A television station is a set of equipment managed by a business, organisation or other entity such as an amateur television (ATV) operator, that transmits video content and audio content via radio waves directly from a transmitter on the earth's surface to any number of tuned receivers simultaneously.
75-462: WTLV (channel 12) is a television station in Jacksonville, Florida , United States, affiliated with NBC . It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside Orange Park –licensed ABC affiliate WJXX (channel 25), a combination known as First Coast News . The two stations share studios on East Adams Street (near EverBank Stadium ) in downtown Jacksonville; WTLV's transmitter is located on Anders Boulevard in
150-420: A Federal Communications Commission (FCC) commissioner. The case was ultimately resolved in 1969 by an operating consortium comprising Florida-Georgia and three groups also seeking channel 12, which was enshrined as its regular ownership in 1971. Shortly after, the station changed its call sign to WTLV. Harte-Hanks Newspapers acquired WTLV in 1975. In 1980, the station switched affiliations from NBC to ABC at
225-548: A barter in some cases. WJHP-TV WJHP-TV was a television station broadcasting on ultra high frequency (UHF) channel 36 in Jacksonville, Florida , United States. Owned by the Jacksonville Journal Company alongside WJHP (1320 AM) and the Jacksonville Journal newspaper, it was the city's second television station and broadcast from 1953 to 1957. The station struggled economically because it
300-515: A 10-percentage-point lead at 11 p.m. by November 1993. The newscasts were retooled again; Ladendorff had left earlier in the year to become a college instructor, and Webb was dismissed at year's end. WTLV was the first local television rights partner for the expansion Jacksonville Jaguars of the NFL and spent six seasons, from 1995 through 2000, airing the team's preseason games and coaches' shows. During this time, WTLV sports director Dan Hicken served as
375-607: A 4–2 vote, the commission granted channel 12 to the Florida-Georgia Television Company. The two dissenters agreed with the original 1955 decision favoring WPDQ. Construction on channel 12's studios, on Adams Street near the Gator Bowl, began in January 1957, even as Jacksonville Broadcasting and the city of Jacksonville contested the award. On May 29, 1957, the appeals court upheld the award to Florida-Georgia and rejected
450-643: A VHF channel to Jacksonville, and hoped that the FCC would provide relief. A country music program hosted by a young Johnny Tillotson , still attending the University of Florida at the time, moved from WJHP-TV to WFGA-TV after channel 36 folded. Perry's desire for an additional VHF channel never came to pass, and in August 1960, the FCC deleted the WJHP-TV construction permit at the Jacksonville Journal Company's request. The channel
525-503: A buyout offer to the firm's stockholders. On September 30, Harte-Hanks announced it had secured a controlling 51-percent interest in Channel 12 of Jacksonville and would seek to purchase the remainder; the $ 10.5 million deal received FCC approval in March 1975. Beginning in 1977, speculation emerged that WTLV might switch its network affiliation from NBC to ABC. At the time, ABC had surpassed NBC in
600-430: A commanding lead at 6 p.m., WTLV had leads among younger viewers and those newer to the market. The Webb–Ladendorff duo also provided WTLV with heretofore rare stability on its evening newscasts. However, after 1991, the station's late news ratings momentum plateaued. WJXT responded to WTLV by adding early evening newscasts and increasing its community involvement. That station rebounded as WTLV cooled, with channel 4 holding
675-612: A consistent second-place finisher to WJXT in local news, though it worked to close the gap, particularly after its acquisition by Gannett in 1988. In 1973, the WTLV newscasts were retitled Action News . The station spent most of the 1970s and early 1980s continually revamping its news product to compete with WJXT, with regular changes in staff and format. WTLV launched the city's first morning newscast, Good Morning Jacksonville , in March 1982; conceived to complement ABC's Good Morning America , it offered news, features, and weather. Shortly before
750-500: A final decision was made on the underlying license. For WFGA-TV, proposals were received from Jacksonville University , St. John's Cathedral , and educational TV station WJCT . However, the appeals court rejected interim operators that were not seeking to run the stations on a full-time basis. With the shutdown of channel 12 the only other option, in January 1969, the FCC authorized all four pending applicants to join forces in an interim operator for WFGA-TV. Florida-Georgia agreed to lease
