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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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  • First Coast Week in Review
    It’s the week’s biggest headlines, from a wild week for wildlife to increasing tensions in City Hall.
  • Commander Erica Weber
    Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Cmdr. Erica Weber
    The new chief of the Northeast Florida Criminal Training Center discusses her path to leadership in law enforcement.
  • New research shows that 17 lifestyle changes can reduce the risk of stroke, dementia and depression, while simultaneously reinforcing the effectiveness of each change.
    A House Call with Dr. Joe
    Neurologist Dr. Joe Sirven discusses the latest medical headlines, including 17 ways to cut your risk of stroke, dementia and depression.
  • State representatives applaud in the House chamber during the opening session of the 2025 legislative session, Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at the state capitol in Tallahassee, Fla.
    A legislative pause
    As lawmakers take a one-week break, our political analysts take stock of what’s failed, what’s passed (so far) and what's next.
  • The Duval County jail.
    Jail injury raises questions
    The attorney for a jail inmate injured in custody plans to sue the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
  • First Coast Week in Review
    It’s the week’s biggest headlines, from a push to regulate e-bikes to new state regulations around dangerous dogs.
  • Solite’s long shadow
    Thirty years after the hazardous waste processor packed up and vanished, Clay County residents still struggle with the plant’s toxic legacy.
  • Coast guard boats patrol in front of the partially collapsed Champlain Towers South condo building, ahead of a planned visit to the site by President Joe Biden, on Thursday, July 1, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. Search and rescue workers, who have had to contend with summer rainstorms, fires within the debris, and the threat of collapse from the still standing portion of the building, were not visible atop the rubble on Thursday morning, as scores of people remain missing one week after the collapse.(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
    Condos in crisis
    From surging assessments to mortgage “blacklists,” we talk about the new challenges of condo ownership.
  • Ending 'demolition by neglect'
    A new task force report aims to stop continued destruction of the city’s historic fabric.
  • NPR is heading to its fourth home, at 1111 North Capitol St. in Washington, D.C.
    Public broadcasting and the future of federal funding
    We take a closer look at the effects of proposed billion-dollar cuts to PBS and NPR with WJCT President and CEO David McGowan.