WJXX

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WJXX

Orange Park, Florida-Jacksonville, Florida
Branding	ABC25
Slogan	"Spirit of the First Coast"
Channels	25 (UHF) analog, 10 (VHF) digital
Affiliations	ABC
Owner	Gannett
Founded	June 25, 1997
Call letters meaning	WJaXX (Informal abbreviation for Jacksonville)
Former affiliations	None
Website	www.firstcoastnews.com/

WJXX is the ABC affiliate serving the Jacksonville, Florida area. It is licensed to the nearby suburb of Orange Park, and its transmitter is located in Green Cove Springs, Florida. It's owned by Gannett, and broadcasts on analog channel 25 and digital channel 10.

[edit] History

WJXX first went on the air on June 25, 1997; owned by the Allbritton Communications Company. It was also the first station in the country designed for digital television, a medium which was then fairly new.

WJXX was initially slated to be an independent station, but just before it signed on, Allbritton signed a long-term affiliation deal with ABC. As a result, WJXX took the ABC affiliation from longtime affiliate WJKS. WJKS then became the WB affiliate and changed its callsign to WJWB (now WCWJ).

Albritton sold WJXX to Gannett, owners of NBC affiliate WTLV, in November 1999. Normally, duopolies between two "Big Four" affiliates, or even "Big Three" affiliates, would not be allowed because they usually constituted the top four stations in a market. Federal Communications Commission regulations do not allow common ownership of any two of the four biggest stations in a market. However, the FCC allowed the deal because WJXX, as the newest station in the market ranked behind WJWB, Fox affiliate WAWS and then-UPN affiliate WTEV (now a CBS affiliate).

Once the sale was final, Gannett merged the two stations' news departments; and named the combined news operation "First Coast News," which is based at WTLV's studios.

[edit] Newscasts

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All newscasts are simulcast with WTLV except First Coast News at Seven.

Weekdays

Good Morning Jacksonville Sunrise - 5:30AM-6AM
- Anchored by Phil Amato and Patricia Crosby
Good Morning Jacksonville - 6AM-7AM
- Anchored by Phil Amato and Patricia Crosby
First Coast News at Five - 5PM-5:30PM
- Anchored by Shannon Ogden and Jeannie Blaylock
First Coast News at 5:30 - 5:30PM-6PM
- Anchored by Phil Amato and Donna Hicken
First Coast News at Six - 6PM-6:30PM
- Anchored by Shannon Ogden and Jeannie Blaylock
First Coast News at Seven - 7PM-7:30PM
- Anchored by Mark Spain and Deanna Fené
First Coast News at Eleven - 11PM-11:35PM
- Anchored by Shannon Ogden and Donna Hicken

Weekends

Good Morning Jacksonville Sunday - 7AM-8AM
- Anchored by Victor Blackwell and Charlene Shirk
First Coast News at 6:30 - 6PM-6:30PM
- Anchored by Charlene Shirk
First Coast News at Eleven - 11PM-11:30PM
- Anchored by Charlene Shirk
Sports Final - 11:30PM-MIDNIGHT Sundays

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Broadcast television in the Jacksonville market (Nielsen DMA #52)

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)
Gainesville / Ocala channels serving portions of the Jacksonville market
WUFT 5 (PBS) - WCJB 20 (ABC) (The CW on DT2) - WOGX 51 (Fox)

ABC Network Affiliates in the state of Florida

WEAR 3 (Pensacola) - WFTV 9 (Orlando) - WPLG 10 (Miami) - WMBB 13 (Panama City) - WCJB 20 (Gainesville) - WPBF 25 (Tequesta / West Palm Beach) - WJXX 25 (Orange Park / Jacksonville) - WZVN 26 (Naples) - WTXL 27 (Tallahassee) - WFTS 28 (Tampa) - WWSB 40 (Sarasota)
See also: CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, Religious, Spanish and Other stations in the state of Florida