WCSC-TV
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Charleston, South Carolina United States |
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| Branding | Live 5 (general) Live 5 News (newscasts) Bounce Charleston (on DT2) |
| Slogan |
The Lowcountry's News Leader On Your Side(secondary) |
| Channels |
Digital: 47 (UHF) Virtual: 5 () |
| Subchannels | 5.1 CBS 5.2 Bounce TV 5.3 Grit TV |
| Owner |
Raycom Media (WCSC License Subsidiary, LLC) |
| First air date | June 19, 1953 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Wonderful Charleston, South Carolina |
| Sister station(s) | WECT, WSFX-TV, WFXG, WMBF-TV, , WIS |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 5 (VHF, 1953–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
All secondary: NBC (1953–1954) ABC (1953–1962) DuMont (1953–1955) |
| Transmitter power | 1,000 kW |
| Height | 521 m |
| Facility ID | 71297 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 32°55′28″N 79°41′58″W / 32.92444°N 79.69944°W |
| Website | live5news.com |
WCSC-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for South Carolina's Lowcountry area licensed to Charleston. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 47 (PSIP channel 5.1) from a transmitter in Awendaw. Owned by Raycom Media, the station's studios are located in the West Ashley section of Charleston. Both the studio and road are named for long-time WCSC personalities: Bill Sharpe, a news anchor since 1973, and Charlie Hall, the station's original personality who died just months before its relocation to the current facilities in 1997.
WCSC-TV began broadcasting on June 19, 1953, from studios on East Bay Street in Downtown Charleston. It was the second television station in South Carolina and the oldest continuously broadcasting channel in the state (the first was WCOS-TV in Columbia now WOLO-TV). It is the only station in Charleston to keep its original network affiliation since sign-on. The channel aired an analog signal on VHF channel 5 and was originally owned by the Rivers family along with WCSC radio (AM 1390 now WSPO, and 96.9 FM now WIWF).
Many of WCSC's early on-air staff were former radio disc jockeys who became involved with the new medium of television in 1953, including Al Stone, formerly recruited from WGAR who at the time worked alongside Alan Freed (Moondog) in Cleveland, Ohio. Al Stone started with WCSC in 1952 as a radio DJ and the following year started hosting as emcee local program in 1953 called Waxworks and later a local popular American Bandstand-type dance show reviewing music for local teens. Carroll Godwin hosted a local daytime talk show in the 1960s. Loraine (Rainee) Evans hosted the popular children's program The Happy Raine Show. Ken Klyce was another popular news announcer. The station's studios were located on 485 East Bay Street on the peninsula.
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