WJXT
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WJXT | |
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Jacksonville, FL | |
Branding | Channel 4 |
Slogan | The Local Station |
Channels | 4 (VHF) analog, 42 (UHF) digital |
Affiliations | Independent |
Owner | Post-Newsweek |
Founded | September 15, 1949 |
Call letters meaning | Jaxonville (sounds like Jacksonville) Television |
Former callsigns | WMBR-TV (1949-58) |
Former affiliations | CBS (1949-2002), NBC (secondary, 1949-57), ABC (secondary, 1949-66) & DuMont (Secondary: 1949-55) |
Website | www.news4jax.com/ |
WJXT, channel 4 is an independent television station serving Jacksonville, Florida and surrounding communities. Its transmitter is located in Jacksonville.
[edit] History
It signed on September 15, 1949 as WMBR-TV, the second television station in Florida and co-owned with WMBR-AM. Four years later, the Washington Post Company bought the stations. WMBR-AM was sold in 1958 and the television station was renamed WJXT-TV.
WJXT was a CBS affiliate for over 50 years, though it carried secondary affiliations with DuMont through 1955 (when the network shut down), NBC until 1957 (when WFGA, now WTLV, signed on) and ABC until 1966 (when WJKS, now WCWJ, signed on). For much of that time, it was the only CBS station between Savannah and Orlando, and was thus carried on many cable systems between Jacksonville and Orlando.
The station had a virtual monopoly on television in north Florida until 1957, as its only competition came from a UHF station, WJHP-TV, which signed on in 1953 and went dark in 1956 due to lack of viewership.
At the behest of the Nixon administration, the FCC investigated the Post's entire broadcasting group, including WJXT, because of the Post's role in exposing Watergate. However, this intimidation tactic failed and the Post kept its broadcasting licenses.
After negotiations over a new affiliation agreement with CBS fell through, WJXT became an independent station on July 15, 2002. It now airs syndicated programs as well as locally-produced news programs. WJXT was replaced by WTEV as Jacksonville's CBS affiliate. The station used the Eyewitness News name and format for its newscasts for many years, but soon after dropping CBS, the newscasts were retitled as "Channel 4 News: The Local Station". Even though it is a Post-Newsweek owned station, WJXT does not brand itself "Local4" like most of its sister stations that follow the owners "Local Mandate" standard standardization, but "The Local Station" is a close enough mention under the slogan.
[edit] Newscasts
Most newscasts air Monday-Friday unless otherwise noted
- Channel 4 News - 5AM-7AM
- The Morning Show - 7AM-9AM (7 days a week)
- Channel 4 News at Noon - NOON-12:30PM
- Channel 4 News at Five - 5PM-5:30PM
- Channel 4 News at 5:30 - 5:30PM-6PM
- Channel 4 News at Six - 6PM-6:30PM (7 nights a week)
- Channel 4 News at 6:30 - 6:30PM-7PM
- The Ten O'Clock News - 10PM-11PM (7 nights a week)
- Channel 4 News at Eleven - 11PM-11:30PM
[edit] External links
WJXT 4 (Ind.) - WJCT 7 (PBS) - WXGA 8 (PBS/GPB) - WTLV 12 (NBC) - WCWJ 17 (The CW) - WPXC 21 (i) - WJXX 25 (ABC) - WWRJ 27 (Rel.) - WAWS 30 (Fox) (MNTV on DT2) - W54CS 36 (AS) - WBXJ 43 (MTV2) - WTEV 47 (CBS) - WJEB 59 (TBN) |
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Gainesville / Ocala channels serving portions of the Jacksonville market | ||
WUFT 5 (PBS) - WCJB 20 (ABC) (The CW on DT2) - WOGX 51 (Fox) |
Miami - Fort Lauderdale: WPXM 35 (i, Miami) - WHDT-LP 44 (Ind., Miami) - WPPB 63 (Educational, Fort Lauderdale) |
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Tampa - St. Petersburg: WPDS-LP 14 (Educational, Largo) - WARP-CA 20 (MTV2, Tampa) - WMOR-TV 32 (Ind. / 4Kids TV, Lakeland) - WSPF-CA 35 (St. Petersburg City Access, St. Petersburg) - |
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Jacksonville: WJXT 4 (Ind., Jacksonville) - WBXJ-CA 43 (MTV2, Jacksonville) - WPXJ-LP 54 (i, Jacksonville) |
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Tallahassee - Thomasville: WBXT-CA 43 (MTV2, Tallahassee) |
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Orlando - Daytona Beach - Melbourne: WRDQ 27 (Ind., Orlando) - WZXZ-CA 36 (MTV2, Orlando) - WOPX 56 (i, Melbourne) |
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West Palm Beach - Fort Pierce: WHDT-DT 59 (DW/Ind., Stuart) - WPPB 63 (Educational, Boca Raton) - WPXP 67 (i, Lake Worth) |
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Panama City: WPCT 46 (Tourist, Panama City Beach) - WBIF 51 (RTN, Marianna) |
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Pensacola / Mobile: WBQP-CA 12 (A1/S@H/MTV2, Pensacola) - WJTC 44 (Ind., Pensacola) - WPAN 53 (S@H/JTV, Fort Walton Beach) - WAWD 58 (Tourist, Fort Walton Beach) - |
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See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, NBC, PBS, Religious, and Spanish stations in Florida |
Corporate Staff: Donald E. Graham (COB & CEO) | Alan Frank | Patrick Butler | Diana M. Daniels | Ann L. McDaniel | Christopher Ma | John B. Morse, Jr. | Gerald M. Rosberg | Daniel J. Lynch | Wallace R. Cooney | Pinkie Dent Mayfield | John F. Hockenberry | Warren E. Buffett | Christopher C. Davis | Barry Diller | John L. Dotson, Jr. | Melinda French Gates | George J. Gillespie, III | Ronald L. Olson | Alice M. Rivlin | Richard D. Simmons | George W. Wilson | Jonathan Grayer | Veronica Dillon | Thomas O. Might | Caroline Little |
News Publications: Commercial Printing | Comprint Military Publications | El Tiempo Latino | Everett Daily Herald | Express | Greater Washington Publishing | Mid-Atlantic Retirement Living | Maryland Gazette | Southern Maryland Newspapers | Washington NewHomes Guide | Washington Post | Washington Resource Guide | Washington Spaces |
Magazines: BudgetTravel | Federal Technology Almanac1 | FOSE1 | Government Computer News1 | Newsweek | Newsweek International | Post Newsweek Tech Media1 | Slate | Washington Technology1 |
Interactive Assets: WPNI |
Cable Television Assets: CableOne |
Broadcast Television Assets: KSAT | KPRC | WDIV | WJXT | WKMG | WPLG |
Annual Revenue: $3.3 billion USD | Employees: 14,800 | Stock Symbol: NYSE: WPO | Website: www.washpostco.com |