First Coast Connect With Melissa Ross
Weekdays LIVE at 9 a.m.; Rebroadcast at 8 p.m.
First Coast Connect with Melissa Ross 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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First Coast Connect with Melissa Ross is sponsored in part by Baptist Health and North Florida TPO.
The monthly First Coast Success segment is sponsored in part by First Horizon.
Our Going Green segment, which airs on the third Tuesday of each month, is sponsored by the North Florida Land Trust.
The monthly First Coast Connect Book Club is hosted by WJCT contributor Stacey Goldring.
Latest Episodes
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First Coast Connect with Melissa RossA WJCT media panel looks at the week's top stories. -
First Coast Connect with Melissa RossFlorida could become the 26th state to allow people to carry concealed, loaded guns without permits. And the first week of February is National Gun Violence Survivors Week.
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First Coast Connect with Melissa RossJacksonville firefighters lose a lawsuit over how they groom themselves on the job; the 2023 Jacksonville Film Festival; a new MOSH exhibit; and “What’s Good Wednesday.”
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First Coast Connect with Melissa RossA new report out this week finds that nearly half of Jacksonville's renters are cost-burdened.
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First Coast Connect with Melissa RossThe local reaction to the killing of Tyre Nichols; two of the top candidates for Jacksonville mayor accuse each other of being untrustworthy when it comes to JEA; the growth of psychedelic drugs to treat a range of ailments; the Cathedral Arts Project celebrates 30 years; and a sports update.
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First Coast Connect with Melissa RossA local church faces public backlash after making a controversial move; the City Council targets hate speech; and it’s back to the drawing board for a proposed development on the Southbank.
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First Coast Connect with Melissa RossOutrage is growing over the governor’s move to ban an AP class in African-American studies; local photographer Doug Eng’s upcoming exhibit at the Jessie; a chat with City Council candidate Kim Stephens Perry; and the DONNA Marathon returns.
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First Coast Connect with Melissa RossFlorida teachers are being told to get rid of their classroom libraries or face felony prosecution; a new report highlights the trends shaping the state’s real estate industry; a conversation with City Council candidate Jimmy Peluso; and “What’s Good Wednesday.”
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First Coast Connect with Melissa RossJacksonville's chief resilience officer, Anne Coglianese, discusses the threat of climate change on the community and what the city is doing about it.
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First Coast Connect with Melissa RossThe mudslinging and attack ads are already underway as the city’s candidates for mayor take to the airwaves. Also, a Downtown business that’s been around for more than a century is closing at the end of the month.
