WBSC

WBSC may refer to:

  • WBSC-LP, a low-power radio station (102.3 FM) licensed to serve Bamberg, South Carolina, United States
  • WBSC (AM), a defunct radio station (1550 AM) formerly licensed to serve Bennettsville, South Carolina
  • World Buddhist Sangha Council, a Buddhist ecumenical organization
  • WMYA-TV, a television station (channel 40) licensed to Anderson, South Carolina, United States, which used the call sign WBSC-TV from September 1999 to June 2006
  • World Baseball Softball Confederation, Headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland -- the Olympic Capital -- the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) was established in 2013 and granted recognition as the sole competent authority for the sport of Baseball/Softball by the International Olympic Committee at the 125th IOC Session on September 8th, 2013.
  • WBSC (AM)

    WBSC (1550 AM) was a commercial radio station licensed to serve the community of Bennettsville, South Carolina. WBSC was last owned and operated by D-Mitch Broadcasting, Inc. The station, established in June 1947, fell silent in October 2011 and had its broadcast license revoked by the Federal Communications Commission in November 2012.

    Coverage area

    The station broadcast from a transmitter site north of Bennettsville, South Carolina and served Marlboro and Chesterfield County in South Carolina, and Richmond and Scotland County in North Carolina, including the cities of Bennettsville, South Carolina, Laurinburg, North Carolina, and Rockingham, North Carolina. The station ran 10,000 watts during the day from a 1 tower omni-directional array, and 5,000 watts at night from a 5 tower array with a directional pattern to the southeast.

    History

    Early years

    In June 1947, WBSC took to the airwaves for the first time under the ownership of Loys Marsden Hawley, with programming from the Mutual Broadcasting System. Initially, WBSC broadcast on 1400 AM, but changed to 1550 AM sometime between 1951 and 1952.

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