825-407: A man told him he stopped listening to Cohn's radio station because he was watching more TV. That man was Alexander Brest, another stakeholder in the firm. Also represented was Miami movie theater operator Wometco Enterprises and its chairman, Mitchell Wolfson . Florida-Georgia and two other groups sought channel 12: the city of Jacksonville, a broadcaster by its ownership of radio station WJAX, and
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#1733086117308900-415: A much shorter wavelength, and thus requires a shorter antenna, but also higher power. North American stations can go up to 5000 kW ERP for video and 500 kW audio, or 1000 kW digital. Low channels travel further than high ones at the same power, but UHF does not suffer from as much electromagnetic interference and background "noise" as VHF, making it much more desirable for TV. Despite this, in
975-606: A news director for a year, causing a decline in viewership, and several key news personalities defected to Action News. 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." 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. The station's signal
1050-490: A plea for denial by WJHP-TV (channel 36), an ultra high frequency (UHF) station that feared being driven out of business. By this time, the Adams Street studios were nearly complete, and foundations had been poured for the station's tower. WFGA-TV broadcast its first test pattern on August 14, 1957, with regular programming following on September 1. It was affiliated from the start with NBC . Management boasted that WFGA-TV
1125-542: A poor picture on local cable systems. WJXX introduced a news operation in December 1997, but the circumstances forced Allbritton to divert its attention to the installation of temporary facilities. Seven months of inadequate transmitter coverage of Jacksonville and the even longer stretch without a direct feed to the cable company confused and alienated viewers just as channel 25 needed to make a good first impression. Furthermore, WJXX suffered from ABC's continued underperformance in
1200-560: A settlement agreement was reached in early June. The John H. Perry–owned station in Pensacola, WCOA , withdrew its request for channel 3 there, and WEAR in turn pulled out of the channel 36 fight in Jacksonville. This resulted in WEAR-TV being approved in Pensacola and WJHP-TV in Jacksonville. With the permit awarded, work began on putting the new station on the air. In August, a subsidiary of
1275-409: A short-lived ratings surge from WJKS, WTLV relaunched its local newscasts in January 1986 with a new title, The News on 12 , and new anchors, Lee Webb and Marcia Ladendorff. The changes were the latest for a station that already had a "revolving door" reputation with high turnover in anchors. After Rios Brook became general manager, the station began a deeper reconstruction; with Gannett's acquisition,
1350-511: A test pattern on November 30, 1953, and programming on December 13. Over its history, ownership constantly fought for a VHF channel to be made available for their use. In 1955, the station and local educators made a proposal whereby the Duval County school system would receive the channel 36 facility for educational broadcasting if the reserved channel 7 were reclassified to permit commercial use. The Jacksonville Journal Company protested after
1425-482: A time when ABC was number-one nationally and NBC stuck in third. ABC's ratings lead did not last, and by the middle of the decade, being an ABC affiliate was weighing on WTLV. In 1988, Gannett bought WTLV from Harte-Hanks and nearly immediately switched its affiliation back to NBC. Over the course of the 1990s, the station became more competitive and posed the most serious challenge yet to the traditional news ratings leader in Jacksonville, WJXT (channel 4). In 1999, as
1500-443: A top-rated CBS affiliate, to WTLV. In 1985, NBC pitched an affiliation switch to WTLV, with station management and ownership opting to remain with ABC; in 1986, NBC was also linked to talks with WJXT. By May 1987, WTLV was a distant third in the local ratings. That year, ABC moved to reduce the network compensation it paid WTLV and 15 other affiliates that it deemed were being overpaid for their performance, many of whom had been lured to
1575-425: A variety of ways to generate revenue from television commercials . They may be an independent station or part of a broadcasting network , or some other structure. They can produce some or all of their programs or buy some broadcast syndication programming for or all of it from other stations or independent production companies. Many stations have some sort of television studio , which on major-network stations
