WNSC-TV (channel 30)

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member

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, United States. It is owned by the South Carolina Educational Television Commission alongside news/talk radio station

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(88.9). WNSC-TV's studios are located on the campus of

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in Rock Hill, and its transmitter is located in southeastern York County (east of

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). WNSC-TV operates as a member station of

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(SCETV).

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and most internal operations are based at SCETV's headquarters on George Rogers Boulevard in Columbia, across from Williams-Brice Stadium on the campus of the University of South Carolina. On

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, WNSC-TV is available on channel 15 throughout most of the

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History

The station first signed on the air on January 3, 1978, initially broadcasting instructional programs during the day before beginning full-time broadcasting in July. (WPRV, now WNSC-FM, signed on the same day.) WNSC debuted as the sixth full-power station aligned with SCETV, and the third

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station to serve the Charlotte area, after

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(channel 42) and

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-based

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station WUNG-TV (channel 58). Previously, SCETV programming had been seen in the Rock Hill area via low-power

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W55AA on UHF channel 55 (that channel was later occupied by

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affiliate

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Programming

WNSC-TV originates some local programming, including ''Piedmont Politics'', and also carries national and statewide programs from PBS and SCETV. Its digital subchannels carry the South Carolina Channel, ETV World and SCETV PBS Kids.

Local and regional programming

*''Talk of the Town'' – a community affairs talk show hosted by Bill Curry *''Mary Long's Yesteryear'' – hosted by Mary Long *''Fret & Fiddle'' – a songwriter performance showcase *''Metrolina Illustrated Newsmagazine'' created, hosted and produced by Chuck Smith (1988–1991) *''Rock Hill: Primetime'' – created and produced by Chuck Smith (1991–1992) *''Carolina Weekends'' – created, hosted and produced by Chuck Smith (1988–1991)

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is

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Analog-to-digital conversion

WNSC-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 30, at midnight on February 18, 2009 (along with the other SCETV stations), the day after some full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts (February 17 was the original target date for the transition until the

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moved the transition date to June 12 earlier in the month). The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 15. Through the use of

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, digital television receivers display the station's

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as its former UHF analog channel 30.

References

External links

www.scetv.org/
- South Carolina ETV official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Wnsc South Carolina Educational Television NSC-TV PBS member stations Rock Hill, South Carolina Television channels and stations established in 1978 1978 establishments in South Carolina