present logo, used since 2003

[edit] SCETV original programming (current and past)

• At Home Southern Style
• Firing Line
• NatureScene (SCETV's long-running outdoors program, syndicated to PBS stations nationwide)
• Making it Grow
• Carolina Journal
• Jobman Caravan
• Stateline
• Palmetto Places
• Carolina Business Review (in conjunction with UNC-TV in North Carolina and WTVI in Charlotte, North Carolina)
• State House Tonight
• Mary Long's Yesteryear (no longer in production, Mary Long died in 1998, but reruns continue on ETV as well as on SC Channel on cable)
• The Magic School Bus (Animated Nelvana/Ellipse production based on the children's book series; presented by SCETV and aired on PBS from 1994-1998)
• Sandlapper's Corner (Late 1970s children's educational show focused on South Carolina culture and history)
• Profile (Part of the ETV Classics series branding)
• Studio See (SCETV's magazine-style children's show, seen nationwide on PBS in the late-1970s and early-1980s)
• Under The Blue Umbrella (In-school program from the 1970s that dealt with a single-subject; nationally-syndicated to PBS stations)
• Under The Yellow Balloon (Similar to Blue Umbrella; from the early-1980s)
• Six Gun Heroes (1980s series on the western stars from the golden age of cinema; also seen nationwide on PBS stations)
• The Dooley and Pals Show (SCETV distributes the secular version of this children's series to PBS stations)

ETV occasionally broadcasts college sports from various state colleges in South Carolina.

[edit] References

1. ^ http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf
2. ^ CDBS Print
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[edit] External links

• SCETV official site
• SCETV regional stations
• WJWJ-TV official site
• WNSC-FM-TV official site
• WRET-TV official site
• The South Carolina Channel
• ETV Radio official site
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WNTV
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WITV
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WRLK-TV
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WJPM-TV
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WEBA-TV
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WJWJ-TV
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WRJA-TV
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WNSC-TV
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WHMC
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WRET-TV
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WNEH
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WLJK
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WJWJ-FM
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WSCI
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WLTR
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WHMC-FM
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WEPR
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WNSC-FM
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WRJA-FM

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Columbia market  (Nielsen DMA #81) WIS 10 (NBC, WX Plus on DT2) - WLTX 19 (CBS, WX NOW on DT3) - WOLO 25 (ABC) - WRLK 35/WRJA 27 (PBS/SCETV) - W39CL 39 (TBN) - WZRB 47 (The CW) - W55CQ 55 (TBN) - WACH 57 (Fox)- WKTC 63 (MNTV) - W67DP 67 (TMD)

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville/Anderson market  (Nielsen DMA #36) WYFF 4 (NBC, WX Plus on DT2) - WSPA 7 (CBS) - WLOS 13 (ABC, MyNTV on DT2) - WGGS 16 (Rel./TBN) - WHNS 21 (Fox) - WUNW 27 / WUNF 33 (PBS/UNC-TV) - WNTV 29 / WNEH 38 / WRET 49 (PBS/SCETV) - WNEG 32 (CBS) - WMYA 40 (MNTV, ABC on DT2) - WSQY-LP 51 (Daystar) - WYCW 62 (The CW) - WAEN-LP 64 (A1) Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations Reception may vary by geographical location WGTV 8 (PBS/GPB, Athens, GA)

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Charleston market  (Nielsen DMA #100) WCBD 2 (NBC, The CW on DT2) - WCIV 4 (ABC) - WCSC 5 (CBS) - WITV 7 (PBS/SCETV) - WJRB-CA 18 (GEB/AS/AV/TFU) - W21BX 21 (TBN) - WAZS-LP 22 (Azteca América) - WTAT 24 (FOX) - WMMP 36 (My Network TV) - WJNI-LP 42 (A1) Defunct television channels: WJEA-LP 12 (Ind.) - "WBLN" (The WB)

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Myrtle Beach/Florence market (Nielsen DMA #103) WGSC-CA 8 (tourist) - WBTW 13 (CBS)(MNTV/RTN on DT2) - WPDE 15 (ABC) - WWMB 21 (The CW) - WHMC 23/ WJPM 33 (PBS/SCETV) - WUNU 31 (PBS/UNC-TV) - W34CQ 34 / W35CA 35 (TBN) - WFXB 43 (FOX) Local digital television channels WMBF 32 (NBC) (coming 2008) Defunct television stations WEYB 56 (FOX/N1)

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Charlotte market  (Nielsen DMA #25) WBTV 3 (CBS) - WSOC 9 (ABC, AccuWX TV on DT2) - WHKY 14 (Ind) - W16CF 16 / W38CN 38 / W66ST 66 (TBN) -  WCCB 18 (Fox) - WLNN-LP 24 / WTBL-LP 49 (A1) - WGTB-LP 28 (FN/LeSEA) - WNSC 30 (PBS/SCETV) - WCNC 36 (NBC, WX Plus on DT2) - WTVI 42 (PBS, Create on DT3) - WJZY 46 (The CW) - WMYT 55 (MNTV, WGTB-LP on DT3) - WUNG 58 / WUNE 17 (PBS/UNC-TV) - WAXN 64 (Ind) Local cable television channels CMS TV3 - News 14 Carolina - Ch. 16 (Local Government) - C-SET (defunct) See also Broadcast television in Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville, Columbia and Piedmont Triad

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Augusta, Georgia market  (Nielsen DMA #115) WJBF 6 (ABC) - WRDW 12 (CBS) (MNTV on DT2) - WEBA 14 (PBS/SCETV) - WBEK 16 (A1) - WCES 20 (PBS/GPB) - WAGT 26 (NBC) (The CW on DT2) - WBPI 49 (Independent) - WFXG 54 (FOX)

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Savannah market  (Nielsen DMA #97) WSAV 3 (NBC) (MNTV/RTN on DT2) - WVAN 9 (PBS/GPB) - WTOC 11 (CBS) - WJWJ 16 (PBS/SCETV) - WHDS 20 (TMD) - WJCL 22 (ABC) - WTGS 28 (Fox) - WGSA 34/50 (The CW) - WXSX 46 (MTV2) - W48CX 48 (A1) - W57CT 57 (TBN) Defunct local cable television channels WBVH 13 (The WB)

v • d • e PBS Member Stations in the state of South Carolina (SCETV) Columbia market: WRLK 35 (Columbia) - WRJA 27 (Sumter) Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville market: WNTV 29 (Greenville) - WNEH 38 (Greenwood) - WRET 49 (Spartanburg) Charleston market: WITV 7 (Charleston) Florence/Myrtle Beach market: WHMC 23 (Conway/Myrtle Beach) - WJPM 33 (Florence) Charlotte market: WNSC 30 (Rock Hill) Augusta, GA market: WEBA 14 (Allendale) Savannah market: WJWJ 16 (Beaufort/Hilton Head Island) See also: ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, CW, MyNetworkTV and Other stations in South Carolina

v • d • e The Grand Strand of South Carolina Primary City - Myrtle Beach Counties Horry - Georgetown Cities and Towns Calabash - Little River - North Myrtle Beach - Garden City - Surfside Beach - Pawleys Island - Murrells Inlet - Georgetown

v • d • e NPR Member Stations in the state of South Carolina All stations part of the ETV Radio network Stations Aiken WLJK · Beaufort WJWJ · Charleston WSCI · Columbia WLTR · Conway WHMC · Greenville WEPR · Rock Hill WNSC · Sumter WRJA See also List of NPR stations