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#17330861173081650-427: A year after signing the renewal, on May 3, 1979, WTLV announced it would switch to ABC in 1980. While NBC's affiliation agreement did not expire until September 1, the switch was moved forward to March 31, 1980. This was done to allow NBC to air the 1980 Summer Olympics on channel 17, which was projected to benefit the new affiliate. Not long after the 1980 switch, the ratings fortunes of NBC and ABC reversed. By 1986,
1725-500: Is multiplexed : WTLV began broadcasting a digital signal on VHF channel 13 on April 17 or May 2, 2000, making it the first to do so in Jacksonville. On June 12, 2009, WTLV ended regular programming on its analog signal, on VHF channel 12, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television ; for a short time thereafter, the analog signal broadcast a nightlight service to provide transition information. The digital signal remained on channel 13. In 2024, WTLV
1800-496: Is non-commercial educational (NCE) and considered public broadcasting . To avoid concentration of media ownership of television stations, government regulations in most countries generally limit the ownership of television stations by television networks or other media operators, but these regulations vary considerably. Some countries have set up nationwide television networks, in which individual television stations act as mere repeaters of nationwide programs . In those countries,
1875-470: Is broadcast via terrestrial radio waves. A group of television stations with common ownership or affiliation are known as a TV network and an individual station within the network is referred to as O&O or affiliate , respectively. Because television station signals use the electromagnetic spectrum, which in the past has been a common, scarce resource, governments often claim authority to regulate them. Broadcast television systems standards vary around
1950-792: Is often used for newscasts or other local programming . There is usually a news department , where journalists gather information. There is also a section where electronic news-gathering (ENG) operations are based, receiving remote broadcasts via remote pickup unit or satellite TV . Outside broadcasting vans, production trucks , or SUVs with electronic field production (EFP) equipment are sent out with reporters , who may also bring back news stories on video tape rather than sending them back live . To keep pace with technology United States television stations have been replacing operators with broadcast automation systems to increase profits in recent years. Some stations (known as repeaters or translators ) only simulcast another, usually
2025-405: The broadcast range , or geographic area, that the station is limited to, allocates the broadcast frequency of the radio spectrum for that station's transmissions, sets limits on what types of television programs can be programmed for broadcast and requires a station to broadcast a minimum amount of certain programs types, such as public affairs messages . Another form of television station
2100-534: The electricity bill and emergency backup generators . In North America , full-power stations on band I (channels 2 to 6) are generally limited to 100 kW analog video ( VSB ) and 10 kW analog audio ( FM ), or 45 kW digital ( 8VSB ) ERP. Stations on band III (channels 7 to 13) can go up by 5 dB to 316 kW video, 31.6 kW audio, or 160 kW digital. Low-VHF stations are often subject to long-distance reception just as with FM. There are no stations on Channel 1 . UHF , by comparison, has
2175-637: The press pool feed for other networks. As WFGA-TV was getting on the air, a scandal involving the FCC's decisions in several contested television station cases exploded into view. In January 1958, syndicated columnist Drew Pearson published a column alleging that FCC commissioner Richard Mack, a Florida native, had been influenced to switch the approval of channel 10 in Miami to a company affiliated with National Airlines . The resulting congressional investigation uncovered other cases of ex parte communications between attorneys and FCC commissioners on matters before
2250-522: The FCC awarded channel 12 to the Florida-Georgia Television Company in September 1956. It believed the FCC should have enacted "deintermixture"—the making of the Jacksonville market all-VHF or all-UHF—as it had in similarly situated markets such as New Orleans and Duluth, Minnesota , which had one VHF and one UHF outlet in operation and a final decision pending for a second VHF station. In the appeal, Perry Jr. indicated that from December 1953 to June 30, 1956,
2325-627: The FCC formally vacated the grants of WFGA-TV and WFTV in Orlando , which had a very similar ex parte –rooted case, in November 1965, though it allowed WFGA-TV to telecast in the interim. With the channel 12 proceeding opened to all comers, the FCC began receiving bids from new applicants. The Community First Corporation, a consortium of local businessmen, had been formed in 1960 to seek a proposed channel 10 drop-in, but that never materialized; five years later, it filed for channel 12. Florida Gateway Television
