South Carolina Public Radio News & Music

South Carolina Public Radio operates ten transmitters statewide, delivering two distinct formats: News & Talk and News & Music. Both formats are also available via live online streaming.

The News & Music format airs on four stations, featuring a mix of music programming such as *Performance Today*, *Echoes*, and *Music through the Night*. Local music shows include *Carolina Live*, *On the Keys*, and *Sonatas and Soundscapes*. The classical-focused stations are:

Charleston: 89.3 FM (WSCI)

Charleston: 89.3 WSCI HD1 FM

Columbia: 91.3 FM (WLTR)

Greenville/Spartanburg: 90.1 FM (WEPR)

Founded in 1972 as the "South Carolina Educational Radio Network" under South Carolina ETV, the state’s educational television agency, the network initially produced nationally syndicated music programs like *American Popular Song with Alec Wilder*. It later launched *Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz*, NPR’s longest-running jazz series, earning a Peabody Award. Though McPartland died in 2013, the program remains available in archived broadcasts. Today, South Carolina Public Radio produces the nationally distributed *Chamber Music from Spoleto Festival USA*, which also reaches international audiences.