WNSC

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WNSC-TV
city =
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding = ETV Rock Hill
analog = 30 (UHF)
digital = 15 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = PBS/SCETV
network =
founded =
airdate = January 3, 1978
location = Rock Hill, South Carolina
callsign_meaning = North and South Carolina
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = South Carolina Educational Television Commission
licensee =
sister_stations =
former_affiliations =
effective_radiated_power = 2674 kW (analog)
403 kW (digital)
HAAT = 211.6 m (both)
class =
facility_id = 61009
coordinates = coord|34|50|23.7|N|81|1|6.3|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=WNSC-TV
homepage = [http://www.myetv.org/television/regionals/wnsc/ www.myetv.org/wnsc]
Infobox Radio station
name = WNSC-FM
city = Rock Hill, South Carolina
branding = 88.9 WNSC
airdate = 1979
frequency = 88.9 mHz
format = Jazz
power = 100,000 watts
erp = 100,000 watts
class = A
callsign_meaning = North and South Carolina
owner = South Carolina Educational Television Commission
website = http://www.scetv.org or http://www.myetv.org/radio/carolinas_jazz/index.cfm
affiliations = NPR, SCETV

WNSC-TV and WNSC-FM (88.9) are public broadcasting stations in Rock Hill, South Carolina. WNSC-TV's analog signal is on channel 30 and its digital signal is on channel 15. WNSC-TV is carried on cable channel 15 throughout most of the Charlotte, North Carolina, television market. The stations' studios are on the campus of [http://www.yorktech.com York Technical College] , and their transmitting tower is five miles south of Rock Hill (at 34° 50' 23.00" North Latitude, 81° 01' 6.00" West Longitude).

WNSC-TV went on the air on January 3, 1978. It is a member of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and South Carolina Educational Television (SCETV). It was the sixth full-power SCETV station, and the third public TV station to serve the Charlotte area, after WTVI (channel 42) in Charlotte and UNC-TV's WUNG-TV (channel 58) in Concord, North Carolina. Previously, South Carolina ETV programming had been seen in the Rock Hill area via a low-power translator station on Channel 55 (which is now occupied by WMYT-TV).

WNSC-TV originates some local programming, including "Piedmont Politics", and also carries national and statewide programs from PBS and SCETV. Its secondary channels carry the South Carolina Channel (an auxiliary service of SCETV) and ETV-HD.

WNSC-FM signed on in 1979, and was originally known as WPRV. It was the first NPR station in the Charlotte area; the market's flagship NPR station, WFAE, didn't sign on until 1981. It is a member of National Public Radio, carrying programming from SCETV Radio's all-news network. From its sign-on until 2001, it aired a format of NPR news and classical music along with the rest of what was then the South Carolina Educational Radio Network (SCERN)Fact|date=July 2008. In 2001, it broke off from the rest of the SCERN stations to air jazz music under the moniker of "Carolinas Jazz 88.9" in order to avoid programming conflicts with WFAE [Diane Suchetka, "WFAE Drops All That Jazz for an All-Talk Format," "The Charlotte Observer", November 17, 2000.] . However, on July 1 2008, it switched to all-news. SCETV president Moss Bresnahan told "The Charlotte Observer" that SCETV didn't want to deny people on the South Carolina side of the Charlotte market access to SCETV's growing slate of local programming. The move left the Charlotte market without a jazz station of its own. [Washburn, Mark. [http://www.charlotte.com/local/story/693923.html Sorry, Jazz fans, change may have you singing blues] . "The Charlotte Observer", 2008-07-01.]

References

External links

* [http://www.scetv.org South Carolina ETV Web site]
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