WSCC-FM (94.3 MHz), also known as "News Radio 94.3 WSC", is a commercialradio stationlicensed to Goose Creek, South Carolina, and serving the Charleston metropolitan area. It airs a news/talkformat and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The station's studios and offices are on Houston Northcutt Boulevard in Mount Pleasant.
Weekdays begin with an information and interview show shared with WVOCColumbia, Gary David and South Carolina's Morning News.[2] The rest of the schedule is nationally syndicated programs, mostly from co-owned Premiere Networks: The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, The Glenn Beck Radio Program, The Sean Hannity Show, The Ramsey Show with Dave Ramsey, Ground Zero with Clyde Lewis, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory and This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal.[3] Weekends feature shows on money, health, law, real estate, home repair and technology, some of which are paid brokered programming. Syndicated weekend programs include The Kim Komando Show, The Weekend with Michael Brown, The Ben Ferguson Show, Somewhere in Time with Art Bell and Sunday Nights with Bill Cunningham. Most hours begin with an update from Fox News Radio.
WSCC-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 25,000 watts. The transmitter is on Venning Road in Mount Pleasant.[4] WSCC-FM broadcasts in the HD Radio format. Its HD2 digital subchannel formerly carried iHeartRadio's reggae music service "iRie Radio". Its HD3 subchannel carries a simulcast of WAYA-FM, which airs the WAY-FM Networkcontemporary Christian format.
History
Early years
El 19 de mayo de 1983, la emisora comenzó a transmitir como WBJX. [ 5 ] Era propiedad de Sunrise Broadcasting y emitía música contemporánea para adultos . Su potencia radiada efectiva era de 3000 vatios, una fracción de su potencia actual.
Al año siguiente, WBJX fue comprada por O'Grady Communications, que cambió el indicativo a WLNB. [ 6 ] La estación presentaba una forma temprana de música contemporánea para adultos urbanos llamada Heart & Soul, FM 94 WLNB . La estación dirigía su programación a la comunidad afroamericana de Charleston .
En 1987, WLNB fue vendida a Jones Eastern Broadcasting de Charleston, que cambió la estación a un formato rítmico contemporáneo o "CHUrban" como Hot 94 bajo las siglas WWHT, donde HT significaba H o t . Los disc jockeys de Hot 94 o "Hot Jocks" como se les conocía, incluían a Madeline (anteriormente de la emisora de rock de álbum WAVF de la misma ciudad ) para las mañanas, Mick Barker (de la emisora rival de Top 40 WSSX ) para el mediodía, con Chris Kelly (de WMMC / Columbia ) para la tarde, y Rocky Love (de WXTU / Filadelfia ) para las noches. La estación estaba programada por Bob Casey, anteriormente vicepresidente de programación de la emisora vecina WXTC . [ 7 ]
Cambia a clásicos
Hot 94 no logró consolidarse debido a la fuerte competencia de las emisoras de éxitos del momento, WKQB (Q-107) y WSSX (95SSX). Hot 94 tenía una señal de 3000 vatios, mientras que WKQB y WSSX alcanzaban los 100 000 vatios. A mediados de 1989, Hot 94 abandonó el formato CHUrban, despidió a gran parte de su personal y se pasó a la música clásica con el nombre de Hot Gold 94 WWHT . Una vez más, las cifras de audiencia no se materializaron.
A principios de 1990, WWHT cambió a un formato de música urbana contemporánea como WUJM, 94 Jams . Pero una vez más, la emisora se enfrentó a una fuerte competencia de las emisoras urbanas ya establecidas, WWWZ y WPAL-FM . A finales de 1991, cambió a música ligera y contemporánea suave para adultos como "Easy 94.3".
Fly 94 y The Beat
In the Fall of 1992, WUJM entered into a local marketing agreement (LMA) with WSSX, which resulted in the station's format changed to contemporary hit radio (CHR) as "Fly 94." The call sign switched to WSPP that October. Although the station became Charleston's only CHR when WSSX moved to a Hot Adult Contemporary format in December 1992, the ratings for WSSP were still low.[8] In September 1993, the LMA was broken off and WSSP flipped to satellite fed adult standards as "Stardust 94.3."
In 1999, Clear Channel Broadcasting, the forerunner to current owner iHeartMedia, bought both WSCC and WSSP. WSSP dropped adult standards for a return to Rhythmic Contemporary under the "94.3 The Beat" name. In the Spring 1999 ratings, The Beat finished second to WWWZ among 18-34 listeners and doubled its numbers with that audience.[9] By 2002, WSSP flipped to Urban Contemporary as "Power 94.3." Clear Channel also boosted WSSP's power to 25,000 watts, allowing it to be heard around Charleston and most of its suburbs.
Debut of Talk format
WSCC's signal on AM 730 was limited to 1,000 watts by day and 100 watts at night. Clear Channel wanted to make its talk radio format more widely available. As a result, in early 2004, WSSP dropped the urban format and began simulcasting WSCC's talk format.[10] FM 94.3 would change callsigns to WSCC-FM.

After two weeks, the simulcast ended; with the talk radio format staying on WSCC-FM, the AM station's call sign became WLTQ and flipped to adult standards. Clear Channel sold WLTQ in 2008. Clear Channel switched its name to iHeartMedia in 2014.
References
- ↑"Facility Technical Data for WSCC-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ↑WVOC.com/featured/gary-david
- ↑943wsc.com/schedule
- ↑Radio-Locator.com/WSCC-FM
- ↑Broadcasting Yearbook 1984 page B-228
- ↑Broadcasting Yearbook 1985 page B-240
- ↑Kim Freeman "Vox Jox" column, "Billboard" Magazine August 1st, 1987
- ↑"Street Talk"(PDF). December 11, 1992. p. 24. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
- ↑Lipman, Lisa (August 19, 1999). "Z93, Oldies 102.5 top ratings". Post and Courier. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
- ↑Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2005 page D-460
External links
- WSCC-FM official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 31939 (WSCC-FM) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WSCC-FM in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- Tribute page to WWHT during the "Hot 94" era.
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- HD Radio stations
- News and talk radio stations in the United States
- Radio stations in the Charleston metropolitan area, South Carolina
- Radio stations established in 1983
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