Myrtle Beach, SC (May 28, 1994)

[Bluenoser]

from Myrtle Beach Sun-News via Newspapers.com

* Main System
2/40 HBO
3 WUNJ-PBS Wilmington
4 Foxnet
5 Local Origination
6 WECT-NBC Wilmington
7 WGN Chicago
8 WWOR New York
9 WPDE-ABC Florence
10 WIS-NBC Columbia
11 WTBS Atlanta
13 WBTW-CBS Florence
14 WGSE Myrtle Beach
15 CIty of Myrtle Beach
16 C-SPAN
17 WHMC-PBS Conway
18 Nickelodeon
20 Family Channel
21 Weather Channel
22 TNT
23 CNN Headline News
24 Discovery Channel
25 ESPN
26 MTV
27 TNN
28 Lifetime
29 A&E
30 CNN
31 USA Network
34 BET
35 CMT
36 VISN
37 CNBC
38 AMC
39 Cinemax
41 Showtime
42 Disney Channel
43 TLC
44 E!
46 Comedy Central
48 VH1
98 Viewer's Choice PPV

* Hotels/Condos
2/40 HBO
3 ESPN
4 Foxnet
5 Local Origination
6 WECT-NBC Wilmington
7 City of Myrtle Beach
8 WGN Chicago
9 WPDE-ABC Florence
10 USA Network
11 WTBS Atlanta
12 CNN Headline News
13 WBTW-CBS Florence
14 WGSE Myrtle Beach
15 WUNJ-PBS Wilmington
16 WWOR New York
17/41 Showtime
20 WIS-NBC Columbia
21 WHMC-PBS Conway
22/42 Disney Channel
23 Family Channel
24 Discovery Channel
25 Weather Channel
26 MTV
27 TNN
28 Lifetime
29 A&E
30 CNN
31 Nickelodeon
34 BET
36 VISN
37 CNBC
38 TNT
39 Cinemax
43 CMT
44 C-SPAN
98 Viewer's Choice PPV

 

[IM42A]

I could never figure out why there was this total "Charleston purge" from MB cable. When I lived there in the 1990s, I got channels 2/4/5/7 from Charleston clear as a bell with one of the larger Radio Shack log periodic VHF/UHF antennas, and reception was actually easier than with the co-located FMB stations (13/15/21) near Hamer in Dillon County (South of the Border). Wilmington was also very easy to pick up.

Charleston stations are also the easiest to pick up in North Myrtle Beach. Because of the way the coastline curves, you've got almost a total path over water.

 

[charlestondxman]

Me neither. The stations were very easy to receive OTA until the end of the analog era, especially in southern Horry County. You could even get them on a Walkman 70+ miles away. Before the FM band got packed several Charleston stations had listenership as far as Myrtle Beach. 96.9 still does as classic hits.

WWAY was on the Myrtle Beach cable lower than WPDE for a long time. Myrtle Beach wouldn’t import WTAT even though it was a very good Fox affiliate. It wasn’t until FoxNet started in 1991 that Fox was available there.