{{short description|TV newsroom in Jacksonville, Florida}} {{good article}} {{For|the Jacksonville television stations|WJXX|WTLV}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Use American English|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox website | name = First Coast News | logo = First Coast News WTLV WJXX logo.svg | logo_alt = The words "FIRST" and "COAST", directly touching, with "FIRST" bolded, in blue. Beneath, the NBC and ABC logos and the word "NEWS" in blue. | screenshot = First Coast News webpage screenshot (2024-09-18).png | screenshot_size = 240px | caption = The home page of First Coast News from September 18, 2024 | url = {{url|www.firstcoastnews.com}} | commercial = Yes | type = News website | language = {{ubl|English|Spanish}} | registration = No | owner = Nexstar Media Group }}
'''First Coast News''' is the newsroom of television stations WTLV (channel 12) and WJXX (channel 25), the NBC and ABC affiliates in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. It is owned with the stations by Nexstar Media Group.
The First Coast News brand was first used by the stations on April 27, 2000, in the wake of Gannett's acquisition of WJXX the month before and consequent expansion of what had primarily been WTLV's news department. Immediately upon taking control, WTLV newscasts were simulcast on WJXX. Since the consolidation, First Coast News has generally remained in second place in the market behind WJXT (channel 4), the market news leader.
== History == === Pre-FCN === {{main|WTLV#News operation|WJXX#History}} When WTLV started as WFGA-TV in 1957, the station's first news director was Harold Baker, who had served in the same position at WSM radio and television in Nashville, Tennessee. Baker would anchor the station's 6 p.m. news for 17 years and direct the nascent channel 12 newsroom for 19 years in total, winning the station major national journalism awards.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kerr |first=Jessie-Lynne |title=Harold Baker 1916–2009: TV newsman led Jacksonville broadcasting |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-harold-baker-191/189215274/ |access-date=January 18, 2026 |newspaper=The Florida Times-Union |date=June 19, 2009 |location=Jacksonville, Florida |pages=B-1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-baker/189215389/ B-4] |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="FTU970124">{{cite news |last=Patton |first=Charlie |title=ABC programs return in 3 weeks |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-abc-programs-ret/185666808/ |access-date=November 25, 2025 |newspaper=The Florida Times-Union |date=January 24, 1997 |location=Jacksonville, Florida |pages=A-1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-abc-station-rush/185666863/ A-9] |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> It became WTLV in 1971, and eventually settled in as a consistent second-place finisher to WJXT in local news, except for two brief periods in the early 1960s and 1975.<ref name="scrambler">{{Cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/25-years-wtlv-no-2-station-has-reputation-scrambler/zszqyhmiyrqfyviryputybofqmyfeixb_ip-10-166-46-121_1730531456038|work=Jacksonville Journal|first=Nancy|last=McAlister|pages=1D, [https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/wtlv-no-2-tv-station-here-called-scrambler/picbjnmtedkuxyaaevjuvbwbnfxyjgqv_ip-10-166-46-148_1730531311132 4D]|title=25 years at WTLV: No. 2 station has reputation as scrambler|date=August 27, 1982}}</ref> While it was frequently well behind channel 4, channel 12 worked to close the gap, particularly after its acquisition by Gannett in 1988.<ref name="FTU960711">{{cite news |last=Patton |first=Charlie |title=PLEASE STAY TUNED: For Jacksonville's three news stations, the battle to attract viewers never ends |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-please-stay-tune/189215515/ |access-date=January 18, 2026 |newspaper=The Florida Times-Union |date=July 11, 1996 |location=Jacksonville, Florida |pages=D-1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-new-shows-vie-fo/189215591/ D-2] |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In the early 1990s, WTLV mounted a strong challenge to WJXT, particularly in late news, only to slip when that station expanded its newscasts and increased its community involvement.<ref name="FTU931223">{{Cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/changing-times-changing-audience-cited-reasons-webbs-departure/owfjgavwqxlsgndpsrxodkzlfbdsjgqu_ip-10-166-46-113_1732213658487|title=Changing times, changing audience cited as reasons for Webb's departure|first=Nancy|last=McAlister|work=The Florida Times-Union|date=December 23, 1993|pages=D-1, [https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/webb-was-replaced-after-much-research/mqigxxazzijzkrdasjbaycydpaqjakdb_ip-10-166-46-85_1732212793545 D-6]}}</ref><ref name="FTU940426">{{Cite news|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/new-tv-4-chief-launched-oprah/cdyrbqhaelwxqlymmzybeyxyebuyrumc_ip-10-166-46-85_1732214711066|pages=C-1, [https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/tv-4s-wasserman-heading-houston/ypkykwgyhypzbjbwrjxutdeoarzkmfpq_ip-10-166-46-86_1732214423855 C-3]|title=New TV-4 chief launched Oprah: Wasserman joins Houston station|first=Nancy|last=McAlister|work=The Florida Times-Union|date=April 26, 1994}}</ref>
