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First Coast Connect
Weekdays LIVE at 9 a.m.; Rebroadcast at 8 p.m.

First Coast Connect is an hour-long call-in program that features local newsmakers, civic and community leaders, arts, activities across Jacksonville and Northeast Florida, along with spot news features and a weekly roundtable of local journalists.

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Latest Episodes
  • JTA entertains pedestrian ambitions; the City Council ignores business leaders’ request to drop JEA probe.
  • A new book by two UNF researchers explores what happens when homes become an asset class.
  • A new investigation explores another in-custody death blamed on the jail's medical provider.
  • As Florida experiences one of the worst droughts in decades, we examine the main drivers of the state's water scarcity crisis.
  • After lawmakers adopt an even-more solidly Republican map, we talk to party leaders from both sides about what the future holds for Florida voters.
  • From Florida’s redistricting to a gutting of the Voting Rights Act, the state’s congressional elections may never be the same.
  • The Sporting Jax women’s team heads into its final game having dominated the Super League in its inaugural season.
  • As it gets harder for kids to access preventative dental care, experts say emergency rooms have turned into an imperfect emergency catchall.
  • Why activists are targeting everything from snack manufacturers to chemical corporations in an effort to stem titanium mining in the endangered swamp.
  • The writer sometimes known as Jacksonville’s poet laureate is also the demanding editor behind some of the area’s most well-known authors.