WNSC-TV

WNSC-TV
Rock Hill, South Carolina
United States
Branding ETV Carolinas
Channels Digital: 15 (UHF)
(to move to 34 (UHF))
Virtual: 30 (PSIP)
Subchannels See below
Affiliations PBS (1978–present)
Owner South Carolina Educational Television Commission
First air date January 3, 1978 (1978-01-03)
Call letters' meaning North and South Carolina
Sister station(s) WNSC-FM
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog:
  • 30 (UHF, 1978–2009)
Transmitter power 403 kW
1000 kW (CP)
Height 211.6 m (694 ft)
209.9 m (689 ft) (CP)
Facility ID 61009
Transmitter coordinates 34°50′23.3″N 81°1′6″W / 34.839806°N 81.01833°W / 34.839806; -81.01833 (WNSC-TV)Coordinates: 34°50′23.3″N 81°1′6″W / 34.839806°N 81.01833°W / 34.839806; -81.01833 (WNSC-TV)
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website

WNSC-TV, virtual channel 30 (UHF digital channel 15), is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member television station licensed to Rock Hill, South Carolina, United States. Owned by the South Carolina Educational Television Commission, it is sister to news/talk radio station WNSC-FM (88.9). WNSC-TV's studios are located on the campus of York Technical College in Rock Hill, and its transmitter is located in southeastern York County (east of I-77).

WNSC-TV operates as a member station of South Carolina Educational Television (SCETV). Master control and most internal operations are based at SCETV's headquarters on George Rogers Boulevard in Columbia, across from Williams-Brice Stadium. On cable, WNSC-TV is available on channel 15 throughout most of the Charlotte, North Carolina television market.

History

The station first signed on the air on January 3, 1978. WNSC debuted as the sixth full-power station aligned with SCETV, and the third public television station to serve the Charlotte area, after WTVI (channel 42) and Concord-based UNC-TV station WUNG-TV (channel 58). Previously, SCETV programming had been seen in the Rock Hill area via low-power translator station W55AA on UHF channel 55 (channel now occupied by MyNetworkTV owned-and-operated station WMYT-TV).

WNSC-TV originates some local programming, including Piedmont Politics, and also carries national and statewide programs from PBS and SCETV. Its digital subchannels carry the South Carolina Channel, ETV World and SCETV PBS Kids.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[1]
30.11080i16:9ETVMain SCETV programming / PBS
30.2480iSCCSouth Carolina Channel (local documentaries / Create from 12 midnight to 6 pm)
30.3ETVWETV World (PBS Encore and block programming from BBC, DW-TV and NHK World)
30.4ETVKPBS Kids

Analog-to-digital conversion

WNSC-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 30, at midnight on February 18, 2009 (along with the other SCETV stations), the day after some full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts (February 17 was the original target date for the transition until the Federal Communications Commission moved the transition date to June 12 earlier in the month). The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 15.[2] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 30.

Local and regional programming

  • Talk of the Town - a community affairs talk show hosted by Bill Curry
  • Mary Long's Yesteryear - hosted by Mary Long
  • Fret & Fiddle - a songwriter performance showcase
  • Metrolina Illustrated Newsmagazine created, hosted and produced by Chuck Smith (1988–1991)
  • Rock Hill - Primetime - created and produced by Chuck Smith (1991–1992)
  • Carolina Weekends - created, hosted and produced by Chuck Smith (1988–1991)

References

  1. ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for WNSC
  2. ↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
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