Meanwhile, in 1996, Allbritton Communications secured the ABC affiliation for the Jacksonville market from longtime third-rated station WJKS (channel 17), which it intended to use on WBSG-TV in Brunswick, Georgia.<ref>{{cite news |last=Patton |first=Charlie |title=Brunswick station officially becomes ABC affiliate Jan. 1 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-brunswick-statio/185667733/ |access-date=November 25, 2025 |newspaper=The Florida Times-Union |date=February 22, 1996 |location=Jacksonville, Florida |page=D-3 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> This station's signal barely reached into Florida. Initial plans for a new WBSG-TV tower at Kingsland, Georgia, were held up by objections,<ref name="FTU960917">{{cite news |last=Patton |first=Charlie |title=Jilted TV-17 'bumps back' at fickle ABC |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-jilted-tv-17-bu/189260256/ |access-date=January 18, 2026 |newspaper=The Florida Times-Union |date=September 17, 1996 |location=Jacksonville, Florida |page=E-5 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> and station management was only able to obtain approval for upgrades to its tower site in Hickox, Georgia, west of Brunswick but not south.<ref>{{cite news |last=Phelps |first=Bob |title=TV-17 gives up in ABC fight |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-tv-17-gives-up-i/186270895/ |access-date=December 5, 2025 |newspaper=The Florida Times-Union |date=August 7, 1996 |location=Jacksonville, Florida |pages=B-1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-abc-switching-to/186270928/ B-3] |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>{{r|FTU960917}} This signal did not cover all of Jacksonville, with no coverage south of Interstate 10.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/1996/09/16/story7.html|work=Jacksonville Business Journal|date=September 16, 1996|first=Susanna P.|last=Barton|title=WBSG TV scouting city for studio, tower|access-date=September 5, 2022|archive-date=September 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220906080016/https://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/1996/09/16/story7.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
Though WJKS and WBSG originally planned to switch in April 1997, these plans changed in January after the outgoing ABC affiliate unexpectedly began preempting more than half the network's prime-time lineup and any new shows the network offered. As part of its transition to becoming The WB affiliate for the First Coast, WJKS replaced the preempted ABC shows with The WB's programming and syndicated shows.<ref name="FTU970121">{{Cite news|date=January 21, 1997|work=The Florida Times-Union|first=Charlie|last=Patton|pages=A-1, [https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/angry-callers-tv-17-learn-stations-dropping-abc-shows/kmdxjadjroyvvvzyviglinevovnzhtke_ip-10-166-46-184_1737313543835 A-7]|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/tv-17-dropping-many-abc-shows-prior-switch/ztprwrnkajchyroqbeefvhntrcrnmnxm_ip-10-166-46-185_1737313423111|via=GenealogyBank|title=TV-17 dropping many ABC shows prior to switch}}</ref> This caused Allbritton and the network to examine more immediate options to bring ABC programs to Jacksonville. Allbritton leased and activated a dormant construction permit for channel 25 in Orange Park, a suburb of Jacksonville, which it built out and signed on as WJXX on February 9, 1997, with WBSG as its semi-satellite.{{r|FTU970124}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Patton |first=Charlie |title=ABC programs to air on new station tonight |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-abc-programs-to/185662201/ |access-date=November 25, 2025 |newspaper=The Florida Times-Union |date=February 9, 1997 |location=Jacksonville, Florida |pages=A-1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-abc-station-swit/185663404/ A-6] |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> For most of the rest of that year, technical and signal issues dogged the new ABC affiliate, weighing on its public perception. Due to the compressed timetable, WJXX operated from an interim transmitter facility until September;<ref>{{cite news |last=Patton |first=Charlie |title=WJXX gets antenna OK: Just in time for football |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-wjxx-gets-antenn/187061609/ |access-date=December 18, 2025 |newspaper=The Florida Times-Union |date=September 17, 1997 |location=Jacksonville, Florida |pages=A-1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-wjxx-vows-clear/187061695/ A-7] |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/1997/09/22/tidbits.html?page=all|work=Jacksonville Business Journal|title=Tower gets approval... thanks, Tillie?|date=September 22, 1997|access-date=September 5, 2022|archive-date=September 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220906080017/https://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/1997/09/22/tidbits.html?page=all|url-status=live}}</ref> it would not offer a direct feed to the area's cable systems until December.{{r|FTU971215}}
