- In Context
- Facing the Mortgage Crisis Call-in Program
- First Coast Connect
- WJCT’s First Coast Forum
- Florida Frontiers
- Perspectives
- State of The Re:Union
In Context
89.9 FM WJCT Senior Staff Reporter Kevin Meerschaert hosts a weekly radio newsmagazine that showcases First Coast news, public affairs and cultural events on Friday’s and Saturday’s.
In Context airs Friday, August 27 at 6:30pm.
The next In Context
- Florida voters went to polls on Tuesday for the state’s primary election we’ll have a wrap up and look ahead to November.
- Friday marks the 50th anniversary of Axe Handle Saturday we’ll take a look back at the event and its impact today on Jacksonville.
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Facing the Mortgage Crisis Call-in Program
Aired Thursday, August 20, 2009, 8:30-10:00pm
Facing the Mortgage Crisis is a live 90 minute call-in program produced by WJCT and hosted by Karen Feagins. We will talk to local experts, government officials, and social service providers about the foreclosure problems that continue to affect First Coast families. Viewers of the program will be able to call or e-mail questions to our panelists and will also be directed to services to help them handle their own financial problems.
PANELISTS:
- Chip Parker/Jacksonville Foreclosure Task Force
- Lynn Drysdale/Consumer Law Attorney, Jacksonville Area Legal Aid
- Ed Gaston/Vice President of Community Development, Wealth Watchers
- Connie Hodges/ President, United Way of Northeast Florida
- Kevin Hyde/Jacksonville City Council
- Dana Moore/Home Ownership Programs Administrator, St. Johns County
- Richard Paige/Director of Home Ownership, The Housing Partnership of NE Florida
- Sidney Rosenberg/UNF Real Estate Professor
- Nick Shelley/US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, Jacksonville Field Office Director
WJCT’s First Coast Connect
Host Melissa Ross gets plugged in to everything that’s happening around the First Coast. Join her on First Coast Connect, a program that showcases the issues, trends and newsmakers that have people talking. The one-hour programs airs Monday to Friday at 9am. Tune in. Get connected!
Topics for August 30 – August 3
Monday
- Duval County School Superintendent Ed Pratt-Dannals
Tuesday
- Delores Barr Weaver, Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation
- Diabetes Rates in Duval County
- Brandy Hillboldt Allport, Books Editor, the Florida Times-Union
Wednesday
- Donald Foy, MAD DADS, and Lloyd Washington, Grand Park Community Association – Combating Gun Violence in Jacksonville
- Mosquito Control Issues on the First Coast
- Gospel legend Donald Lawrence- Search for “The Best Church Choir in America”
Thursday
- Hepatitis C Scare at the Mayo Clinic
- Blythe Brumleve, Author – “A Girls Guide to Football Fanaticism”
- Around Town with Jacksonville Magazine’s Kerry Speckman
Friday
- Media Roundtable Week in Review
Be Heard. Call (904) 549-2937 during the program or email with your comments and questions.
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Follow the podcast featuring a weeks worth of programs.
Visit First Coast Connect’s blog
First Coast Forum
A quarterly series of interactive community forums designed to address critical challenges facing Florida’s First Coast and to engage the community in resolving them. Each program brings First Coast business and community leaders together for discussion, and gives community members an opportunity to weigh in.
First Coast Forum: The Approaching Insurance Storm
Aired: July 29 at 8pm on WJCT-TV and 89.9FM
The next WJCT First Coast Forum looks at the property insurance crisis in the Sunshine State. With this year’s hurricane season expected to be highly-active, some have warned that the state is on the verge of economic disaster if a major storm blows through. A large number of homeowners in the state are now covered by Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, potentially opening the state up to huge liability claims. WJCT’s First Coast Forum will look at this issue, bringing together stakeholders, government officials, and legislators to discuss possible solutions to the problem.
Participate in First Coast Forum
Email questions and comments to or call (904) 358-6347 during the program.
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Florida Frontiers
Mondays from 6:30-7pm
WJCT is pleased to air a very special weekly program celebrating the history and culture of the Sunshine State. Florida Frontiers, the weekly radio magazine of the Florida Historical Society, takes an in-depth look at the people, places and events that have shaped the State, and made Florida a unique and fascinating place to live. Join us on a journey that will introduce you to the Quilters of Eatonville, take you to the Old Custom House in Key West, and give you insight into the lives of such luminaries as Stetson Kennedy, Zora Neale Hurston, and Marjorie Kinna Rawlings.
Listen to programs online at myfloridahistory.org.
Perspectives
A quarterly series of 30-minute radio documentaries by the 89.9 FM News Team provide an in-depth look at topics of interest to the First Coast.
Hunger on the First Coast
Aired: Thursday, May 27 @ 6:30 – 6:59 p.m. on 89.9 WJCT Public Radio
By Kevin Meerschaert
A study released recently by Second Harvest of North Florida shows hunger is on the increase on the First Coast and across the country. It’s not just the homeless or unemployed who are suffering. Many of those affected have homes and jobs. The local numbers mirror a national study that states one in seven Americans including one in five children isn’t getting enough to eat. The Perspectives documentary will take a look at the results of the study and profile places like Second Harvest, the Sulzbacher Center and other non-profit organizations to find out what they are doing to help feed the hungry and whether they are getting enough support.
State of The Re:Union
Saturdays at 7am and encores at 3pm on 89.9 WJCT Public Radio
Host Al Letson
State of The Re:Union takes listeners on a journey to discover the stories of real people in communities across America who are working to build better lives and neighborhoods. It is also an odyssey of new Americana through the music, poetry, interviews and contributions of local residents from a featured town or city. The series broadcasts at 7am and encores at 3pm on Saturdays on 89.9WJCT Public Radio.