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2400-464: The FCC legalized duopolies, Gannett agreed to buy WJXX from Allbritton Communications . WJXX—which had been established as the city's new ABC affiliate in 1997—had been such a ratings underperformer that the combination of the two major network affiliates was permissible. Upon taking control in March 2000, WJXX's operation was combined with WTLV's, with mostly WTLV personnel and in WTLV's studios, as First Coast News. The combined news operation has remained
2475-407: 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 , which had been Jacksonville's ABC affiliate since February 1997, from Allbritton Communications . The deal was initiated after Allbritton approached Gannett about a possible sale. The new duopoly rules barred cross-ownership of two of
2550-603: The Jacksonville Broadcasting Company, owner of WPDQ (600 AM) . These groups had each obtained pre-freeze permits then not acted on them. WJAX had previously held a pre-freeze construction permit for channel 2, and the FCC's final 1950 deletion of the permit was upheld in court in May 1951; WPDQ-TV's permit had been deleted in the same initial action. The FCC designated the three applications for hearing in January 1954, and FCC hearing examiner Charles J. Frederick delivered
2625-497: The Jacksonville Journal Company purchased the former Peacock Club, a nightclub on Philips Highway , to be refitted as the home of its radio and television operations. The Peacock, a nightclub opened during World War II , had not performed as expected in spite of being among the "plushest" such establishments in northern Florida. WJHP-TV signed affiliation agreements with the NBC and ABC networks in November. WJHP-TV began broadcasting
2700-478: The Jacksonville market. In 2003, Charlie Patton, television editor for The Florida Times-Union , noted that "Jacksonville never acquired the ABC habit". Channel 25's news ratings, despite a product considered superior to that WJKS had produced as an ABC affiliate, lagged WJXT and WTLV; one bright spot was the market's only local newscast at 7 p.m. It became apparent that the combination of WTLV and WJXX would rely heavily on
2775-627: The U.S., the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is taking another large portion of this band (channels 52 to 69) away, in contrast to the rest of the world, which has been taking VHF instead. This means that some stations left on VHF are harder to receive after the analog shutdown . Since at least 1974, there are no stations on channel 37 in North America for radio astronomy purposes. Most television stations are commercial broadcasting enterprises which are structured in
2850-477: The WFGA-TV facilities to the operator, and the existing staff was maintained except for the station president. The hearing initially continued after the interim operation came into place. In 1970, the parties reached a settlement to assign the license to Channel 12 of Jacksonville, a permanent consortium of the four applicants and their stockholders. Channel 12 of Jacksonville consisted of 74 different stockholders, with
2925-520: The WJHP radio stations, named for company owner John H. Perry. This application was granted by the Federal Communications Commission on August 13, 1948. However, the FCC's reallocation plan after the freeze removed channel 8 from Jacksonville. Instead, the Jacksonville Journal Company reapplied for UHF channel 36 on December 5, 1952. A second application was filed for the channel by WEAR in Pensacola , but
3000-417: The city of Jacksonville application was denied as inferior to Florida-Georgia and not—as earlier proposed—for contacts made by one city commissioner. In May 1965, a three-judge appeals court panel reversed most of the 1963 FCC ruling and concurred with the original April 1962 denial. It ordered the commission to open channel 12 to new applicants, as the city of Jacksonville had withdrawn from the proceeding and
3075-452: The city's Killarney Shores section. Channel 12 in Jacksonville began broadcasting on September 1, 1957, as WFGA-TV. Owned by the Florida-Georgia Television Company, it was the third station to be built in the city and an NBC affiliate. After WJHP-TV folded less than two months later, Jacksonville had two stations until 1966. WFGA-TV spent most of its first 15 years on air embroiled in legal conflict stemming from an influence scandal involving