While the station had been airing a local newsmagazine program, it was not until WJXX opened a permanent studio facility in south Jacksonville that it began to produce a full local news service on December 15, 1997.<ref name="FTU971215">{{cite news |last=Patton |first=Charlie |title=News team launching shows today |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-news-team-launch/186318918/ |access-date=December 18, 2025 |newspaper=The Florida Times-Union |date=December 15, 1997 |location=Jacksonville, Florida |pages=A-1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-rivalry-to-heat/186318973/ A-4] |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> While ''ABC 25 News'' was hailed as a superior product compared to WJKS, which had aired just two 30-minute newscasts on weekdays,{{r|FTU960711|FTU991117a}} Allbritton faced several overwhelming factors in establishing WJXX: in addition to the technical issues that alienated viewers and continued signal deficiencies in some areas, the market had historically been an underperformer for the ABC network, and WJXT and WTLV were entrenched in the market.<ref name="FTU991213">{{cite news|title=Changing the channel: Recent sale another chapter in ABC's tumultuous tenure in Jacksonville|url=https://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/121399/bus_1h10TV25.html|first=Charlie|last=Patton|newspaper=The Florida Times-Union|publisher=Morris Communications|date=December 13, 1999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404121312/https://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/121399/bus_1h10TV25.html|access-date=May 20, 2011|archive-date=April 4, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Reality beating up on respected|page=B-1|date=January 22, 2003|work=The Florida Times-Union|first=Charlie|last=Patton}}</ref> Channel 17, now WJWB, surged past WJXX in the ratings.{{r|FTU991213}}
=== Consolidation === {{main|WJXX#Duopoly with WTLV}} right|thumb|upright=1|alt=A multi-story building in front of an artificial lake with satellite dishes and communications equipment visible outside. A sign contains the First Coast News logo and logos for WTLV and WJXX.|The WTLV–WJXX studios on Adams Street in Jacksonville On November 15, 1999, the FCC legalized television station duopolies—the common ownership of two stations in one market. The next day, November 16, Gannett announced it would purchase WJXX from Allbritton. The deal was initiated after Allbritton approached Gannett about a possible sale. The new duopoly rules barred one company from owning two of the four highest-rated stations in a market, which would have normally had the effect of barring common ownership of two "Big Four" affiliates. However, WJXX's unusually low ratings for an ABC affiliate made the sale legal.<ref name="FTU991117">{{cite news |last=Basch |first=Mark |title=Gannett buying second Jacksonville station: New rules allow to purchase of TV-25 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-gannett-buying-s/186319545/ |access-date=December 6, 2025 |newspaper=The Florida Times-Union |date=November 17, 1999 |location=Jacksonville, Florida |pages=A-1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-tv-gannett-buyi/186319644/ A-11] |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> For the next four months, planning was initiated on the eventual consolidation of the WTLV and WJXX news operations. While WJXX continued to produce newscasts during this time, it faced a growing exodus of newsroom staffers. The merged news department was to be dominated by WTLV holdovers.<ref name="FTU991117a">{{cite news |last=Patton |first=Charlie |title=Gannett buying second Jacksonville station: Affiliates' news staffs likely to merge |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-gannett-buying-s/186319545/ |access-date=December 18, 2025 |newspaper=The Florida Times-Union |date=November 17, 1999 |location=Jacksonville, Florida |pages=A-1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-news-affiliates/186319712/ A-11] |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>{{r|FTU991213}}
The Federal Communications Commission approved the sale on March 16, 2000. Gannett consummated the purchase the next day and immediately implemented a simulcast of WTLV's newscasts on WJXX, while construction began at the WTLV studios on Adams Street—which had been enlarged in 1997—to prepare for a new combined news service under the name First Coast News, which debuted on April 27.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ostrow |first=Nicole |title=Media merger: TV-12 owner may take over TV-25 operations as soon as today |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-media-merger-tv/186319826/ |access-date=December 18, 2025 |newspaper=The Florida Times-Union |date=March 17, 2000 |location=Jacksonville, Florida |pages=D-1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-buyout-stations/186319891/ D-6] |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="MW000515">{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|213613921}}|date=May 15, 2000|first=Eileen|last=Davis Hudson|title=Jacksonville|work=Mediaweek|pages=26–36}}</ref> Newscasts continued to be broadcast at the same time on each station, including the WJXX 7 p.m. newscast, which had no competition and was the station's lone successful news program.<ref>{{Cite news|page=20|date=May 24, 1999|work=Mediaweek|first=Megan|last=Larson|title=Counterprogrammed news equals ratings|id={{ProQuest|213626304}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|page=24|id={{ProQuest|213644529}}|title=WTLV shares news|work=Mediaweek|first=Megan|last=Larson|date=December 13, 1999}}</ref> In total, 36 WJXX employees, including 13 in news, joined the WTLV operation.{{r|MW000515}}
