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South Carolina Educational Television 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 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.

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.

* WNSC-TV originally started as a low-powered translator on channel 55 in 1974 before moving to channel 30 on 1978.

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.

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.

The typical lineup of the sub-channels are as follows (as it relates to Columbia's WRLK):

Standard-Definition

• ETV SD on sub-channel 1 (i.e. WRLK 32.1 / 35.1)
• The South Carolina Channel on sub-channel 2 (i.e. WRLK 32.2 / 35.2)

High-Definition

• ETV HD on sub-channel 3 (i.e. WRLK 32.3 / 35.3)

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. However, they simulcast NPR's more popular shows, such as Morning Edition and All Things Considered.

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 Charlotte's first NPR station when it signed on in 1979; WFAE didn't sign on until 1981.

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

Logos

• SCETV and SCERN's logo from 1982 to 1987 SCETV and SCERN's logo from 1982 to 1987
• SCETV's logo from 1995 to 2003 SCETV's logo from 1995 to 2003
• The present logo, used since 2003 The present logo, used since 2003

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
• Jobman Caravan
• Stateline (TV series-SCETV)|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)
• Six Gun Heroes (1980s series on the western stars from the golden age of cinema; also seen nationwide on PBS stations)

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

External links

• SCETV official site
• SCETV asbestos site
• ETV Radio official Website

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• Television stations in South Carolina
• Radio stations in South Carolina
• PBS member stations
• NPR member stations