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3150-503: The commission. Among the proceedings the committee investigated was that of channel 12 in Jacksonville. In April 1962, an FCC hearing examiner recommended the grant be voided because of Mack's involvement in the vote and found the other two applicants unqualified; the FCC overturned the initial decision in September 1963 and reaffirmed its original 1956 grant to Florida-Georgia, finding no improprieties on its behalf. It disqualified Jacksonville Broadcasting for its own ex parte contacts, while
3225-434: The former's facility and personnel, causing staffers to begin to depart. The FCC approved the purchase on March 16, 2000. Gannett took control the next morning, and about 36 WJXX employees—including 13 in news—joined the new combined WTLV operation, which immediately began simulcasting newscasts on both stations before relaunching on April 27 under the umbrella brand of First Coast News . Newscasts continued to be broadcast at
3300-420: The highest point available in the transmission area, such as on a summit , the top of a high skyscraper , or on a tall radio tower . To get a signal from the master control room to the transmitter, a studio/transmitter link (STL) is used. The link can be either by radio or T1 / E1 . A transmitter/studio link (TSL) may also send telemetry back to the station, but this may be embedded in subcarriers of
3375-465: The initial decision in April 1955. It called for granting channel 12 to Jacksonville Broadcasting based on its superior integration of ownership and management—in other words, the participation of station owners in station operations. The losing parties to the initial decision—Florida-Georgia and the city of Jacksonville—appealed the initial decision to the commission, which overturned it on August 31, 1956. In
3450-410: The judges upheld the disqualification of Jacksonville Broadcasting. Florida-Georgia survived the threat of disqualification on a 2–1 vote; in a partial dissent, Warren E. Burger said that both or neither of Jacksonville Broadcasting and Florida-Georgia should have been disqualified. The court rejected the two applicants' requests for rehearing, affirming the decision. In compliance with the court ruling,
3525-481: The largest share being held by Wometco at 11 percent. The FCC approved in June 1971, and the new arrangement came into force on July 23. As part of a campaign to create a new image for the station, WFGA-TV changed its call sign to WTLV (for "television") on December 13, 1971. By 1974, Channel 12 of Jacksonville had received four offers for the station. One of the four, Harte-Hanks Newspapers of San Antonio, Texas , presented
3600-400: The local television station has no station identification and, from a consumer's point of view, there is no practical distinction between a network and a station, with only small regional changes in programming, such as local television news . To broadcast its programs, a television station requires operators to operate equipment, a transmitter or radio antenna , which is often located at
3675-511: The local version of children's television franchise Romper Room for 14 years from 1956 to 1970, with local schoolteacher Vivian Huff as "Miss Penny". For twelve years, from 1961 to 1973, "Skipper Ed" McCullers hosted cartoons; after the show ended, McCullers remained at channel 12 as public affairs director until 1988. Viewers across the country saw coverage of space launches at Cape Canaveral through WFGA-TV's cameras and facilities. Not only did WFGA-TV supply footage to NBC, but it often provided
3750-419: The main broadcast. Stations which retransmit or simulcast another may simply pick-up that station over-the-air , or via STL or satellite. The license usually specifies which other station it is allowed to carry. VHF stations often have very tall antennas due to their long wavelength , but require much less effective radiated power (ERP), and therefore use much less transmitter power output , also saving on
3825-448: The national ratings and was seeking affiliate upgrades nationwide, but it was stuck in Jacksonville on WJKS-TV, a station that did not even air an early-evening newscast. The comments were further bolstered by remarks made by ABC network president Jim Duffy stating that he had talked with other Jacksonville stations. WTLV signed a two-year renewal with NBC for 1978 through 1980, pinning its hopes on new NBC chairman Fred Silverman , Less than
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#17330861173083900-433: The network by high rates; channel 12 saw a 20- to 25-percent cut. [I] marveled at how deep and wide the problems were. It has taken a year to get most of them fixed. In 1986, Harte-Hanks named Linda Rios Brook the general manager of WTLV. Rios Brook made aggressive syndicated program purchases to bolster a non-network inventory that was poorly performing in the ratings, especially in the afternoons; these included purchasing
