Sean Birch
Director of SC Public RadioSean Birch brings his passion for engaging audiences and delivering high-quality radio and podcast content to his role as Director of South Carolina Public Radio. Working with his team, he guides the creation programming which informs, entertains and reflects the many communities across the Palmetto State. He also chooses the national programming heard on our stations and oversees the day-to-day operations of our statewide radio network.
A Florida native, Sean received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Central Florida and began his career at WJCT in Jacksonville, FL in 2011. He has held many roles over the years, providing him with an invaluable understanding of every step of content creation from concept to completion. Among other accolades, his work has been recognized by the Public Media Journalists Association, the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas, and the South Carolina Broadcasters Association.
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On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for October 25, 2025: A.T. Shire and Sean Birch take the wheel while host Gavin Jackson is under the weather. The two discuss Halloween decorations, costumes, candy, and another live Lede in the works! -
A.T. and producer Sean say they're sorry, take listener calls, argue about the merits of DOTs as a candy, but mostly are very sorry and hope you understand. -
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William "Bill" Terrell, known to many South Carolinians as the face of the SCETV program Job Man Caravan, has died at age 79. -
As the Spoleto Festival USA prepares to return with in-person performances for 2021, South Carolina Public Radio is announcing coverage plans for this year's festival. -
This week on ColaJazz Presents, we welcome trumpeter, singer, and songwriter Charlton Singleton to the show. A native of Awendaw, SC, Singleton is a member of the Grammy Award-winning group Ranky Tanky as well as a solo artist. He's also the newly minted recipient of the SC Governor's Award for the Arts for Individual Artist. -
This week on ColaJazz Presents, we speak with vocalist and poet Eboni Ramm. When she's not performing around the Palmetto State, Ramm is teaching jazz poetry workshops in local schools, libraries, and community learning centers. -
On the first episode of ColaJazz Presents, we spotlight the Columbia, SC, ensemble Les Flat Out Strangers. The group specializes in gypsy swing, a European-tinged sound featuring popular music of the 1920s through 1940s, a seminal period in the development of the jazz idiom. Les Flat Out Strangers is a fixture in the Capital City, playing in clubs and festivals and offering a dance friendly vibe and sophisticated sound. -
This episode of the South Carolina Lede for December 7, 2020, features: a discussion with South Carolina House budget chairman Murrell Smith about how he…
