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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. and is owned by Gannett. It broadcasts on analog channel 25 and digital channel 10.
History
WJXX first went on the air on June 25, 1997, it was the sixth commercial station in Jacksonville. The original owners of WJXX were the Allbritton Communications Company. It was also the first station in the country designed for digital television, a medium which was then fairly new.
Originally, WJXX was slated to be a general entertainment station, possibly affliated with The WB Television Network. However, Allbritton wanted a better way to showcase its new digital facility. Therefore, Albritton signed an affiliation deal with ABC in which all of Allbritton's stations that did not already have ABC affiliation switched to that network.([Disputed statementdisputed]—see [WCWJ).
The station was simulcast on a station in Brunswick, Georgia, WBSG channel 21. However, this did not work for various reasons. First, Albritton was going through economic troubles. Second, WJXX had problems with its signal. The third problem was WBSG's Georgia broadcast location.([Disputed statementdisputed]—see [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 any one person or company to own 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.
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ABC Network Affiliates: KXTV | WJXX | WZZM
CBS Network Affiliates: KTHV | WFMY | WLTX | WMAZ | WTSP | WUSA
NBC Network Affiliates: KARE | KNAZ | KPNX | KSDK | KUSA | WBIR | WCSH | WGRZ | WKYC | WLBZ | WTLV | WXIA
UPN Network Affiliate: KTVD1
WB Network Affiliate: WATL1,2
1Will affiliate with My Network TV starting September 5, 2006.
2Acquisition from Tribune Company is now awaiting FCC approval.
Other Assets: 101.com | Gannett Foundation
Annual Revenue: .4 billion USD (2004) | Employees: 52,500 | Stock Symbol: NYSE: [GCI] | Website: [www.gannett.com]
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