Media in Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida is served by local media, as well as regional and national media. As of 2017, Jacksonville is ranked as the 42nd largest media market, with 700,890 homes.[1] Radio and television broadcasts are governed by the FCC.[2]
Print media
The Florida Times-Union is the major daily newspaper in Jacksonville. Jacksonville.com is its official website. It is owned by Morris Communications, which also publishes the Georgia Times-Union for southeast Georgia residents. Financial News & Daily Record is another daily paper focused on the business and legal communities. The Jacksonville Business Journal is a weekly American City Business Journals publication focused on business news. Folio Weekly is the city's largest alternative weekly. The Florida Star is the city's oldest African-American focused paper. Jacksonville Free Press is another weekly catering to the black community. Metro Jacksonville is an online publication.
Television
Jacksonville is the 42nd largest local television market in the United States,[3] and is served by television stations affiliated with all the major American networks. The Jacksonville designated market area has the distinction of being the only United States television market in which affiliates of all four major broadcast networks are involved in both virtual and legal duopolies (Gannett Company owns WJXX and WTLV outright, while Cox Media Group owns WFOX-TV and operates WJAX-TV through joint sales and shared services agreements with Bayshore Television). WJXT is a former longtime CBS affiliate that turned independent in 2002.[4] WJCT is the local PBS station. WUFT-TV is another PBS affiliate available in the Jacksonville area on cable through Comcast although originating in Gainesville, FL. The Jacksonville television market serves Northeastern Florida and Southeastern Georgia.
Call sign | Virtual Channel | Digital Channel | Analog Channel | Branding | Affiliation | Licensee/Permittee[4] | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WJXT | 4 (4.1) 4.2 |
42 | Channel 4 This TV |
Independent This TV |
Graham Media Group | ||
WJCT | 7 (7.1) 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 |
7 | WJCT Create WJCT World WJCT More!/The Florida Channel WJCT Kids |
PBS Create World The Florida Channel PBS Kids |
WJCT, Inc. | ||
WTLV | 12 (12.1) 12.2 12.3 |
13 | NBC 12 Antenna TV Justice Network |
NBC Antenna TV Justice Network |
Tegna, Inc. | ||
WCWJ | 17 (17.1) 17.2 |
34 | CW 17 Bounce Jacksonville |
The CW Bounce TV |
Graham Media Group | ||
WUJX-LD | 18 (18.1) | 18 | Univision 18 Jacksonville | Univision | Budd Broadcasting Company, Inc. | ||
WPXC | 21 (21.1) 21.2 21.3 21.4 21.5 21.6 |
24 | Ion Television | Ion Television qubo Ion Life Ion Shop Home Shopping Network QVC |
Ion Media Networks | ||
WJXX | 25 (25.1) 25.2 |
10 | ABC 25 First Coast News Weather Plus |
ABC | Tegna, Inc. | ||
WFOX | 30 (30.1) 30.2 30.3 |
32 | Fox 30 MyTVJax Heroes and Icons |
Fox MyNetworkTV/MeTV Heroes and Icons |
Cox Media Group | ||
WJAX | 47 (47.1) 47.2 47.3 |
19 | CBS 47 GetTV Decades |
CBS GetTV Decades |
Bayshore Television | ||
WJEB | 59 (59.1) 59.2 59.3 59.4 59.5 |
44 | TBN The Church Channel JCTV Enlace Smile of a Child |
TBN The Church Channel JCTV Enlace Smile of a Child |
Community Educational Television |
Radio
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Jacksonville is the 48th largest local radio market in the United States,[5] and is dominated by the same two large ownership groups that dominate the radio industry across the United States: Cox Radio[6] and Clear Channel Communications. There are a total of 39 FM radio stations ranging from Alternative Rock, Top 40, News and Information, Hip-Hop & R&B, Country and more. There are 20 AM radio stations ranging from News and Information, Foreign Language music and talk and more.[7]
FM stations
AM stations
Online media
Jacksonville.com is the online edition of the Florida Times-Union. Each of the television stations that offer a news program also has a website for news.
The Coastal, a magazine geared toward young professionals in the area, launched online in late 2015 before expanding to print. [10]
Most of the area's printed publications also have websites that offer some or all of the current major articles online, but not all offer archival access. The table under "Print Media" specifies their URLs.
See also
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 4, 2004. Retrieved June 4, 2004.
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- ^ a b "TV Query Broadcast Station Search". FCC. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ "Arbitron Radio Market Rankings" Arbitron
- ^ "Cox Radio's Market Profile for Jacksonville, Florida". Archived from the original on 2007-07-03. Retrieved 2007-07-19.
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- ^ "AM Query Broadcast Station Search". FCC. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ https://coastaljax.com/about
Bibliography
- Sean Devereux (1976). "Boosters in the newsroom: the Jacksonville case". Columbia Journalism Review. 14.
- Michael Ray Fitzgerald (2011). "Boss Jocks: How Corrupt Radio Practices Helped Make Jacksonville One of the Great Music Cities". Southern Cultures. 17. ISSN 1068-8218.
External links
- "Florida: Localities: Jacksonville: News and Media". DMOZ. AOL. (Directory ceased in 2017)
- "US Newspaper Directory: Florida: Jacksonville". Chronicling America. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress.