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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.

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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
WRLK-TV 35 32 Columbia (flagship station)
WEBA-TV 14 33 Allendale Augusta, GA
WHMC 23 9 Conway/Myrtle Beach
WITV 7 49 Charleston
WJPM-TV 33 45 Florence
WJWJ-TV 16 44 Beaufort/Hilton Head Island Savannah, GA
WNEH 38 18 Greenwood
WNSC-TV 30 15 Rock Hill Charlotte, NC
WNTV 29 9 Greenville Asheville, NC
WRET-TV 49 43 Spartanburg Asheville, NC
WRJA-TV 27 28 Sumter

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 simply transmitters.

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:

News: Jazz:

British comedy on SCETV

British comedy formerly shown on SCETV

Original programming (Current and Past) on SCETV

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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 (UPN/The CW) - W55CQ 55 (TBN) - WACH 57 (Fox) (The Tube on DT2) - WKTC 63 (WB/My Network TV)
Broadcast television in the Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville market  [(Nielsen DMA #35)]
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 (The WB/MNTV) - WYCW 62 (UPN/The CW) - WAEN-LP 64 (A1) 

Broadcast television in the Charleston market  [(Nielsen DMA #101)]
WCBD 2 (NBC) (The CW on DT2, starting 9/2006) - WCIV 4 (ABC) - WCSC 5 (CBS) - WITV 7 (PBS/SCETV) - WJEA-LP 12 (Ind.) - WJRB-CA 18 (GEB/AS/AV/TFU) - W21BX 21 (TBN) - WAZS-LP 22 (Azteca América) - WTAT 24 (FOX) - WMMP 36 (UPN/My Network TV) - WJNI-LP 42 (Ind.)
Broadcast television available on cable only:
"WBLN" (The WB)
Broadcast television in the Florence/Myrtle Beach market  [(Nielsen DMA #107)]
WBTW 13 (CBS) (My Network TV on DT2, starting 9/06) - WPDE 15 (ABC) - WWMB 21 (UPN/The CW) - WHMC 23 / WRJA 27 / WJPM 33 (PBS/SCETV) - WUNU 31 (PBS/UNC-TV) - WMBF 32 (under a construction permit) - W34CQ 34 / W35CA 35 (TBN) - WFXB 43 (Fox)
Local cable television channels
WFWB (The WB/The WB 100+, future uncertain)
Out-of-market broadcast television available on cable in some parts of the market
WCBD 2 (NBC, Charleston) - WCIV 4 (ABC, Charleston - WCSC 5 (CBS, Charleston) - WECT 6 (NBC, Wilmington) - WIS 10 (NBC, Columbia) - WLTX 19 (CBS, Columbia) - WTAT 24 (FOX, Charleston - WOLO 25 (ABC, Columbia) - WUNJ 39 (PBS/UNC-TV, Wilmington)
Broadcast television in the Charlotte market  [(Nielsen DMA #27)]
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 (A1) - WNSC 30 (PBS/SCETV) - WCNC 36 (NBC) - WTVI 42 (PBS) - WJZY 46 (UPN/The CW) - WMYT 55 (The WB/My Network TV) - WAXN 64 (Ind)
Local cable television channels
News 14 Carolina
See also Broadcast television in , and


Broadcast television in the Savannah market  [(Nielsen DMA #97)]
WSAV 3 (NBC) - WVAN 9 (PBS/GPB) - WTOC 11 (CBS) (The Tube on DT3) - WJWJ 16 (PBS/SCETV) - WHDS 20 (HTVN) - WJCL 22 (ABC) - WTGS 28 (Fox) - WGSA 34/50 (UPN) - WXSX 46 (MTV2) - W48CX 48 (A1) - W57CT 57 (TBN)
Local cable television channels
WBVH 13 (The WB)
PBS Member Stations in the state of South Carolina (SCETV)
WRLK 35 (Columbia)
WNTV 29 (Greenville) - WNEH 38 (Greenwood) - WRET 49 (Spartanburg)
WITV 7 (Charleston)
WHMC 23 (Conway/Myrtle Beach) - WRJA 27 (Sumter) - WJPM 33 (Florence)
WNSC 30 (Rock Hill)
WEBA 14 (Allendale)
WJWJ 16 (Beaufort/Hilton Head Island)
'''See also: , , , , , and stations in South Carolina

 

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