Contact: Stan Cleiland, Vice President, Community Relations and Strategic Communications (904) 358-6366 • scleiland@wjct.org For Immediate Release WJCT Public Broadcasting and Community First Credit Union of Florida Host Fourth Annual TEACH Conference (Jacksonville, FL, September 8, 2015); The fourth annual TEACH Conference, hosted by WJCT Public Broadcasting and Community First Credit Union of Florida, takes place at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront …
WJCT’s First Coast Connect Receives National PRNDI Award
Contact: Stan Cleiland, Vice President, Community Relations and Strategic Communications (904) 358-6366 • scleiland@wjct.org For Immediate Release WJCT’s First Coast Connect Receives National PRNDI Award First Coast Connect Wins First Place in The Call–In Program Category (Jacksonville, FL, June 29, 2015); WJCT’s First Coast Connect has received its fourth national award from Public Radio News Directors, Inc. (PRNDI). The program captured first …
WJCT’s State Of The Re:Union Wins Third National Edward R. Murrow Award In a Row
Contact: Stan Cleiland, Vice President, Community Relations and Strategic Communications (904) 358-6366 • scleiland@wjct.org For Immediate Release WJCT’s State Of The Re:Union Wins Third National Edward R. Murrow Award In a Row (Jacksonville, FL, June 24, 2015) For the third year in a row, the public radio program State of the Re:Union (SOTRU) will receive the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award. The …
WJCT Announces Local Winners of PBS Kids Writers Contest
Contact: Stan Cleiland, Vice President, Community Relations and Strategic Communications (904) 358-6366 • scleiland@wjct.org For Immediate Release WJCT Announces Local Winners of PBS Kids Writers Contest First Place Winners Advance to the National PBS KIDS Writers Contest (Jacksonville, FL, May 26, 2015); WJCT announces the local winners of the 2015 PBS KIDS Writers Contest. The first place winners in grades K-3 will …
WJCT’s State Of The Re:Union Wins Peabody Award
Contact: Stan Cleiland, Vice President, Community Relations and Strategic Communications (904) 358-6366 • scleiland@wjct.org For Immediate Release WJCT’s State Of The Re:Union Wins Peabody Award (Jacksonville, FL, April 20, 2015); The public radio program State of the Re:Union (SOTRU) will receive the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award. The University of Georgia announced Monday that the program is one of 40 winners honored …
89.9 FM WJCT Public Radio Adds New Music Program To After Hours Lineup
Contact: Stan Cleiland, Vice President, Community Relations and Strategic Communications (904) 358-6366 • scleiland@wjct.org For Immediate Release 89.9 FM WJCT Public Radio Adds New Music Program To After Hours Lineup – Jazz Night in America Debuts Saturday, March 7 at 8pm – (Jacksonville, FL, March 1, 2015); WJCT is adding a new weekly radio program, Jazz Night In America, to its 89.9FM …
WJCT Public Broadcasting Partners with Jacksonville Media Outlets for City’s Mayoral Debate Coverage
Contact: Stan Cleiland, Vice President, Community Relations and Strategic Communications (904) 358-6366 • scleiland@wjct.org For Immediate Release WJCT Public Broadcasting Partners with Jacksonville Media Outlets for City’s Mayoral Debate Coverage (Jacksonville, FL, February 24, 2015); WJCT Public Broadcasting is partnering with First Coast News and the Florida Times-Union to present an on-air debate between mayoral candidates on March 12 at WJCT Studios. …
WJCT and The Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville Partner to Present The New Online Series ‘The Square’
Contact: Stan Cleiland, Vice President, Community Relations and Strategic Communications (904) 358-6366 • scleiland@wjct.org For Immediate Release WJCT and The Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville Partner to Present The New Online Series ‘The Square’ (Jacksonville, FL, November 5, 2014); WJCT Public Broadcasting in partnership with the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville presents the new online series, The Square. This virtual venue provides …
WJCT-TV Broadcasts the Three Jacksonville Episodes of Antiques Roadshow Beginning in October
Contact: Stan Cleiland, Vice President, Community Relations and Strategic Communications (904) 358-6366 • scleiland@wjct.org For Immediate Release WJCT-TV Broadcasts the Three Jacksonville Episodes of Antiques Roadshow Beginning in October (Jacksonville, FL, September 22, 2014) ANTIQUES ROADSHOW will air its three Jacksonville-based episodes on WJCT-TV on Monday, October 13, 20, and 27 at 8pm. The 12-time Emmy® nominated series came to Jacksonville in …
Karen Feagins Promoted to WJCT Vice President of Content and Operations
Contact: Stan Cleiland, Vice President, Community Relations and Strategic Communications (904) 358-6366 • scleiland@wjct.org For Immediate Release Karen Feagins Promoted to WJCT Vice President of Content and Operations (Jacksonville, FL, October 3, 2014); WJCT has promoted Karen Feagins to Vice President of Content and Operations. Under the direction of WJCT President and CEO Michael Boylan, Feagins will strategically oversee and manage all …
WJCT to Air Ken Burns’ The Roosevelts: An Intimate History Beginning September 14, 2014
Contact: Stan Cleiland, Vice President, Community Relations and Strategic Communications (904) 358-6366 • scleiland@wjct.org For Immediate Release WJCT TO AIR KEN BURNS’ THE ROOSEVELTS: AN INTIMATE HISTORY BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 14, 2014 (August 26, 2014; Jacksonville, FL) THE ROOSEVELTS: AN INTIMATE HISTORY, a new seven-part, 14-hour documentary by Ken Burns, will air for seven consecutive nights beginning Sunday, September 14, 2014, on WJCT …
WJCT Board Member Gail Mendelson Sterman Elected to National APTS Board
Contact: Stan Cleiland, Vice President, Community Relations and Strategic Communications (904) 358-6366 • scleiland@wjct.org For Immediate Release WJCT Board Member Gail Mendelson Sterman Elected to National APTS Board (Jacksonville, FL, January 23, 2014); WJCT Board of Trustees member Gail Mendelson Sterman has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the Association of Public Television Stations (APTS). A national nonprofit membership organization established …
CALL FOR ENTRIES: PBS Kids Writers Contest for First Coast K-3 Students
NEWS Contact: Stan Cleiland, Vice President of Community Relations and Strategic Communications (904) 358-6366 • scleiland@wjct.org For Immediate Release Call for Entries: PBS KIDS Writers Contest Annual Contest for First Coast K-3 Students, Entries Due March 7 (Jacksonville, FL, January 14, 2014); WJCT invites all students from kindergarten through third grade to write and illustrate original stories for the annual PBS KIDS Writers Contest, …
First Coast Community Invited to “Shakespeare for Dummies”
(Jacksonville, FL, May 20, 2013); WJCT invites the First Coast Community to “Shakespeare for Dummies,” a screening and discussion about Shakespeare, his works, how to understand it all, and how it is all relevant today. The event will take place in the WJCT Studios on Tuesday, May 28 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. The event is free and open to …