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WGOG 96.3 is a great country station out of Walhalla. Very well done and I believe they are doing well. They are very community oriented. Best local station I can think of, then again I don't listen to extremely local stations when I'm travelling really so there are others I'm sure.
 
WPUB (Kool 102.7) and Startime 1590 (WCAM) in Camden does very well... Very involved in the community and supports the local HS scene as well... One of the recent books for Columbia they even showed up with a 0.4 which for a station like WPUB is awesome... CC1
 
WALI 93.7 in Walterboro. They have been a great country station for over fifteen years, and are locally automated most of the day. They still have a swap-and-shop on weekday mornings, and a live morning show with Karl Hess, the owner, who gives the full National Weather Service forecast and observations at 6:33 every weekday morning.

They also have sports talk every weeknight from the SC Network, and lots of sports, including the only FM home for Atlanta Braves baseball in the area. They have run Colleton County High School football for decades, with the same announcers. They are a good, quirky little station.
 
Please don't think I'm tooting horns, but WLBG in Laurens puts a lot of time and money into real local news every weekday morning. Everything is gathered on a beat and from stringers at various meetings, etc. and not from the newspapers. A live local morning show followed by a live talk show with call-ins from around the upstate. There is some syndication with Beck from 10-Noon and a sports network from 3-9pm, but mornings are community oriented with interviews about upcoming events and lots of public service warm and fuzzy stuff. Local middle and high school sporting events are covered in the evenings as well. No huge profits, but a handfull of emplyees keep their mortgages paid and food on the table.
 
payb4upray said:
Please don't think I'm tooting horns, but WLBG in Laurens puts a lot of time and money into real local news every weekday morning. Everything is gathered on a beat and from stringers at various meetings, etc. and not from the newspapers. A live local morning show followed by a live talk show with call-ins from around the upstate. There is some syndication with Beck from 10-Noon and a sports network from 3-9pm, but mornings are community oriented with interviews about upcoming events and lots of public service warm and fuzzy stuff. Local middle and high school sporting events are covered in the evenings as well. No huge profits, but a handfull of emplyees keep their mortgages paid and food on the table.
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No doubt the strongest relationship between its local radio station and community is WBCU in Union, SC. I was blessed to own that community institution for over 10 years and happy to report its still going strong. It's one of a kind and was even featured in a book written on the station's 50th anniversary by the late Bob Doll, editor emeritus of the Small Market Radio Newsletter.
 
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