WCIV Charleston

ABC affiliate WCIV Charleston, S.C. (DMA 95), on Monday named Scott Eisberg sports director. In the position, Eisberg will join ABC News 4 at 6 p.m. and ABC News 4 at 11 p.m., Monday through Friday. Eisberg spent two summers as WCIV’s sports intern and then worked as a sports reporter for WYFF Greenville, S.C., […]

In Charleston, S.C., the local media players are bringing new media innovation to the Old South: The daily newspaper is getting ready to put up a paywall, while its competitors, including TV stations, are rolling out apps, mobile sites and innovating ways to gather news, in their efforts to win over audiences and grab a bigger piece of a growing local ad pie.

Allbritton-owned ABC affiliate WCIV Charleston, S.C. (DMA 98), is making the move to local HD news with ProHD cameras from JVC Professional Products Co., a division of JVC Americas Corp. The station has purchased 11 GY-HM790U and six GY-HM750U cameras, which will be used for studio and ENG operations. According to Billy Kalenda, WCIV director […]

Allbritton Communications’ ABC affiliate in Charleston, S.C., says it hasn’t reached a retransmission consent deal with Time Warner Cable and AT&T U-verse, so after Dec. 31 the station will not be carried by their systems.

Allbritton Communications’ ABC affiliate WCIV Charleston, S.C. (DMA 98), is adding multicast network Me-TV (Memorable Entertainment Television) beginning  Monday, Oct. 24, on its ch. 4.2. Me-TV will also appear on Comcast ch.l 208, Knology ch. 145, and Time Warner ch. 816. “Adding Me-TV was an easy choice for us,” said Suzanne Teagle, WCIV President-GM. “Me-TV’s library […]