South Carolina Public Radio

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South Carolina ETV is the state's public educational broadcasting network with 11 television and eight radio transmitters, and a multi-media educational system in more than 2,500 schools, colleges, businesses and government agencies. Using television, radio and the web, SCETV's mission is to enrich lives by educating children, informing and connecting citizens, celebrating our culture and environment and instilling the joy of learning.

South Carolina ETV Radio (SCETV) has eight radio transmitters across the state that broadcast one of two formats, and provide a total of 17,520 hours of radio programming each year, including local and national programs:

The News Format can be heard on five stations, and presents national programs such as “All Things Considered,” “Morning Edition,” “Talk of the Nation,” “Fresh Air,” and “The Take Away.” Regional programs include “Walter Edgar’s Journal,” “The Big Picture on the Radio,” and “Your Day,” to name a few. ETV Radio News stations include:

  • WRJA-FM/88.1 Sumter
  • WJWJ-FM/89.9 Beaufort
  • WNSC-FM/88.9 Rock Hill
  • WHMC-FM/90.1 Conway
  • WLJK-FM/89.1 Aiken

 

  The Classical News Format is heard on three stations and focuses on music programs, such as “Performance Today,” “Echoes” and “Afternoon Classics.” ETV Radio-produced content includes “Carolina Live,” “Spoleto Chamber Music Series” and “Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz,” a series that has been a mainstay nationally on public radio for 30 years.   ETV Radio Classical stations include: 

  • WSCI-FM/89.3 Charleston
  • WLTR-FM/91.3 Columbia
  • WEPR-FM/90.1 Greenville

Series

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94 Pieces

Song Travels is a series of 93 58 minute programs produced by South Carolina Public Radio with Host Michael Feinstein and a variety of guest artists from all music genres.

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97 Pieces

Song Travels is a one-hour series from NPR and South Carolina ETV Radio, hosted by five-time Grammy-nominated performer Michael Feinstein. In each program, Feinstein sits down with a musical guest to explore American Popular Song and the intimate journey singers and songs take together. Each program features an even mix of conversation and musical performances by the guests and Feinstein.


Latest Pieces

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Jazz and Soul singer Gregory Porter had a breakout year in 2012. His album Be Good topped many “Best of” lists and was named iTunes’ Jazz Album of ...

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News-Friendly Format (1:00 billboard; 5:00 news hole; 52:00 program) New York Times music and film critic Stephen Holden covered the 1970s singer/...

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Grammy-winning opera star and actress Renée Fleming has performed some of the greatest operatic roles ever written at the world’s leading concert h...

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Jazz & pop vocalist Johnny Mathis has been wowing listeners since the 1950s with his dynamic voice backed by lush arrangements of ballads like “Cha...

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Vocalist Patti Austin made her debut at age four at the Apollo Theatre. In her career she has been a prolific session musician and top performer on...

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R&B singer/songwriter James Ingram rose to prominence with the 1982 hit “Baby, Come To Me” (a duet with Patti Austin) and continued a string of suc...

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Pop icon Barry Manilow got his start arranging for TV and writing commercial jingles. He was Bette Midler’s pianist before he recorded his 1974 bre...

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Singer/songwriter Eric Hutchinson self-released his first album after his record label folded, and he soon found himself in the top ten on the iTun...

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Composer/pianist Rob Schwimmer has worked with top artists including Simon & Garfunkel, Stevie Wonder, and Bette Midler, has penned scores for Osca...

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Rising country star Hunter Hayes performed as a four-year old with Hank Williams, Jr., and played at the White House at just seven. On his debut al...

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