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The South Carolina Channel Press Kit
For Immediate Release
September 25, 2003
ETV To Premiere Its South Carolina Channel With Live Broadcast
The Program, Airing Oct. 1 at 8 p.m., Will Feature All-Star Lineup of Charles Bolden, Miss South Carolina, Rudy Mancke
Columbia, SC…On Wednesday, Oct. 1 at 8 p.m., ETV will launch its brand-new
South Carolina Channel with a live program. Guests on the program include former astronaut and SC native General Charles Bolden, Miss South Carolina Jessica Eddins, and naturalist and host of NatureScene Rudy Mancke, whose program will be a staple of the new South Carolina Channel.
The half-hour show, entitled ETV Launches The South Carolina Channel, will then be rebroadcast at 8:30 p.m.
The show will come to viewers from the State Fair on the eve of its opening. The program will include clips from shows on the South Carolina Channel, as well as a sneak peek of the ETV exhibit at the State Fair, which spotlights “the living room of the future.”
The conclusion of the program will feature a countdown and pressing of the launch button by former astronaut Bolden.
With the launch of its South Carolina Channel—a digital broadcast service—ETV will provide viewers with 24/7 programming for South Carolinians and by South Carolinians about the Palmetto State. ETV’s regional station in Sumter, WRJA-TV, will serve as the hub of the South Carolina Channel operations, offering programming from many sources.
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Contact: Catherine Christman/ ETV/ (803) 737-3259/ email: christman@scetv.org.
ETV is South Carolina’s statewide network with 11 television stations, eight radio stations and a closed-circuit educational telecommunications system in more than 2,000 schools, colleges, businesses and government agencies. ETV uses the power of TV, radio, satellite and the Internet to advance education, culture and citizenship.
For more information about the PressRoom, contact:
Catherine Christman, Vice President, Communications
Voice: (803) 737-3259
Fax: (803) 737-3417
E-mail:christman@scetv.org