Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville is a city located on the Atlantic coast of northeast Florida, the most populous city proper in the state and is the largest city by area in the contiguous United States as of 2020. It is the seat of Duval County, with which th ...
is served by local media, as well as regional and national media. As of 2017, Jacksonville is ranked as the 42nd largest television media market in the United States, with 700,890 homes. Radio and television broadcasts are governed by the FCC.
Print media
'' The Florida Times-Union'' is the major daily newspaper in Jacksonville. Jacksonville.com is its official website. It is owned by GateHouse Media, 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
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publication focused on business news. '' Folio Weekly'' is the city's largest
alternative weekly
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. '' 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
''Metro Jacksonville'' was an American news website, blog, and forum focusing on Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. The site offered news, blogs, forums and original content covering urban issues, politics, and culture in the city.
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is an online publication.
Television
Jacksonville is the 42nd largest local television market in the United States, and is served by
television
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Gannett Company
Gannett Co., Inc. () is an American mass media holding company headquartered in McLean, Virginia, in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.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. 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.
Radio
Jacksonville is the 48th largest local radio market in the United States, and is dominated by the same two large ownership groups that dominate the radio industry across the United States:
Cox Radio
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and
Clear Channel Communications
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. 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.
FM stations
AM stations
Online mediaJacksonville.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.
List of radio stations in Florida
The following is a list of FCC-licensed radio stations in the U.S. state of Florida, which can be sorted by their call signs, frequencies, cities of license, licensees, and programming formats.
List of radio stations
Defunct
* WAGE
* WAXA
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Fort Lauderdale
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Key West
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Miami
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