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First Coast Connect

Host Melissa Ross gets plugged in to everything that’s happening around the First Coast.

Airs Monday-Friday 9am

Week of February 20 – February 24

Monday
  • UNF Releases New Criminology Study on the Duval County Jail
  • First Coast Success with Karen Brune Mathis: Steve Halverson, The Haskell Company
  • Jax Entrepeneurs and the White House Small Business Summit
  • The Scottish Games
Tuesday
  • Protect the Children Month/Single Source Services, Jacksonville Beach
  • Dr. Jamie Koufman, Author, Dropping Acid: The Reflux Diet Cookbook and Cure
  • Tech Tuesday
Wednesday
  • Previewing WJCT’s First Coast Forum on Downtown Revitalization
  • Senator George McGovern, Author, What It Means to Be a Democrat
  • “Newsroom Street Fight” with Jaguars #73/89.9FM Music Host Eben Britton
Thursday
  • Dr. Diana Eck, Harvard University on “The Pluralism Project”
  • The Wall Street Journal’s Pamela Druckerman, Author, Bringing Up Bebe
  • Travel Tips with Judy Wells
  • Around Town with Jacksonville Magazine‘s Kerry Speckman
Friday
  • Media Roundtable Week in Review
  • Weekend Warriors: Daily’s River Run
  • “Pod Rods” with the Florida Times-Union‘s Dan Scanlan
  • To Kill a Mockingbird at Stage Aurora
  • Music Producer and Poet Ill Clinton

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First Coast Forum

A quarterly series of interactive community forums designed to address critical challenges facing Florida’s First Coast and to engage the community in resolving them. Each program brings First Coast business and community leaders together for discussion, and gives community members an opportunity to weigh in.

First Coast Forum: The Downtown Dilemma

LIVE: Thursday, February 23 at 8pm on WJCT-TV and 89.9 WJCT Public Radio!

Historically, downtown and urban cores have served as the economic and cultural markers of a city’s vibrancy. Though downtown redevelopment of Jacksonville has been the subject of political debates, is a downtown core still relevant to a city’s growth? On the next First Coast Forum a panel of experts discuss whether downtown growth is key or whether the trends lie in the suburbs. Don’t miss First Coast Forum: The Downtown Dilemma, January 19 at 8pm on WJCT-TV and 89.9 WJCT-FM!

Panelists
  • Tony Allegretti, Consultant and Entrepreneur
  • Richard Clark, Jacksonville City Council
  • Ennis Davis, Urban Planner
  • Abel Harding, Columnist, Florida Times-Union
  • Terry Lorince, Executive Director, Downtown Vision
  • Don Shea, Executive Director, Jacksonville Civic Council
  • Jack Twatchman, Owner, Burro Bar
Participate in First Coast Forum

Email questions and comments to or call (904) 358-6347 during the program.
Tweet us LIVE during the program with hash tag #FCFdowntown
Share your thoughts and comments by visiting our Blog
Listen to First Coast Forum online.

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Florida Frontiers

Mondays from 6:30-7pm

WJCT is pleased to air a very special weekly program celebrating the history and culture of the Sunshine State. Florida Frontiers, the weekly radio magazine of the Florida Historical Society, takes an in-depth look at the people, places and events that have shaped the State, and made Florida a unique and fascinating place to live. Join us on a journey that will introduce you to the Quilters of Eatonville, take you to the Old Custom House in Key West, and give you insight into the lives of such luminaries as Stetson Kennedy, Zora Neale Hurston, and Marjorie Kinna Rawlings.

Listen to programs online at myfloridahistory.org.

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Closing the Loop

Fridays at 6:35am and 8:35am

Written and produced by Warren Miller, Closing the Loop is a series of reports on the way North Floridians are coping with the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Every Friday during Morning Edition we hear stories of residents who’ve experienced a drastic change in their lives because of the sluggish economy, and how they’ve adapted to this new reality.

Listen online now.

Teachable Moments

Mondays at 6:04am and 8:04am on WJCT 89.9FM

Teachable Moments is a 26-week series that highlights the positive work being done by public school teachers in Northeast Florida. It is made possible by a grant from the Philanthropic Initiative of the Community Foundation in Jacksonville. Profiles are published in the Sunday Florida Times-Union and available on Jacksonville.com. Audio profiles are produced by WJCT’s Cyd Hoskinson, and can be heard every Monday at 6:04 and 8:04 a.m.

Listen to Teachable Moments online.

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Perspectives

A quarterly series of 30-minute radio documentaries by the 89.9 FM News Team provide an in-depth look at topics of interest to the First Coast.

Hunger on the First Coast

Aired: Thursday, May 27 @ 6:30 – 6:59 p.m. on 89.9 WJCT Public Radio
By Kevin Meerschaert

A study released recently by Second Harvest of North Florida shows hunger is on the increase on the First Coast and across the country. It’s not just the homeless or unemployed who are suffering. Many of those affected have homes and jobs. The local numbers mirror a national study that states one in seven Americans including one in five children isn’t getting enough to eat. The Perspectives documentary will take a look at the results of the study and profile places like Second Harvest, the Sulzbacher Center and other non-profit organizations to find out what they are doing to help feed the hungry and whether they are getting enough support.

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