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.
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City Council fails to override a mayoral veto; lane reductions are considered in the Brooklyn neighborhood; JEA’s CEO takes a leave of absence. -
The next phase of Sulzbacher’s Enterprise Village is underway. We discuss the origins of the project and the significance of moving core services for the area's unhoused community out of Downtown. -
St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Palatka, one of Florida's oldest and most significant Black churches, earns a spot on the National Register of Historic Places. -
A Florida trial attorney witnessed decades of racial bias within the criminal justice system. He decided to write a play about it. -
Duval County reported nearly 5,300 domestic violence offenses in 2024 as a Northeast Florida program that helps batterers stop the cycle reports a surge in success. -
No-show lawmakers called out as “cowards”; Moms For Liberty losing political omnipresence in school board races. -
A former Jacksonvillian makes the jump from local television to the self-help shelves with his book "The Red Apples Way." -
Democratic congressional candidate Rachel Grage discusses her fight to unseat a four-term incumbent. -
We break down Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan’s proposed $2+ billion budget with political analyst Chris Hand. -
Former Republican state Sen. Jeff Brandes says the real devastation caused by a proposed property tax cut will be the loss of local control.
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