- Station name Station name
- 97.5 WCOS
- Description Description
- It operated from 1953 until 1956, when it shut down and sold its assets to competitor WNOK-TV (channel 67) amid a difficult economic environment for UHF television stations.
- Launch date Launch date
- 1 May 1953
- Owner Owner
- Radio Columbia, Inc.
- Contact Contact
- —
97.5 WCOS
United States
Format
AAC
WCOS-TV (channel 25) was a television station in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. The first television station to broadcast in South Carolina, it was owned by Radio Columbia alongside the WCOS radio stations (1400 AM and 97.9 FM).
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Station overview Station overview
| Country Country |
United States
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|---|---|
| Language Language | English |
| Stream status Stream status | Ok |
| Homepage Homepage | — |
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Owner / network
Radio Columbia, Inc.
First air date
1 May 1953
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Station details
Station details
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| Station ID | 5528 |
|---|---|
| Region | United States |
| Branding | WCOS-TV |
| Owner | Radio Columbia, Inc. |
| Launched | 1 May 1953 |
| Listen | 975wcos.iheart.com |
| Contact | 975wcos.iheart.com |
| Schedule | 975wcos.iheart.com |
| Contact phone | 1-844-844-iHeart |
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| Last check | 3 hours ago |
|---|---|
| Stream host | stream.revma.ihrhls.com |
| Final host | cloud.revma.ihrhls.com |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Content type | audio/aac |
| Latency | 525 ms |
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| Current stream format | AAC |
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3 hours ago
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About station About 97.5 WCOS
WCOS-TV (channel 25) was a television station in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. The first television station to broadcast in South Carolina, it was owned by Radio Columbia alongside the WCOS radio stations (1400 AM and 97.9 FM).
It operated from 1953 until 1956, when it shut down and sold its assets to competitor WNOK-TV (channel 67) amid a difficult economic environment for UHF television stations.
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