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WCBD-TV. / 32.94028°N 79.69556°W / 32.94028; -79.69556. WCBD-TV (channel 2) is a television station in Charleston, South Carolina, United States, affiliated with NBC and The CW Plus. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, the station has studios on West Coleman Boulevard ( SC 703) in Mount Pleasant, and its transmitter is located in Awendaw ...
WCSC-TV. / 32.92472°N 79.69917°W / 32.92472; -79.69917. 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.
The Charleston Daily News, founded in 1865, merged with it to form the News and Courier in 1873. The Evening Post was founded in 1894, but quickly ran into financial trouble. In 1896, rice planter Arthur Manigault stepped in to rescue the paper. The paper and its successors have been in the hands of the Manigault family for four generations.
The history of Charleston, South Carolina, is one of the longest and most diverse of any community in the United States, spanning hundreds of years of physical settlement beginning in 1670. Charleston was one of leading cities in the South from the colonial era to the Civil War in the 1860s. [1] [2] The city grew wealthy through the export of ...
1699 - Hurricane and epidemic. [2] 1708 – African slaves comprise majority of population in the colony; blacks make up majority of population in the city and state until the early 20th century. 1719 – Charles Town renamed "Charlestown" (approximate date). [2] 1729 – St. Andrew's Society founded.
Bill Sharpe (WCSC-TV) William Herschel Sharpe, Jr. (born 1950) was the lead anchor on Charleston, South Carolina broadcast station WCSC-TV. He had been with the station since October 1973. Sharpe retired in 2021 after 48 years at WCSC-TV. He has three children, Hayle Kathryn Sharpe, Harper Daniella-Augusta Sharpe, and William Herschel Sharpe III.
Charleston Air Force Base (IATA: CHS, ICAO: KCHS, FAA LID: CHS) is a United States military facility located in the City of North Charleston, South Carolina. The facility is under the jurisdiction of the United States Air Force 's 628th Air Base Wing (628 ABW), a subordinate element of the Air Mobility Command (AMC). [2]
Charleston, South Carolina. / 32.78333°N 79.93194°W / 32.78333; -79.93194. Charleston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, [8] and the principal city in the Charleston metropolitan area. [b] The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint of South Carolina's ...