WCSC-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Charleston, South Carolina, United States, affiliated with CBS and owned by Gray Media.

Many of WCSC's early on-air staff were former radio disc jockeys who became involved with the new medium of television in 1953, including Al Stone, formerly recruited from WGAR who at the time worked alongside Alan Freed (Moondog) in Cleveland.

In 1997, the station moved to newly built studios on Charlie Hall Boulevard in the West Ashley section of Charleston.

One of the station's most popular personalities, Hall stayed at channel 5 there covering events including Hurricane Hugo's impact on Charleston in 1989 until his death in March 1997.

In 2004, Jefferson-Pilot management effectively forced out Warren Peper (who had been with the station since 1974) by only offering him a one-year extension of his contract with no renewal option.

[citation needed] The popular anchor, who had handled both news and sports during his time at WCSC, was also the play-by-play announcer for the station's live coverage of college basketball and the Cooper River Bridge Run.

After the station was sold to Jefferson-Pilot, Peper was a sideline reporter for the company's syndicated college football broadcasts.

Viewers wrote that they hoped WCSC would not force out longtime anchors Bill Sharpe and Debi Chard in the same way.

WCSC had lured meteorologist Bill Walsh away from rival WCIV in 1994 and had to hide his identity with thunderclouds when running station promotions during his non-compete agreement.

This made WCSC sister to WIS in Columbia, WTOC-TV in Savannah, Georgia, and WMBF-TV in Myrtle Beach.

[citation needed] The station's various owners have always poured significant resources into the news department, resulting in a much higher-quality product than conventional wisdom would suggest for a market of Charleston's size.

Eventually, an hour-long morning show on weekdays called The Fox 24 News at 7 also produced by WCSC launched on WTAT.

In August 2006, with anchor and format changes at the CBS Evening News and concerns over ratings, it added a prime time show weeknights at 7 to "piggyback" with the network newscast.

The upgrade included new custom Raycom corporate graphics, a re-designed HD logo, and updated music package.

Starting August 31, 2009, the weeknight prime time show at 10 on WTAT was expanded to an hour and added a second news anchor.

[10] The station's signal is multiplexed: WCSC-TV launched a second subchannel on January 8, 2010, that carries additional programming, branded as Live 5+.