“S” is for South Carolina Educational Television Network

“S” is for South Carolina Educational Television Network. The South Carolina Educational Television Network (SCETV) is a state agency providing educational, cultural, and historic programming to South Carolina through telecom communications. It is also responsible for the state’s emergency preparedness network. SCETV began in 1957 with a resolution by the General Assembly calling for a study of the use of television in the public schools. The pilot was a success and by 1963 a closed circuit network had reached schools in all forty-six counties. Among its many locally produced and popular shows are State House Today and Making It Grow. Since 1977 the ETV Endowment has subsidized state funding with private contributions from corporations and individual donors. Today South Carolina Educational Television Network operates twelve regional stations which are overseen by an eight member Commission.