WQSC
| City | Charleston, South Carolina |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Charleston Metropolitan Area |
| Branding | 98.5 The Sports Zone |
| Frequency | 1340 kHz |
| Translator(s) | 98.5 W253BW (Charleston) |
| First air date | 1946 (as WHAN) |
| Format | Sports |
| Power | 1,000 watts |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 34590 |
| Former callsigns | WHAN (1946-1958) WOKE (1958-1994) |
| Affiliations |
Fox Sports Radio NBC Sports Radio |
| Owner | Kirkman Broadcasting |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | charlestonsportsradio.com |
WQSC (1340 kHz) is an AM radio station licensed to Charleston, South Carolina. It is owned by Kirkman Broadcasting and airs a talk radio format. Studios and offices are on Marksfield Drive. The transmitter is located off Braswell Street.
WQSC and former simulcaster WJKB previously aired a local morning news and interview show called The Morning Report with Jay Harper and John Dixon. The rest of the weekday schedule is made up of nationally syndicated talk shows, including Laura Ingraham, Dennis Prager, Todd Schnitt, Jerry Doyle, Jim Bohannon, Overnight America with Jon Grayson, America in The Morning and This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal. National news is supplied at the beginning of each hour by CBS Radio News.
WQSC first signed on in 1946 as WHAN. Harry C. Weaver (June 12, 1916-May 30, 2001), who had worked for the Knoxville Journal in Knoxville, Tennessee, and was part-owner of WOKE in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and WGAP in Maryville, Tennessee, bought WHAN in 1955, changing the call letters to WOKE in 1958.
WOKE was a unique station in Charleston. Its format included "good music", local and regional sports, religious programming, and news and weather forecasts. According to local radio buff J. Douglas Donehue, three of the station's announcers—Harry Weaver, Buck Clayton, and Tennessee Weaver—were all Harry C. Weaver himself. Weaver's daily editorials began and ended in a style reminiscent of the fictional radio newsman Les Nessman from the TV show WKRP In Cincinnati. Saturdays were for sports or The Metropolitan Opera. Sunday airtime was filled with local and national religious programs. Each night, the station would sign off the air following Mr. Weaver's poetry readings.
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