WGWG is a television station in Charleston,South Carolina,United States,affiliated with the multicast network MeTV. The station is owned by Howard Stirk Holdings. WGWG's transmitter is located near Awendaw,South Carolina.
WCSC-TV is a television station in Charleston,South Carolina,United States,affiliated with CBS and owned by Gray Television. The station's studios are located in the West Ashley section of Charleston,and its transmitter is located in Awendaw,South Carolina. Both the studio and road are named for long-time WCSC personalities:Bill Sharpe,a news anchor from 1973 until his retirement in 2021,and Charlie Hall,the station's original personality who died just months before its relocation to the current facilities in 1997.
WCBD-TV is a television station in Charleston,South Carolina,United States,affiliated with NBC and The CW Plus. Owned by Nexstar Media Group,the station has studios on West Coleman Boulevard in Mount Pleasant,and its transmitter is located in Awendaw,South Carolina.
WTAT-TV is a television station in Charleston,South Carolina,United States,affiliated with the Fox network. The station is owned by Cunningham Broadcasting,a partner company of the Sinclair Broadcast Group. However,although Sinclair effectively owns WTAT-TV,it is one of two Cunningham-owned stations not to be operated by Sinclair. WTAT-TV's studios are located on Arco Lane in North Charleston,and its transmitter is located in Awendaw,South Carolina.
Joseph Patrick Riley Jr. is an American politician who served as the 60th mayor of Charleston,South Carolina from 1975 to 2016. A member of the Democratic Party,he also served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1968 to 1974 and was the 44th President of the United States Conference of Mayors from 1986 to 1987. Riley's 40 years as mayor were the longest in South Carolina history at the time of his retirement and are the longest in Charleston's history.
Charleston is the nation's 95th largest designated market area (DMA),with 326,770 households and 0.27% of the U.S. TV population. The following stations are licensed in Charleston and have significant operations or viewers in the city:
University School of the Lowcountry (USL) is a small independent school,grades 3-12,located in Mount Pleasant,South Carolina with IRS 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. University School is located on the campus of Hibben United Methodist Church. USL is designed for high-achieving,curious,hard-working,nice,and empathetic students. The school has consistent exemplary performance on the 7th grade Duke TIP SAT and 8th grade PSAT programs. Charleston reporter Stratton Lawrence termed USL "A School With No Bullies" in a 2013 article.
The following is a timeline of the history of Charleston,South Carolina,USA.
A special election for South Carolina's 1st congressional district was held on May 7,2013,to fill the seat following the resignation of U.S. Representative Tim Scott,who was appointed to the United States Senate by Governor Nikki Haley to fill the seat previously held by Jim DeMint. DeMint resigned from the Senate on January 2,2013,to accept a position as president of The Heritage Foundation.
Wendell G. Gilliard is an American politician,steelworker,and union official. A Democrat,Gilliard serves as a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives,representing the 111th District.
Marcus Amaker is the first poet laureate of Charleston,South Carolina. He has ten published books and,in 2021,was named an Academy of American Poets Fellow. His poetry has been recognized by PBS NewsHour,TEDx,Huffington Post,Charleston Magazine,The Post and Courier,Charleston City Paper,Charleston Art Mag,and Charleston Regional Business Journal.
The International African American Museum (IAAM) is a museum of African-American history in Charleston,South Carolina,located at a former shipping wharf where approximately 40% of the nation's enslaved persons disembarked. The museum opened June 27,2023,after 20 years of planning.
Marvin R. Pendarvis is an American politician. He is a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 113th District,serving since 2017. He is a member of the Democratic party.
William Scott Cogswell Jr. is an American politician and businessman who is mayor of the city of Charleston. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 110th District from 2016 to 2022. Cogswell was elected mayor in 2023 after defeating incumbent John Tecklenburg and is the first Republican mayor of Charleston since 1877.
The John C. Calhoun Monument was a monumental statue in Charleston,South Carolina,United States. The monument was 115 feet tall,and stood at the center of Marion Square in Downtown Charleston. It depicted John C. Calhoun,a prominent American statesman and politician from Abbeville,South Carolina who served as Vice President of the United States from 1825 to 1832 and who was an adamant supporter of American slavery.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on November 8,2022,to elect the seven U.S. representatives from the state of South Carolina,one from each of the state's seven congressional districts. The elections coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
Confederate Defenders of Charleston is a monument in Charleston,South Carolina,United States. The monument honors Confederate soldiers from Charleston,most notably those who served at Fort Sumter during the American Civil War. Built with funds provided by a local philanthropist,the monument was designed by Hermon Atkins MacNeil and was dedicated in White Point Garden in 1932. The monument,standing 17 feet (5.2 m) tall,features two bronze statues of a sword and shield-bearing defender standing in front of a symbolic representation of the city of Charleston. In recent years,the monument has been the subject of vandalism and calls for removal as part of a larger series of removal of Confederate monuments and memorials in the United States.
Thomas F. "Tom" Hartnett,Jr. is an American politician of the Republican Party. He is the member of the South Carolina House of Representatives representing District 110.
Tiffany Spann-Wilder is an attorney,former County Magistrate and American politician serving as a Democratic member of the South Carolina House of Representatives.
Mayoral elections in Charleston are held every four years to elect the mayor of Charleston,South Carolina.
