WNSC-TV

Satellite of WRLK-TV, Columbia, South Carolina
Rock Hill, South Carolina Charlotte, North Carolina United States
City	Rock Hill, South Carolina
Channels	Digital: 34 (UHF) Virtual: 30
Branding	ETV Carolinas
Programming
Affiliations	30.1: PBS for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	South Carolina Educational Television Commission
Sister stations	WNSC-FM
History
First air date	January 3, 1978 (46 years ago) (1978-01-03)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 30 (UHF, 1978–2009) Digital: 15 (UHF, until 2019)
Call sign meaning	North and South Carolina
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	61009
ERP	1,000 kW
HAAT	209.9 m (688.6 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	34°50′23.3″N 81°1′6″W / 34.839806°N 81.01833°W / 34.839806; -81.01833 (WNSC-TV)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.scetv.org

WNSC-TV (channel 30) 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 (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 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,^[2] initially broadcasting instructional programs during the day before beginning full-time broadcasting in July.^[3] (WPRV, now WNSC-FM, signed on the same day.) 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 (that channel was later occupied by MyNetworkTV affiliate WMYT-TV).

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 (1988–1991)
• Rock Hill: Primetime – created and produced by Chuck Smith (1991–1992)
• Carolina Weekends – created, hosted and produced by Chuck Smith (1988–1991)

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

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.^[5] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 30.