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).
The SCETV stations are:
| Station | City of license (other cities served) |
Channels (TV / RF) |
First air date | ERP | HAAT | Transmitter Coordinates | Facility ID | Public license information |
| WNTV | Greenville | 29 (PSIP) 9 (VHF) |
September 29, 1963 | 65 kW | 377.8 m | 34°56′28.6″N 82°24′37.6″W / 34.941278°N 82.410444°W / 34.941278; -82.410444 (WNTV) | 61010 | Profile CDBS |
| WITV | Charleston | 7 (PSIP) 7 (VHF) |
January 19, 1964 | 20 kW | 521 m | 32°55′28.6″N 79°41′55.2″W / 32.924611°N 79.698667°W / 32.924611; -79.698667 (WITV) | 61005 | Profile CDBS |
| WRLK-TV 1 |
Columbia | 35 (PSIP) 32 (UHF) |
September 6, 1966 | 62 kW | 315.7 m | 34°7′7″N 80°56′12.7″W / 34.11861°N 80.936861°W / 34.11861; -80.936861 (WRLK-TV) | 61013 | Profile CDBS |
| WJPM-TV | Florence | 33 (PSIP) 45 (UHF) |
September 3, 1967 | 45 kW | 242.4 m | 34°16′48.1″N 79°44′34.4″W / 34.280028°N 79.742889°W / 34.280028; -79.742889 (WJPM-TV) | 61008 | Profile CDBS |
| WEBA-TV | Allendale (Aiken, Barnwell, Augusta, GA) |
14 (PSIP) 33 (UHF) |
September 5, 1967 | 427 kW | 241.3 m | 33°11′15.7″N 81°23′49.2″W / 33.187694°N 81.397000°W / 33.187694; -81.397000 (WEBA-TV) | 61003 | Profile CDBS |
| WJWJ-TV | Beaufort (Hilton Head, Savannah, GA) |
16 (PSIP) 44 (UHF) |
September 6, 1975 | 440 kW | 364.5 m | 32°42′42.5″N 80°40′53.8″W / 32.711806°N 80.681611°W / 32.711806; -80.681611 (WJWJ-TV) | 61007 | Profile CDBS |
| WRJA-TV 2 |
Sumter | 27 (PSIP) 28 (UHF) |
September 7, 1975 | 98.4 kW | 364 m | 33°52′51.9″N 80°16′15.7″W / 33.881083°N 80.271028°W / 33.881083; -80.271028 (WRJA-TV) | 61012 | Profile CDBS |
| WNSC-TV 2 |
Rock Hill (Charlotte, NC) |
30 (PSIP) 15 (UHF) |
January 3, 1978 | 403 kW | 211.6 m | 34°50′23.7″N 81°1′6.3″W / 34.839917°N 81.018417°W / 34.839917; -81.018417 (WNSC-TV) | 61009 | Profile CDBS |
| WHMC | Conway (Myrtle Beach) |
23 (PSIP) 9 (VHF) |
September 2, 1980 | 20 kW | 229.6 m | 33°57′2.5″N 79°6′30.5″W / 33.950694°N 79.108472°W / 33.950694; -79.108472 (WHMC) | 61004 | Profile CDBS |
| WRET-TV 2 |
Spartanburg | 49 (PSIP) 43 (UHF) |
September 8, 1980 | 50 kW | 302.1 m | 34°53′11.3″N 81°49′15.3″W / 34.886472°N 81.820917°W / 34.886472; -81.820917 (WRET-TV) | 61011 | Profile CDBS |
| WNEH | Greenwood (Anderson) |
38 (PSIP) 18 (UHF) |
September 10, 1984 | 49 kW | 229.8 m | 34°22′20.3″N 82°10′4″W / 34.372306°N 82.16778°W / 34.372306; -82.16778 (WNEH) | 60931 | Profile CDBS |
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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