South Carolina Educational Television

South Carolina Educational Television
statewide South Carolina
United States
Branding ETV
Channels Digital: see table below
Subchannels xx.1 PBS
xx.2 South Carolina Channel
xx.3 ETV World
Affiliations PBS
Create (DT2)
Owner South Carolina Educational Television Commission
Sister station(s) South Carolina Public Radio
Former affiliations NET (1963–1970)
Transmitter power see table below
Height see table below
Facility ID see table below
Transmitter coordinates see table below
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Carolina Educational Television Profile
Carolina Educational Television CDBS
Website www.scetv.org

South Carolina Educational Television is a public television network serving the U.S. state of South Carolina. It is operated by the South Carolina Educational Television Commission, an agency of the state government which holds the licenses for all of the PBS member television stations licensed in the state. The broadcast signals of the eleven television stations cover almost all of the state, as well as parts of North Carolina and Georgia.

The network's primary operations are located on George Rogers Boulevard in Columbia, across from Williams-Brice Stadium; SCETV operates satellite studios in Spartanburg, Beaufort, Sumter and Rock Hill.

History

SCETV's first telecast in 1958, from Dreher High School.

The state network traces its history to 1957, when the South Carolina General Assembly authorized a study in the use of television in the state's public schools. A studio was opened in the library of Dreher High School in Columbia. The first telecourses (a French course taught by Madame Lucille Turney-High and a geometry course taught by Cornelia Turnbull) aired on September 8, 1958 via closed circuit television.[1] The South Carolina ETV Commission began operations on June 3, 1960, and by 1962 it extended closed-circuit television service to all 46 South Carolina counties.

In 1963, the Commission launched the first open-circuit educational station in South Carolina, WNTV in Greenville. One year later, WITV in Charleston signed on. Two years later, the state network's primary station, WRLK-TV in Columbia, made its debut. Over the years, the state network has grown to comprise eleven full-power stations. After years of receiving NET and PBS programs on tape delay, it entered PBS' satellite network in 1978. In 2000, SCETV broadcast the first digital television program in the state. Since 2003, the state network identifies on-air as simply "ETV."

Station identification for ETV HD (circa 2009).

The Commission entered public radio in 1972, when WEPR in Clemson signed on the air (WEPR later moved its city of license to Greenville). The state radio network eventually expanded to eight stations and was called the South Carolina Educational Radio Network (SCERN) until 2003, when it was remamed ETV Radio. While "ETV" generally refers to television, SCETV viewed "ETV" as a general brand name for both its radio and television properties. In 2015, however, the radio network rebranded as South Carolina Public Radio.

R. Lynn Kalmbach was selected as the network's first project director in 1958. Henry J. Cauthen became executive director of the network upon the death of R. Lynn Kalmbach in 1965. Paul Amos took the helm as ETV's third president in 1998. Maurice "Moss" Bresnahan joined ETV as president and CEO from 2001 to 2008. David Crouch served as president in 2009. SCETV's current president and CEO is Linda O'Bryon, who served as co-creator of the Nightly Business Report.[2]

There are nine members of the ETV Commission. Eight are appointed by the Governor for six-year terms--one from each Congressional District and one from the State at-large who serves as Chairman. The ninth member is the State Superintendent of Education who is ex-officio. The current Commission consists of: Dr. Brent Nelsen, At-large Chair, Greenville; Ms. Parker Harrington, 1st Congressional District, Hilton Head; Ms. Elise Bidwell, 2nd Congressional District, Columbia; Mr. Craig Kinley, 3rd Congressional District, Anderson; Ms. Karen Martin, 4th Congressional District, Woodruff; Mr. David E. Vipperman, 5th Congressional District, Rock Hill; Ms. Nicole Holland, 6th Congressional District, Columbia; Ms. Jill Kelso, 7th Congressional District, Murrell's Inlet; and Molly Spearman, Ex-officio, State Superintendent of Education, Columbia.

Network

SCETV's television network consists of 11 digital transmitters that cover almost all of South Carolina, as well as eastern portions of Georgia (including Augusta and Savannah) and southern portions of North Carolina (including Charlotte and Asheville). SCETV's headquarters and main production facility is located in Columbia, with production facilities in Rock Hill, Spartanburg and Sumter.

Regional television stations

SCETV initially planned to make all eleven of its television stations capable of airing local programming. Four full-fledged stations were built and staffed in Beaufort, Rock Hill, Spartanburg and Sumter before the idea was abandoned in the early 1980s. After a massive reduction in force in 2004, the stations were downgraded to production facilities. In 2012, WJWJ-TV in Beaufort was converted into a repeater of the network.[3]

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 (Asheville, North Carolina) 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
"ETV Headquarters"		 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, Georgia)		 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-TV3
"ETV Lowcountry"		 Beaufort
(Hilton Head-Hardeeville-Savannah, Georgia)		 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
"ETV Sumter"		 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
"ETV Carolinas"		 Rock Hill
(Charlotte, North Carolina)		 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
"ETV Upstate"		 Spartanburg (Hendersonville, North Carolina) 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:

Digital television

SCETV offers three digital television services available over-the-air, and through the digital tiers of some cable television providers. ETV HD is the primary feed with high definition content from PBS and SCETV broadcast in the 1080i resolution format. The South Carolina Channel (SCC) carries the national Create service daily, with regionally produced documentary programs focusing on the Carolinas airing during the evening hours. ETV World (ETVW) provides live newscasts from Europe, notably from Germany's Deutsche Welle and England's BBC television networks, along with live coverage from the South Carolina State House. Both SCC and ETVW are transmitted in 480i standard definition.