=== A consistent second-place === <section begin=posthist />thumb|right|upright=1|alt=Refer to caption|News set used by First Coast News in the 2010s After the merger, continuing a trend already set by WTLV, the gap in viewership between First Coast News and market leader WJXT slowly closed to create tough competition in the Jacksonville market.<ref name="gapclose">{{unbulleted list citebundle|{{cite news|title=Nielsen ratings show WTLV gain|url=http://jacksonville.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/1998/06/15/daily19.html?jst=s_cn_hl|newspaper=The Jacksonville Business Journal|publisher=Advance Publications|date=June 19, 1998|access-date=October 5, 2007|archive-date=July 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706214354/http://jacksonville.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/1998/06/15/daily19.html?jst=s_cn_hl|url-status=live}}|{{cite news|title=Verdict's still out on WJXT's move|url=http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/122403/bus_14380853.shtml|first=Mark|last=Basch|newspaper=The Florida Times-Union|publisher=Morris Communications|date=December 24, 2003|access-date=October 5, 2007|archive-date=March 1, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070301040550/http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/122403/bus_14380853.shtml|url-status=live}}|{{cite news|title=TV news in transition|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2003/06/09/story3.html?page=1|first=Sean|last=McManus|newspaper=The Jacksonville Business Journal|publisher=Advance Publications|date=June 9, 2003|access-date=October 5, 2007|archive-date=May 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526082647/http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2003/06/09/story3.html?page=1|url-status=live}} }}</ref> The combination of WTLV and WJXX also surpassed WJXT in total revenue.<ref>{{cite news |last=Guinta |first=Peter |title=The big switch: WTEV-47 is the new CBS affiliate as WJXT-4 becomes an independent station |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-st-augustine-record-the-big-switch/187072109/ |access-date=December 18, 2025 |newspaper=The St. Augustine Record |date=July 14, 2002 |location=St. Augustine, Florida |pages=1A, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-st-augustine-record-switch/187072274/ 2A] |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
In 2002, the news department of Fox affiliate WAWS (channel 30) expanded to accommodate the move of the CBS affiliation to WTEV-TV (channel 47).<ref>{{Cite news|work=Electronic Media|pages=1, 10|first=Michele|last=Greppi|title=Boom time in Jacksonville: Competitive market's TV news outlets have new rules to play by with switch in CBS affiliation|id={{ProQuest|203831224}}|date=June 24, 2002}}</ref> The two stations rebranded as WFOX-TV and WJAX-TV and their news as ''Action News'' in 2014 as part of a wholesale change which included the firing of the previous main anchors. The Action News revamp improved ratings at the traditional third-place news operation in Jacksonville just as First Coast News remained without a news director for a year, causing a decline in viewership, and several key news personalities defected to Action News.<ref name="FTU150328">{{cite news|url=https://www.jacksonville.com/story/business/2015/03/29/major-shakeups-jacksonville-tv-news-redefining-financial-landscape/15656693007/#.VRg324DdzLs.twitter|work=The Florida Times-Union|first=Drew|last=Dixon|title=Major shakeups in Jacksonville TV news redefining financial landscape of broadcasters|date=March 28, 2015|access-date=September 6, 2022|archive-date=September 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220906074826/https://www.jacksonville.com/story/business/2015/03/29/major-shakeups-jacksonville-tv-news-redefining-financial-landscape/15656693007/#.VRg324DdzLs.twitter|url-status=live}}</ref> Rob Mennie, who assumed the post of news director in 2014, noted of the newsroom as he encountered it, "This was a station ... I'll just use the word confused. They didn't know who they were. ... They were trying to figure out what makes us tick."<ref>{{cite news |last=Dixon |first=Drew |title=Team full of familiar faces lacked direction: GM's new news director tasked with changing tone of news reports |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-team-full-of-fam/189261056/ |access-date=December 18, 2025 |newspaper=The Florida Times-Union |date=March 29, 2015 |location=Jacksonville, Florida |page=A-8 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In 2023, ''Action News'' edged out ''First Coast News'' at 11 p.m. in total households but not in viewers 25–54, with both newscasts behind WJXT, which has remained Jacksonville's news leader as an independent station.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/local-news-close-up-jacksonville-is-hot-and-were-not-talking-weather|date=August 9, 2023|work=Broadcasting & Cable|title=Local News Close-Up: Jacksonville Is Hot, and We're Not Talking Weather|first=Michael|last=Malone|access-date=November 29, 2024}}</ref><section end="posthist" /> thumb|Logo for First Coast News from 2017 to 2021
