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{{Short description|Television station in Rock Hill, South Carolina}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{distinguish|KNSC|NSC TV}}
{{Infobox television station
| callsign               = WNSC-TV
| above                  = {{ubl|[[Broadcast relay station#Satellite stations|Satellite]] of [[WRLK-TV]],|[[Columbia, South Carolina]]}}
| city                   = Rock Hill, South Carolina
| logo                   = South Carolina Educational Television logo.png
| branding               = ETV Carolinas
| digital                = 34 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]])
| virtual                = 30
| affiliations           = {{ubl|'''30.1:''' [[PBS]]|''for others, see {{Section link||Subchannels}}''}}
| subchannels            =
| translators            = 
| owner                  = South Carolina Educational Television Commission
| licensee               = 
| location               = {{ubl|[[Rock Hill, South Carolina]]|[[Charlotte, North Carolina]]}}
| country                = United States
| airdate                = {{start date and age|1978|1|3|p=y}}
| last_airdate           = 
| callsign_meaning       = North and South Carolina
| sister_stations        = [[WNSC-FM]]
| former_callsigns       = 
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 30 (UHF, 1978–2009)|'''Digital:''' 15 (UHF, until 2019)}}
| former_affiliations    = 
| erp                    = 1,000 [[kilowatt|kW]]
| haat                   = {{convert|209.9|m|ft|1|abbr=on}}
| facility_id            = 61009
| coordinates            = {{coord|34|50|23.3|N|81|1|6|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=WNSC-TV|display=inline, title}}
| licensing_authority    = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| website                = {{url|http://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, South Carolina|York County]] (east of [[Interstate 77 in South Carolina|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, South Carolina|Columbia]], across from [[Williams-Brice Stadium]] on the campus of the [[University of South Carolina]]. On [[cable television|cable]], WNSC-TV is available on channel 15 throughout most of the [[Charlotte, North Carolina]], [[media market|television market]].

==History==
The station first signed on the air on January 3, 1978,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59439116/|date=January 3, 1978|work=The Charlotte Observer|title=2 Stations Reach Out To Teach|first=Mary|last=Schumpert|page=13A|access-date=September 16, 2020}}</ref> initially broadcasting instructional programs during the day before beginning full-time broadcasting in July.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59441410/|access-date=September 16, 2020|title=Heartbeat of public radio is sounding stronger|first=Bob|last=Colver|page=4|work=The Charlotte News|date=July 14, 1978}}</ref> (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, North Carolina|Concord]]-based [[UNC-TV]] station WUNG-TV (channel 58). Previously, SCETV programming had been seen in the Rock Hill area via [[low-power broadcasting#Television|low-power]] [[Broadcast relay station#Translator stations|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 [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of WNSC-TV<ref>{{Cite web |title=Digital TV Market Listing for WNSC-TV |url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=61009 |access-date=December 1, 2022 |website=www.rabbitears.info}}</ref>
! scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope = "col" | Short name
! scope = "col" | Programming
|-
! scope = "row" | 30.1 
| [[1080i]] || rowspan=4| [[16:9]] || ETV || [[PBS]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 30.2 
| rowspan=3| [[480i]] || SCC || South Carolina Channel<br>{{small|(local documentaries / [[Create (TV network)|Create]] from 12{{nbsp}}midnight<br>to 8{{nbsp}}p.m.)}}
|-
! scope = "row" | 30.3 
| ETVW || ETV World<br>{{small|(PBS West Coast feed and block programming<br>from [[BBC World News|BBC]], [[DW-TV]] and [[NHK World]])}}
|-
! scope = "row" | 30.4 
| ETVK || [[PBS Kids|ETV Kids]]
|}

===Analog-to-digital conversion===
WNSC-TV shut down its analog signal, over [[Ultra high frequency|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 [[Digital television transition 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |access-date=March 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-date=August 29, 2013 }}</ref> Through the use of [[Program and System Information Protocol|PSIP]], digital television receivers display the station's [[virtual channel]] as its former UHF analog channel 30.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.scetv.org www.scetv.org/] - South Carolina ETV official website

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{{PBS South Carolina}}

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[[Category:1978 establishments in South Carolina]]