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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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  • Saving the jail where MLK was detained
    A community effort is underway to save the historic St. Johns County jail, where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was held after demonstrating against segregation.
  • Major league power plus union strength
    The history of Jacksonville’s Negro League team is rooted in both athletic ability and the work of organized labor.
  • Ask the mayor
    From budget wrangling to garbage fees, we discuss the latest city news with Mayor Donna Deegan.
  • Jonas is among the dogs waiting to be adopted Thursday, Aug 18, 2022, at Animal Care and Protective Services in Jacksonville.
    Combating animal cruelty
    A newly formed task force in North Florida is working to change how the state approaches animal cruelty cases.
  • Will Brown, race, poverty and inequality reporter at Jacksonville Today, Nikesha Williams, author and columnist at Jacksonville Today, Sylvia Perry, editor at Jacksonville Free Press and Frank Powers, recently retired assignment manager at News4Jax.
    First Coast Week in Review
    Our media panel unpacks the week's biggest headlines, from local schools' response to ICE concerns to city trash haulers threatening to sue the city of Jacksonville.
  • President Trump’s administration has given federal workers until this Thursday to accept the buyout.
    A 'fork in the road'
    D Day arrives for government employees facing President Trump’s buyout deadline. We ask an employment lawyer what workers need to know.
  • Is Black History Month 'DEI'?
    Former Duval Schools Superintendent Diana Greene discusses the challenge of teaching Black history and literature in Florida.
  • Medical trailblazer Dr. Charles McIntosh
    The city’s first Black pediatrician in private practice is recognized for a lifetime of achievement.
  • A. Philip Randolph Boulevard is the commercial hub of the Eastside. Some of the commercial buildings here are among the oldest in Jacksonville because they were not destroyed during the Great Fire of 1901.
    A resurgence OutEast
    Eastside revitalization gets a kickstart with the launch of Florida Avenue Main Street Inc.
  • David Bauerlein, metro reporter at The Florida Times-Union , AG Gancarski, Northeast Florida correspondent at Florida Politics, Katie Jeffries, Good Morning Jacksonville anchor at First Coast News and Obi Umunna is a longtime campaign manager and attorney.
    First Coast Week in Review
    Our panel unpacks the week’s biggest headlines, from a local trash clash to rifts in the state GOP.
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