== Notable staff == <section begin=staff />* Victor Blackwell – anchor<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 26, 2012 |title=Meet CNN's New Black Anchor |language=en-us |work=The Root |url=https://www.theroot.com/meet-cnns-new-black-anchor-1790892549 |access-date=March 12, 2022 |archive-date=January 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200118034548/https://www.theroot.com/meet-cnns-new-black-anchor-1790892549 |url-status=live }}</ref> * Jeannie Blaylock – anchor, since {{#ifeq:{{PAGENAME}}|WJXX|2000|1985}}<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1985/BC-1985-03-18.pdf|date=March 18, 1985|work=Broadcasting|title=Fates & Fortunes|page=109|via=World Radio History|access-date=September 6, 2022|archive-date=November 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108151354/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1985/BC-1985-03-18.pdf|url-status=live|id={{ProQuest|1014709330}}}}</ref> * Donna Deegan – anchor, {{#ifeq:{{PAGENAME}}|WJXX|2000|1988}}–2012<ref>{{cite news |last=Scanlan |first=Dan |title=TV anchor Deegan to leave job in August: She will take on larger role in breast cancer research, wellness |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-tv-anchor-deegan/189261345/ |access-date=December 18, 2025 |newspaper=The Florida Times-Union |date=June 27, 2012 |location=Jacksonville, Florida |pages=A-1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-deegan/189261501/ A-7] |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> (known as {{#ifeq:{{PAGENAME}}|WJXX||Donna Clewis until 1990<ref>{{Cite news|page=G-4|work=The Florida Times-Union|first=Theresa|last=McTammany|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings/debs-attend-star-studded-evening-gala/evvdmmnslplcphnyzjjioqxyhzbcrxwj_ip-10-166-46-92_1737577470440|date=August 5, 1990|title=Debs attend a 'star'-studded evening gala|via=GenealogyBank}}</ref> and }}Donna Hicken until 2007<ref>{{cite news |last=Wells |first=Judy |title=On and off air, she's Donna Deegan now |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-on-and-off-air/189261635/ |access-date=December 18, 2025 |newspaper=The Florida Times-Union |date=November 25, 2007 |location=Jacksonville, Florida |page=E-3 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>) * Curtis Dvorak – morning show contributor and co-host of ''First Coast Living''<ref>{{cite news |last=Soergel |first=Matt |title=Former mascot for Jaguars taking his act to television: Dvorak promises more antics with First Coast News, sans fur |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-former-mascot-fo/189261865/ |access-date=December 18, 2025 |newspaper=The Florida Times-Union |date=July 17, 2015 |location=Jacksonville, Florida |pages=B-1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-dvorak/189261990/ B-6] |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> * Alan Gionet – anchor, {{#ifeq:{{PAGENAME}}|WJXX|2000|1998}}–2006<ref name="GionetLeaving2">{{cite web |url=http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=43858 |title=Gionet heading back to Denver |first=Mike|last=Sharkey |access-date=June 15, 2008 |work=Jacksonville Daily Record |archive-date=July 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713091704/http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=43858 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Dan Hicken – sports anchor, {{#ifeq:{{PAGENAME}}|WJXX|2000|1986}}–2013<ref>{{cite news |last=Elliott |first=Jeff |title=Longtime anchor Hicken to join TV-47 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-longtime-anchor/189262196/ |access-date=December 18, 2025 |newspaper=The Florida Times-Union |date=July 17, 2015 |location=Jacksonville, Florida |pages=C-1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-hicken/189262392/ C-5] |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> * Shannon Ogden – co-anchor, 2006–2016<ref>{{cite news |last=Bull |first=Roger |title=New anchor debuts on First Coast News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-new-anchor-debut/189262524/ |access-date=December 18, 2025 |newspaper=The Florida Times-Union |date=April 18, 2006 |location=Jacksonville, Florida |page=B-4 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Daraskevich |first=Joe |title=Ogden leaving First Coast News: Weeknight anchor since 2006 to begin work at Denver station in June |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-florida-times-union-ogden-leaving-fi/189262854/ |access-date=December 18, 2025 |newspaper=The Florida Times-Union |date=May 14, 2016 |location=Jacksonville, Florida |page=B-4 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><section end=staff />
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{official website|http://www.firstcoastnews.com}}
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