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South Carolina Educational Television
Statewide South Carolina
Branding	ETV South Carolina
Channels	Analog: (various, see article) Digital: (various, see article)
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	South Carolina Educational Television Commission
Founded	1960
Former affiliations	NET (1960-1970)
Website	myetv.org

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.

Contents 1 Television 1.1 Digital Television 2 ETV Radio 3 Logos 4 Original programming (Current and Past) on SCETV 5 External links

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		1967
WJWJ-TV	16	44	Beaufort/Hilton Head Island	Savannah, GA	1975
WNEH	38	18	Greenwood		1982
WNSC-TV	30	15	Rock Hill	Charlotte, NC	1974*/1978
WNTV	29	9	Greenville	Asheville, NC	1963
WRET-TV	49	43	Spartanburg	Asheville, NC	1985
WRJA-TV	27	28	Sumter		1975

* 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.

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 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

Jazz:

• WNSC 88.9 Rock Hill/Charlotte

SCETV and SCERN's logo from 1978 to 2000

SCETV's logo from 2000 to 2003

The present logo, used since 2003

• 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)
• Sandlapper's Corner (Late 1970's 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)

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

• SCETV official site
• ETV Radio official Website

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, The Tube on DT2)- WKTC 63 (MNTV) - W67DP 67 (TMD)

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville/Andrews 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) - WNTV 29 / WNEH 38 / WRET 49 (PBS/SCETV) - WUNF 33 (PBS/UNC-TV) - WMYA 40 (MNTV, ABC on DT2) - WSQY 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, The Tube on DT2) - 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)
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) - 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) - WBEK 16 (A1) - WEBA 14 (PBS/SCETV) - WCES 20 (PBS/GPB) - WAGT 26 (NBC) (The CW on DT2) - 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 (HTVN) - 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
Stations	Aiken WLJK · Beaufort WJWJ · Charleston WSCI · Columbia WLTR · Conway WHMC · Greenville WEPR · Rock Hill WNSC · Sumter WRJA
See also List of NPR stations