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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.
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.
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 ...
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, [9] and the principal city in the Charleston metropolitan area. [b] The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint of South Carolina's ...
On December 19, 2008, a group of students from across South Carolina including Wando High School, Clemson University, College of Charleston, and The Citadel Military College formed a protest in front of the News 2 studio, led by Wando High School senior, Joey Nelson, to try to convince Rob Fowler to grow the mustache back.
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.
Print, online media and mobile apps. Local newspapers in Charleston include The Post and Courier, the Charleston City Paper, The Charleston Chronicle, the Charleston Regional Business Journal, The Catholic Miscellany, and the Island Eye News. A local online-only paper is TheDigitel. A popular, local digital publication is Charleston Daily.