It entered service on March 22, 1998 as a split from 803 and It serves the Grand Strand, the Lowcountry, the Pee Dee, and the Sandhills.
There is a common owned by the National Trust and a Donkey sanctuary which is now operated by the RSPA.
While its effective coverage range is the Sandhills area of Central North and South Carolina, its signal reaches as Charlotte, 75 miles to the west.
Gaston area students go to schools in Lexington School District 4, Frances Mack Intermediate and Sandhills Middle are located in Gaston, while the Early Childhood Center, Sandhills Primary, Sandhills Elementary, Swansea High Freshmen Academy and Swansea High School are located in Neighboring Swansea, South Carolina
Lee Ringer is a meteorologist for News 14 Carolina, a news channel based in Raleigh, North Carolina that covers the Triangle, Sandhills, and coastal locations of the state and is operated by Time Warner Cable.
The outback is connected with the rest of Nebraska by way of four Nebraska byways: Bridges to Buttes Byway (Highway 20), the Outlaw Trail (Highway 12) and small sections of the Loup Rivers Scenic Byway (Highways 91/11), and the Sandhills Journey (Highway 2) in Blaine County.
The sandhills are home to many unique plants and animals; including some cacti and hognose snakes.