WCSC-TV

WCSC-TV
Channels
Branding
  • Live 5
  • Bounce TV Charleston (on DT2)
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
June 19, 1953 (71 years ago) (1953-06-19)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 5 (VHF, 1953–2009)
  • Digital: 47 (UHF, 2002–2018)
  • All secondary:
  • NBC (1953–1954)
  • DuMont (1953–1955)
  • ABC (1953–1962)
Call sign meaning
Wonderful Charleston, South Carolina
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID71297
ERP625 kW
HAAT521 m (1,709 ft)
Transmitter coordinates32°55′29″N 79°41′57″W / 32.92472°N 79.69917°W / 32.92472; -79.69917
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.live5news.com

WCSC-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Charleston, South Carolina, United States, affiliated with CBS and owned by Gray Television. The station's studios are located in the West Ashley section of Charleston, and its transmitter is located in Awendaw, South Carolina. Both the studio and road are named for long-time WCSC personalities: Bill Sharpe, a news anchor from 1973 until his retirement in 2021, and Charlie Hall, the station's original personality who died just months before its relocation to the current facilities in 1997.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WCSC-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.