3975-508: The news department of Fox affiliate WAWS (channel 30) expanded to accommodate the move of the CBS affiliation to WTEV-TV (channel 47). 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
4050-418: The play-by-play announcer for the preseason telecasts and hosted a regular Monday night sports discussion show, Monday Night Live . The latter was co-hosted by several former players during its run on the air, including Tony Boselli , John Jurkovic , and Jeff Lageman . WTLV lost the rights to WJXT before the 2001 season. By February 2000, the last ratings survey before the launch of First Coast News , WTLV
4125-472: The president of Harte-Hanks's broadcasting division, Bill Moll, estimated that WTLV could improve its revenues by 12 percent if it returned to NBC, and the company had been in open dialogue with NBC since 1981. Moll admitted that switching to ABC "was a short-term help, and it's not helping us now". Harte-Hanks attempted to improve the station by dispatching management from WFMY-TV in Greensboro, North Carolina ,
4200-495: The program debuted, the station hired a second meteorologist, Tim Deegan, who at 22 was said to look like a "surfer kid" by management. He stayed with the station and moved to evenings in 1986, where he spent 36 years appearing on the late news and continues to provide the weather in First Coast News's early-evening newscasts, with his retirement set for May 30, 2025. We're dead meat, Mary. After years of stagnating ratings and
4275-476: The programmes seen on its owner's flagship station, and have no television studio or production facilities of their own. This is common in developing countries . Low-power stations typically also fall into this category worldwide. Most stations which are not simulcast produce their own station identifications . TV stations may also advertise on or provide weather (or news) services to local radio stations , particularly co-owned sister stations . This may be
4350-457: The rights to Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune from WJXT at prices that reportedly set market records. In 1984, Harte-Hanks underwent a leveraged buyout that saddled it with $ 700 million in debt. To reduce this load, Harte-Hanks put a number of its divisions up for sale in October 1987, including three newspapers, seven cable systems, and WTLV and WFMY-TV. That December, Gannett agreed to buy
4425-631: The same time on each station, including the WJXX 7 p.m. newscast. On June 29, 2015, the Gannett Company split in two, with one side specializing in print media and the other side specializing in broadcast and digital media. WTLV and WJXX were retained by the latter company, named Tegna . WTLV was fined $ 55,000 by the FCC in 2017 for airing Jacksonville Jaguars promos that included the Emergency Alert System tones. When WFGA-TV began broadcasting,
4500-545: The second-rated outlet in the market. In April 1952, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) lifted a years-long freeze on new TV station grants, opening the door to new TV stations in Jacksonville. Days after the freeze was lifted, the Florida-Georgia Television Company announced its intention to seek the channel. One of the stockholders in Florida-Georgia was Harold Cohn, who owned Jacksonville radio station WRHC . He stated his interest in television began in 1951, when
4575-529: The situation of channel 12 was likened to KARE in Minneapolis , a longtime news underperformer that had become competitive after Gannett purchased the station and relaunched its news product. In the years following the switch back to NBC, WTLV mounted a strong challenge to WJXT and at its peak in the July 1991 sweeps beat the station at 11 p.m. by one percentage point of television viewers. Though WJXT continued to hold
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#17330861173084650-454: The station had incurred operating losses of $ 448,900 in addition to $ 561,575 in construction expenses, and NBC had become noncommittal as to continuing its affiliation with WJHP-TV; previously, NBC had told WJHP-TV that it would move to the new channel 12 whenever it was granted. The appeals court upheld the channel 12 grant in May 1957. A second appeal to have channel 7 made commercial, or alternatively to change channel 12 to UHF channel 46,
4725-549: 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. With two notable exceptions—a short period in the early 1960s under Baker when channel 12 surpassed WJXT and in 1975 when WTLV tied it in early evening news—it settled in as
4800-400: The term "television station" refers to a station which broadcasts structured content to an audience or it refers to the organization that operates the station. A terrestrial television transmission can occur via analog television signals or, more recently, via digital television signals. Television stations are differentiated from cable television or other video providers as their content
