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8-station Public Radio Network
covering South Carolina South Carolina Public Radio also offers live internet streams of each format.

South Carolina Public Radio has eight radio transmitters across the state that broadcast one of two formats, News and News/Classical. The News Format can be heard on five stations, and presents national programs such as All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Weekend Edition, Fresh Air, and The Takeaway. Regional programs include Walter Edgar’s Journal and The South Carolina Business Review. South

Carolina Public Radio News stations include:

Aiken/Augusta: 89.1 FM (WLJK)
Beaufort/Hilton Head: 89.9 (WJWJ)
Conway/Myrtle Beach: 90.1 FM (WHMC)
Rock Hill/Charlotte: 88.9 FM (WNSC)
Sumter/Columbia: 88.1 (WRJA)

The News/Classical Format is heard on three stations and focuses on music programs, such as Performance Today, Echoes, and Music through the Night. Regional music programs include Carolina Live and Spoleto Today. South Carolina Public Radio Classical stations include:

Charleston: 89.3 FM (WSCI)
Columbia: 91.3 FM (WLTR)
Greenville/Spartanburg: 90.1 FM (WEPR)

South Carolina Public Radio was started in 1972 as a part of South Carolina ETV, the state’s educational television agency. At its inception, South Carolina Public Radio (then called the South Carolina Educational Radio Network and, later, ETV Radio) focused on producing national music series such as American Popular Song with Alec Wilder. It went on to produce Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz, NPR’s longest-running jazz music program, for which South Carolina Public Radio received a Peabody Award. Though McPartland passed away in 2013, the series continues to be heard in archival form nationwide. Currently, South Carolina Public Radio produces national music series Song Travels with Michael Feinstein, World of Opera (with WDAV), and Chamber Music from Spoleto Festival USA (also heard internationally). South Carolina Public Radio is funded in part by listener and corporate donations to the ETV Endowment of South Carolina.

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1041 George Rogers Boulevard
Columbia, SC
29201

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http://www.southcarolinapublicradio.org/

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South Carolina Public Radio has eight radio transmitters across the state that broadcast one of two formats, News and News/Classical. South Carolina Public Radio also offers live internet streams of each format. The News Format can be heard on five stations, and presents national programs such as All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Weekend Edition, Fresh Air, and The Takeaway. Regional programs include Walter Edgar’s Journal and The South Carolina Business Review. South Carolina Public Radio News stations include: Aiken/Augusta: 89.1 FM (WLJK) Beaufort/Hilton Head: 89.9 (WJWJ) Conway/Myrtle Beach: 90.1 FM (WHMC) Rock Hill/Charlotte: 88.9 FM (WNSC) Sumter/Columbia: 88.1 (WRJA) The News/Classical Format is heard on three stations and focuses on music programs, such as Performance Today, Echoes, and Music through the Night. Regional music programs include Carolina Live and Spoleto Today. South Carolina Public Radio Classical stations include: Charleston: 89.3 FM (WSCI) Columbia: 91.3 FM (WLTR) Greenville/Spartanburg: 90.1 FM (WEPR) South Carolina Public Radio was started in 1972 as a part of South Carolina ETV, the state’s educational television agency. At its inception, South Carolina Public Radio (then called the South Carolina Educational Radio Network and, later, ETV Radio) focused on producing national music series such as American Popular Song with Alec Wilder. It went on to produce Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz, NPR’s longest-running jazz music program, for which South Carolina Public Radio received a Peabody Award. Though McPartland passed away in 2013, the series continues to be heard in archival form nationwide. Currently, South Carolina Public Radio produces national music series Song Travels with Michael Feinstein, World of Opera (with WDAV), and Chamber Music from Spoleto Festival USA (also heard internationally). South Carolina Public Radio is funded in part by listener and corporate donations to the ETV Endowment of South Carolina.