WNSC-TV


WNSC-TV is a PBS member television station in Rock Hill, South Carolina, United States. It is owned by the South Carolina Educational Television Commission alongside news/talk radio station WNSC-FM. 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.
WNSC-TV operates as a member station of South Carolina Educational Television. Master control and most internal operations are based at SCETV's headquarters on George Rogers Boulevard in Columbia, across from Williams-Brice Stadium on the campus of the University of South Carolina. 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, initially broadcasting instructional programs during the day before beginning full-time broadcasting in July. WNSC debuted as the sixth full-power station aligned with SCETV, and the third public television station to serve the Charlotte area, after WTVI and Concord-based UNC-TV station WUNG-TV. Previously, SCETV programming had been seen in the Rock Hill area via low-power translator station W55AA on UHF channel 55.

Programming

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.

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
  • Rock Hill: Primetime – created and produced by Chuck Smith
  • Carolina Weekends – created, hosted and produced by Chuck Smith

    Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
ChannelRes.AspectShort nameProgramming
30.11080i16:9ETVPBS
30.2480i16:9SCCSouth Carolina Channel
30.4480i16:9ETVKETV Kids

Analog-to-digital conversion

WNSC-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 30, at midnight on February 18, 2009, the day after some full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 15. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 30.