First Coast Connect
Weekdays LIVE 9 a.m., Rebroadcast 8 p.m. and 1 a.m.
First Coast Connect is an hour-long call-in program that features local newsmakers, civic and community leaders, artists and people planning a variety of events across Northeast Florida, along with a roundtable of local media personalities and civic leaders each Friday.
- Join The Conversation: (904) 549-2937 (This phone is only active 9 a.m. - 10 a.m.)
- Email: firstcoastconnect@wjct.org
- Mention @FCConair on Twitter and comment on facebook.com/FCConair
First Coast Connect is sponsored in part by Baptist Health and North Florida TPO.
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A new regional campaign takes aim at e-bike, scooter and motorized skateboard safety in response to a surge in accidents and head injuries. -
A Florida professor is using music to teach about climate change — including the collapse of the oyster population. -
From Downtown Pub subs to the state's elimination of vaccine mandates, we discuss all the week’s headlines with our panel of experts. -
Investigative reporter Shoshana Walter’s new book, “Rehab: An American Scandal,” explores the multibillion-dollar for-profit industry. -
From a “raging fire” in public health to pregnancy robots in China, we talk about the latest medical headlines with Dr. Joe Sirven. -
A new campaign is urging the governor to stop executing former service members. -
It’s the week’s biggest headlines, from a police shooting in Atlantic Beach to a rapidly emptying Alligator Alcatraz. -
A century after a pivotal exhibition planted the flag for modern art in Jacksonville and the South, a new book examines its lasting impact. -
Education experts contend advancements in artificial intelligence are changing how we value traditional measures of human intelligence. -
Investigative reporter Joshua Sharpe helped exonerate an innocent man and lead investigators to the suspect now charged with two brutal Camden County murders.
