South Carolina Educational Television

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South Carolina Educational Television (SCETV)
Statewide South Carolina
Branding	ETV
Channels	(various, see article) analog, (various, see article) digital
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	South Carolina Educational Television Commission
Founded	1960
Former affiliations	NET (1960-1970)
Transmitter Power	(see FCC data in "External Links")
Website	myetv.org

South Carolina Educational Television (SCETV) is the statewide public television and public radio network in 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.

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 in 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 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."

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 viewed "ETV" as a general brand name for all SCETV-related media, not just television.

Contents 1 Television 2 ETV Radio 3 Original programming (Current and Past) on SCETV 4 External links

[edit] Television

ETV'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.

ETV programming is generally the same statewide, though some stations show some local programs pertinent to their region.

Call sign	Analog ch.	Digital ch.	Location	Also serves	Signed on
WRLK-TV	35	32	Columbia (flagship station)		1965
WEBA-TV	14	33	Allendale	Augusta, GA	1978
WHMC	23	9	Conway/Myrtle Beach		1980
WITV	7	49	Charleston		1964
WJPM-TV	33	45	Florence		1978
WJWJ-TV	16	44	Beaufort	Hilton Head, Savannah, GA	1975
WNEH	38	18	Greenwood		1982
WNSC-TV	30	15	Rock Hill	Charlotte, NC	1978
WNTV	29	9	Greenville	Asheville, NC	1963
WRET-TV	49	43	Spartanburg	Asheville, NC	1985
WRJA-TV	27	28	Sumter		1975

WNSC, WRJA, WRET and WJWJ are full-fledged stations that break off from the main signal at WRLK to produce regional programs. The other five stations are operated as translators.

[edit] ETV Radio

ETV 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. An eighth station, WNSC in Rock Hill, broadcasts all jazz music in order to avoid conflicts with WFAE in Charlotte.

News and classical music:

• WLTR 91.3 Columbia
• WEPR 90.1 Greenville/Spartanburg
• WSCI 89.3 Charleston

News:

• WRJA 88.1 Sumter/Columbia/Florence
• WLJK 89.1 Aiken/Augusta
• WJWJ 89.9 Beaufort/Hilton Head Island/Charleston/Savannah
• WHMC 90.1 Conway/Myrtle Beach/Florence

Jazz:

• WNSC 88.9 Rock Hill/Charlotte

[edit] Original programming (Current and Past) on SCETV

• At Home Southern Style
• Firing Line
• NatureScene (SCETV's long-running outdoors program, syndicated to PBS stations nationwide)
• Making it Grow
• Carolina Journal
• 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 production based on the children's book series; presented by SCETV and aired on PBS from 1994-1998)
• 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)

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

[edit] External links

• SCETV official site
• SCETV Scandal Site
• ETV Radio official Website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WRLK
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WRET
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WNSC
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WJWJ
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WRJA
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WEBA
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WNTV
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WNEH
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WJPM
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WHMC
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WITV
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WLTR
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WEPR
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WSCI
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WRJA
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WLJK
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WJWJ
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WHMC
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WNSC

Broadcast television in the Columbia market  (Nielsen DMA #83)
WIS 10 (NBC) - WLTX 19 (CBS) - WOLO 25 (ABC) - WRLK 35 (PBS/SCETV) - W39CL 39 (TBN) - WZRB 47 (The CW) - W55CQ 55 (TBN) - WACH 57 (Fox) (The Tube on DT2) - WKTC 63 (MNTV)

Broadcast television in the Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville market  (Nielsen DMA #36)
WYFF 4 (NBC) - WSPA 7 (CBS) - WGTV 8 (PBS/GPB) - WLOS 13 (ABC) - WGGS 16 (Rel./TBN) - WHNS 21 (Fox) - WNTV 29 / WNEH 38 / WRET 49 (PBS/SCETV) - W31AZ 31 / W50CL 50 / W50CZ 50 (TBN) - WNEG 32 (CBS) - WUNF 33 (PBS/UNC-TV) - WMYA 40 (MNTV) - WYCW 62 (The CW) - WAEN-LP 64 (A1)

Broadcast television in the Charlotte market  (Nielsen DMA #26)
WBTV 3 (CBS) - WSOC 9 (ABC) - WHKY 14 (Ind) - W16CF 16 / W38CN 38 / W66ST 66 (TBN) - WUNE 17 / WUNG 58 (PBS/UNC-TV) - WCCB 18 (Fox) - WLNN-LP 24 / WTBL-LP 49 (A1) - WGTB-LP 28 (FN) - WNSC 30 (PBS/SCETV) - WCNC 36 (NBC) - WTVI 42 (PBS) - WJZY 46 (The CW) - WMYT 55 (MNTV) - WAXN 64 (Ind)
Local cable television channels
News 14 Carolina
See also Broadcast television in Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville, Columbia and Piedmont Triad

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

PBS Member Stations in the state of South Carolina (SCETV)
Columbia market: WRLK 35 (Columbia) 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) - WRJA 27 (Sumter) - 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