4875-408: The time, NBC was number-one and seeking to improve its affiliate lineup much as ABC had years prior. The stations made the switch on April 3; the switch so soon was speculated to be a move by WJKS owner Media General to hinder NBC's position. After the switch, WTLV's news and non-news ratings saw immediate improvements from the replacement of low-rated ABC with higher-rated NBC. On November 15, 1999,
4950-456: The top four television stations in the same market, a restriction that typically prevented Big Four network affiliates from coming under common ownership. However, WJXX's fifth-place finish in total-day ratings allowed the deal. WJXX had struggled in two and a half years of existence. Its launch was rushed after WJKS-TV, the outgoing ABC affiliate, began preempting more than half of ABC's prime time programming; this led to signal deficiencies and
5025-493: The two TV stations for $ 155 million. The transaction was completed in February 1988. The Gannett purchase reignited speculation about an affiliate change. On February 17, 1988, within two weeks of taking control, Gannett announced that WTLV would return to NBC, replacing WJKS-TV and undoing the 1980 swap. Rios Brook told The Florida Times-Union that the market had "never fully accepted" the 1980 switch, which instead favored WJKS. At
5100-455: The world. Television stations broadcasting over an analog system were typically limited to one television channel , but digital television enables broadcasting via subchannels as well. Television stations usually require a broadcast license from a government agency which sets the requirements and limitations on the station. In the United States, for example, a television license defines
5175-547: Was approved to move its signal to the UHF band on channel 33. Television station The Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow ( TV Station Paul Nipkow ) in Berlin , Germany , was the first regular television service in the world. It was on the air from 22 March 1935, until it was shut down in 1944. The station was named after Paul Gottlieb Nipkow , the inventor of the Nipkow disk . Most often
5250-400: Was denied. Florida-Georgia Television Company's station, WFGA-TV , began broadcasting as an NBC affiliate on September 1, 1957. John H. Perry Jr. announced on October 15, 1957, that the station would leave the air on October 25, its problems having been exacerbated by WFGA-TV's debut. Perry believed that the only way that a third station in the market could be successful was the addition of
5325-458: Was headed by former Florida governor C. Farris Bryant . New Horizons Telecasting. These three competitors and Florida-Georgia were placed into comparative hearing status on July 7, 1967. In September 1968, the Court of Appeals ordered the FCC to consider the interim operating authority requests from competing applicants for WFGA-TV and WFTV. These applications sought for groups to run the stations until
5400-648: Was not on a very high frequency (VHF) channel, which meant reduced advertiser acceptance and potential audience. It left the air shortly after WFGA-TV began on VHF channel 12, taking with it network programming and viability. WJHP-TV operated from studios on the Philips Highway . The interest of the Jacksonville Journal Company, known until 1952 as the Metropolis Company, in television had been made manifest as early as 1948. In May 1948, it applied for VHF channel 8 to go with its existing radio station holdings,
5475-446: Was split by WFGA-TV and Jacksonville's other commercial station, WMBR-TV/WJXT (channel 4). ABC represented about 25 percent of the network programming aired on channel 12. Jacksonville would not have a full-time ABC affiliate—or a third commercial station—again until WJKS-TV began on channel 17 in February 1966. In addition to Tillotson, WFGA-TV brought a variety of local programs to Jacksonville screens in its early years. It produced
5550-452: Was the first station designed and built with color telecasting in mind; the station had color as well as black and white studio cameras. WJHP-TV ceased telecasting on October 25, 1957, its problems having been exacerbated by WFGA-TV's debut; a country music program hosted by a young Johnny Tillotson , still attending the University of Florida at the time, moved from WJHP-TV to WFGA-TV after channel 36 folded. After it closed, ABC programming
5625-426: Was within three percentage points of WJXT at 11 p.m. but much further behind in early evening news, where WJXT had double the viewers at 6 p.m. 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. The combination of WTLV and WJXX also surpassed WJXT in total revenue. In 2002,
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