Television
SCETV's television network consists of 11 transmitters that cover almost all of South Carolina, as well as eastern parts of Georgia (including Augusta and Savannah) and southern portions of North Carolina (including Charlotte and Asheville).
As of 2011, the SCETV stations are:
| Station | City of license (other cities served) |
Channels (TV / RF) |
First air date | ERP | HAAT | Facility ID | Transmitter Coordinates |
| WNTV | Greenville | 29 (PSIP) 9 (VHF) |
September 29, 1963 | 65 kW | 377.8 m | 61010 | 34°56′28.6″N 82°24′37.6″W / 34.941278°N 82.410444°W / 34.941278; -82.410444 (WNTV) |
| WITV | Charleston | 7 (PSIP) 7 (VHF) |
January 19, 1964 | 20 kW | 521 m | 61005 | 32°55′28.6″N 79°41′55.2″W / 32.924611°N 79.698667°W / 32.924611; -79.698667 (WITV) |
| WRLK-TV 1 |
Columbia | 35 (PSIP) 32 (UHF) |
September 6, 1966 | 62 kW | 315.7 m | 61013 | 34°7′7″N 80°56′12.7″W / 34.11861°N 80.936861°W / 34.11861; -80.936861 (WRLK-TV) |
| WJPM-TV | Florence | 33 (PSIP) 45 (UHF) |
September 3, 1967 | 45 kW | 242.4 m | 61008 | 34°16′48.1″N 79°44′34.4″W / 34.280028°N 79.742889°W / 34.280028; -79.742889 (WJPM-TV) |
| WEBA-TV | Allendale (Aiken, Barnwell, Augusta, GA) |
14 (PSIP) 33 (UHF) |
September 5, 1967 | 427 kW | 241.3 m | 61003 | 33°11′15.7″N 81°23′49.2″W / 33.187694°N 81.397°W / 33.187694; -81.397 (WEBA-TV) |
| WJWJ-TV | Beaufort (Hilton Head, Savannah, GA) |
16 (PSIP) 44 (UHF) |
September 6, 1975 | 440 kW | 364.5 m | 61007 | 32°42′42.5″N 80°40′53.8″W / 32.711806°N 80.681611°W / 32.711806; -80.681611 (WJWJ-TV) |
| WRJA-TV 2 |
Sumter | 27 (PSIP) 28 (UHF) |
September 7, 1975 | 98.4 kW | 364 m | 61012 | 33°52′51.9″N 80°16′15.7″W / 33.881083°N 80.271028°W / 33.881083; -80.271028 (WRJA-TV) |
| WNSC-TV 2 |
Rock Hill (Charlotte, NC) |
30 (PSIP) 15 (UHF) |
January 3, 1978 | 403 kW | 211.6 m | 61009 | 34°50′23.7″N 81°1′6.3″W / 34.839917°N 81.018417°W / 34.839917; -81.018417 (WNSC-TV) |
| WHMC-TV | Conway (Myrtle Beach) |
23 (PSIP) 9 (VHF) |
September 2, 1980 | 20 kW | 229.6 m | 61004 | 33°57′2.5″N 79°6′30.5″W / 33.950694°N 79.108472°W / 33.950694; -79.108472 (WHMC) |
| WRET-TV 2 |
Spartanburg | 49 (PSIP) 43 (UHF) |
September 8, 1980 | 50 kW | 302.1 m | 61011 | 34°53′11.3″N 81°49′15.3″W / 34.886472°N 81.820917°W / 34.886472; -81.820917 (WRET-TV) |
| WNEH | Greenwood (Anderson) |
38 (PSIP) 18 (UHF) |
September 10, 1984 | 49 kW | 229.8 m | 60931 | 34°22′20.3″N 82°10′4″W / 34.372306°N 82.16778°W / 34.372306; -82.16778 (WNEH) |
Notes:
- 1. WRLK-TV's call letters refer to R. Lynn Kalmbach, SCETV's first executive director.
- 2. WNSC-TV (ETV Carolinas), WRJA-TV (ETV Sumter), and WRET-TV (ETV Upstate) are regional production facilities that occasionally break off from the main feed to air local programming. The other six transmitters are full-time relays of WRLK.
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