Exhibit 21

THE LIBERTY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES
DECEMBER 31, 2003

						Percentage of Voting Stock
						Owned by Immediate
					Jurisdiction of Incorporation	Parent
The Liberty Corporation					South Carolina
	Cosmos Broadcasting Corporation				South Carolina		100
		CableVantage Inc.			South Carolina		100
		Broadcast Merchandising Corporation			South Carolina		100
		Civic Communications Corporation II			Delaware		100
			TV-3, Inc.		Mississippi		100
				WLBT, Inc.	Mississippi		100
				Civic License Holding Company, Inc.	Delaware		100
				CivCo, Inc.	Nevada		100
		LibCo, Inc.			Nevada		100
		WLOX, Inc.			Mississippi		100
		Tall Tower, LLC			Texas		50
	Exchange Place Corporation				North Carolina		100
	Greensboro Holdings, Inc.				South Carolina		100
	State National Title Guaranty Company				Louisiana		100
	Special Services Corporation				South Carolina		100
	Hampton Insurance Agency, Inc.				South Carolina		100
	Bent Tree Corporation				Georgia		100
	TLC Business Ventures, Inc.				South Carolina		100
	Liberty Properties Group, Inc.				South Carolina		100
		Commerce Center of Greenville, Inc.			South Carolina		100
		LIBCO of Florida, Inc.			Florida		100
		LPC of S. C., Inc.			South Carolina		100
			Johnson/Liberty LLC		South Carolina		36
	LibertyWest, Inc.				Nevada		100

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