The lineup of the sub-channels are as follows:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming
xx.1 1080i 16:9 ETV Main SCETV programming / PBS
xx.2 480i SCC Create (12 a.m.-6 p.m.)
PBS Kids (6 p.m.-8 p.m.)
Carolina documentaries (8 p.m.-12 a.m.)
xx.3 ETVW statehouse coverage, DWTV

Analog-to-digital conversion

Despite the DTV Delay Act national transition extension to June 12, 2009, SCETV discontinued the analog signals of its 11 full-power stations at midnight on February 18, 2009.

After this, the following changes occurred:[5]

Each of the eleven stations use PSIP to display a virtual channel that corresponds to their former analog channel allocation.

Cable and satellite availability

SCETV's television network is carried on nearly every cable television provider in South Carolina. Additionally, Rock Hill's WNSC-TV is carried on Time Warner Cable's systems on the North Carolina side of the Charlotte market.

On DirecTV and Dish Network, WRLK-TV, WNTV, WITV, WNSC-TV, WJWJ-TV, WEBA-TV and WJPM-TV are respectively carried on the Columbia, Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville, Charleston, Charlotte, Savannah, Augusta and Florence/Myrtle Beach local feeds. The South Carolina Channel and ETV World have yet to be offered by satellite services.

Logos


SCETV original programming (current and past)

Television programming

Historical: (partial)

  • Action Packed Cliffhangers (1980s series on the serials from the golden age of cinemas)
  • American Playhouse Roanoak (mini-series, 1986) PBS
  • At Home Southern Style
  • Carolina Journal
  • Crucible of Empire: The Spanish American War (1999) Great Projects Film Company Inc. for PBS
  • The Day the Universe Changed (BBC series, presented by SCETV in the U.S., 1986) PBS
  • The Dooley and Pals Show (SCETV distributed the secular version of this children's series to PBS stations)
  • Enemies of War (2001) ITVS / PBS
  • Firing Line (produced by SCETV for PBS from 1971 to 1999)
  • Germans in America (four-part history series 2008) public tv (synducated)[24]
  • Great Performances The Consul (opera, 1977) PBS
  • Great Performances Vanessa (opera, 1978) PBS
  • Great Projects: The Building of America (2002) Great Projects Film Company Inc. for PBS
  • Jobman Caravan
  • The Magic School Bus (Animated Nelvana/Ellipse production based on the children's book series; presented by SCETV and aired on PBS from 1994–1998), moved to Fox television.
  • Mary Long's Yesteryear (Mary Long died in 1998, but reruns continue on The South Carolina Channel)
  • NatureScene (nature walk series with hosts Rudy Mancke and Jim Welch, videography by Allen Sharpe, 1978-2003) syndicated, public television [25]
  • Palmetto Places
  • Primary Colors: The Story of Corita (documentary on Corita Kent, 1990) PBS [26]
  • Priscilla's Yoga Stretches
  • Profile
  • Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey (2001) Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture William Greaves PBS
  • Stateline
  • Sandlapper's Corner (Late 1970s children's educational show focused on South Carolina culture and history)
  • Six Gun Heroes (1980s series on the western stars from the golden age of cinema)
  • Studio See (SCETV's magazine-style children's show, seen nationwide on PBS in the late 1970s and early 1980s)
  • Under The Blue Umbrella (In-school program from the 1970s that dealt with a single-subject; nationally syndicated to PBS stations)
  • Under The Yellow Balloon (Similar to Blue Umbrella; from the early 1980s)
  • Voices and Visions (13-part poetry series, 2004) PBS [27]

References

  1. ↑ ""In Our Schools" Features Finalists in Teacher of the Year Program". SCETV. April 9, 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-26.
  2. ↑ ""In Our Schools" Features Finalists in Teacher of the Year Program". SCETV. April 9, 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-26.
  3. 1 2 http://www.islandpacket.com/2012/02/02/1950600/wjwj-studios-close-for-financial.html
  4. ↑ "A selection from a decade of visits to tower and studio sites in the Northeast and beyond". Fybush.com. Retrieved 2013-04-26.
  5. ↑ http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf
  6. ↑ http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101231023&formid=387&fac_num=61005
  7. ↑ http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101231030&formid=387&fac_num=61010
  8. ↑ http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101231034&formid=387&fac_num=61013
  9. ↑ http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101231025&formid=387&fac_num=61008
  10. ↑ http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101231020&formid=387&fac_num=61003
  11. ↑ http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101231026&formid=387&fac_num=61007
  12. ↑ http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101231032&formid=387&fac_num=61012
  13. ↑ http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101231029&formid=387&fac_num=61009
  14. ↑ http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101231022&formid=387&fac_num=61004
  15. ↑ http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101231031&formid=387&fac_num=61011
  16. ↑ http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101231028&formid=387&fac_num=60931
  17. ↑ http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/a-chefs-life-pbs
  18. ↑ http://www.pbs.org/about/news/archive/2015/daytime-emmy-awards/
  19. ↑ http://www.scetv.org/television/programs/carolina-classrooms
  20. ↑ http://www.scetv.org/media-kit-expeditions-patrick-mcmillan
  21. ↑ http://www.scetv.org/television/programs/making-it-grow
  22. ↑ http://www.scetv.org/television/programs/palmetto-scene
  23. ↑ https://www.scetv.org/program/reel-south
  24. ↑ http://www.germansinamerica.org/
  25. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1063572C27BEE8D3
  26. ↑ http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/470740/Primary-Colors-The-Story-of-Corita/
  27. ↑ https://www.learner.org/catalog/producers/vvcreators

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