This map shows the overlay of the 854 area code in the entire 843 zone, where dialing 10 digits for each phone number, including the area code, takes effect Sept. 19. Courtesy of Horry Telephone ...

Lowcountry and Pee Dee residents with the 843 area code will have to dial at least 10 digits to make a phone call starting on Sept. 19, 2015. That's the date that's now been set for mandatory 10-digit ...

Seven-digit dialing is about to become a thing of the past in the Lowcountry. This Saturday, callers will be required to dial all 10 digits as the rollout of a new area code overlay continues along ...

With some minor changes, plans are moving ahead for the South Carolina Lowcountry to get a second area code in 2015, in the region with 843 area code numbers. The coastal area, which includes three of ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) -- South Carolina's coastline will have a new area code this weekend: 854.Officials at the South Carolina Office of Regulatory Staff want people to to get comfortable with the ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Beaufort and Jasper counties have outgrown their area code. Those counties and a handful of others up the coastline will be adding an 854 area code to the existing 843. It's a process ...

CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - By the end of 2015, calling someone in the Lowcountry, even your next door neighbor, will involve dialing 10 digits instead of seven. That's because a new area code, 854, will ...

South Carolina head football coach Shane Beamer was born in Charleston, S.C., but hasn't always used a cell phone number with the 843 area code assigned to that region of the state. In a profession ...

This map shows the overlay of the 854 area code in the entire 843 zone, where dialing 10 digits for each phone number, including the area code, takes effect Sept. 19. Courtesy of Horry Telephone ...