WQSC

Infobox Radio station
name = WQSC-AM


city = Charleston, SC
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branding = Real Radio
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frequency = 1340 kHz
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format = Sports Talk
power = 1 kW
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class = C
facility_id = 34590
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affiliations = Atlanta Braves
owner = Kirkman Broadcasting
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WQSC "Real Radio" is an American sports talk radio station licensed to broadcast on 1340 AM serving the community of Charleston, South Carolina.

History

Harry C. Weaver (1916-2001), who had worked for the Knoxville Journal in Knoxville, Tennessee, bought WHAN in 1955 and WOKE in 1958 [http://www.wokememories.com/WeaverObit.htm, Retrieved on 2008/05/05.] .

WOKE was a unique station in Charleston. Its format included "good music", sports, religious programming, and long weather forecasts. According to local radio buff J. Douglas Donehue, the station's three announcers--Harry Weaver, Buck Clayton, and Tennessee Weaver--were all Harry C. Weaver himself. Each night, the station would sign off the air following Mr. Weaver's poetry readings.

John "Cousin Johnny" Busbee co-hosted "Carolina in the Morning" with "Buck Clayton" for two years ending in 1981, and was replaced with former evening host Dave Bannon.

Weaver's editorials began and ended in a style reminiscent of the fictional radio newsman Les Nessman from the TV show WKRP. Saturday afternoons were for sports, and Sunday afternoons had The Metropolitan Opera.

Gil Kirkman, who had worked for WOKE, bought the station in 1994, and changed the callsign to the current WQSC and sports format in 1994. The old WOKE studios were occupied by an insurance agency in 1999. [http://www.wokememories.com, Retrieved on 2008/05/05.] .

References

External links

*AMQ|WQSC
*AML|WQSC