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Encyclopedia > WCWJ
WCWJ
Jacksonville, Florida
Branding CW17 (Cable 9)
Slogan Jacksonville's CW 17
Channels Analog: 17 (UHF)
Digital: 34 (UHF)
Affiliations The CW (2006-Present)
Owner Media General
Founded February 19, 1966
Call letters meaning We're The CW Jacksonville
Former callsigns WJKS-TV (1966-1997)
WJWB-TV (1997-2006)
Former affiliations ABC (1966-80 & 1988-97)
NBC (1980-88)
The WB (1997-2006)
Website www.mycw17.com/

WCWJ (CW 17, cable 9) is the CW affiliate in Jacksonville, Florida. The station is owned by Media General. Its transmitter is located in Jacksonville. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Motto: Where Florida Begins Location in the state of Florida Coordinates: , Country United States State Florida County Duval Government  - Mayor John Peyton (R) Area  - City  885 sq mi (2,264. ... A brand is a name, logo, slogan, and/or design scheme associated with a product or service. ... Look up slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In broadcasting, a channel is a range of frequencies (or, equivalently, wavelengths) assigned by a government for the operation of a particular broadcast station. ... Analog television (or analogue television) encodes television and transports the picture and sound information as an analog signal, that is, by varying the amplitude and/or frequencies of the broadcast signal. ... This article is about the radio frequency. ... Digital Terrestrial Television (DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels and/or better quality of picture and sound using aerial broadcasts to a conventional antenna (or aerial) instead of a satellite dish or cable connection. ... Ultra high frequency (UHF) designates a range (band) of electromagnetic waves whose frequency is between 300 MHz and 3. ... An affiliate is a commercial entity with a relationship with a peer or a larger entity. ... The Crimson White, known colloquially as The CW, is the student-run newspaper of the University of Alabama. ... Media General NYSE: MEG is a media company based in the Southeastern United States. ... February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Call sign can refer to different types of call signs: Airline call sign Aviator call sign Cosmonaut call sign Radio and television call signs Tactical call sign, also known as a tactical designator See also: International Callsign Allocations, Maritime Mobile Service Identity This is a disambiguation page — a navigational... Call sign can refer to different types of call signs: Airline call sign Aviator call sign Cosmonaut call sign Radio and television call signs Tactical call sign, also known as a tactical designator See also: International Callsign Allocations, Maritime Mobile Service Identity This is a disambiguation page — a navigational... An affiliate is a commercial entity with a relationship with a peer or a larger entity. ... The American Broadcasting Company ( oftenly known as ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... NBC (a former acronym for National Broadcasting Company) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... The WB Television Network is a television network in the United States, founded as a joint venture between the Warner Bros. ... A website (alternatively, Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on a Web server, usually accessible via the Internet or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML, that is almost always accessible via HTTP, a... The Crimson White, known colloquially as The CW, is the student-run newspaper of the University of Alabama. ... Motto: Where Florida Begins Location in the state of Florida Coordinates: , Country United States State Florida County Duval Government  - Mayor John Peyton (R) Area  - City  885 sq mi (2,264. ... Media General NYSE: MEG is a media company based in the Southeastern United States. ... Motto: Where Florida Begins Location in the state of Florida Coordinates: , Country United States State Florida County Duval Government  - Mayor John Peyton (R) Area  - City  885 sq mi (2,264. ...


History

Russ Craft signed channel 17 on the air as WJKS, an ABC affiliate on February 19, 1966. On January 1, 1980, WJKS and WTLV switched networks with WTLV taking ABC and WJKS picking up NBC. This lasted until 1988 when WJKS and WTLV switched back to their original network affiliations. Russ Craft (born October 15, 1919) was a defensive back in the NFL. He played for the Philadelphia Eagles for the majority of his career. ... The American Broadcasting Company ( oftenly known as ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... WTLV (NBC12) is the NBC affiliate in Jacksonville, Florida. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ...


Current owner Media General acquired WJKS from Ziff Davis in October 1982; it was the second television station in the Media General chain (Tampa's WFLA-TV was the first). Ziff-Davis Inc. ... Nickname: Location in Hillsborough County and the state of Florida. ... WFLA-TV is the NBC affiliate television station on the west coast of the U.S. state of Florida, serving the Tampa-St. ...


WJKS started a small news operation in its second year. Newscasts were called "Pulse News," "NewsWatch 17," "17 News," then finally "First Coast News," when the station began to produce a prime time newscast for WAWS. WAWS is the Fox affiliate station in Jacksonville, Florida owned by Clear Channel Communications. ...


In 1996, WJKS lost the ABC affiliation to upstart WJXX after WJXX's then-owner, Allbritton, made an affiliation deal with ABC in several markets. WJKS switched to the WB network and changed its call letters to WJWB. It also ended its news operation on December 30, 1996. Ironically, when Gannett, owner of WTLV, bought WJXX and merged the two stations' operations, it called its news operation "First Coast News." Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... WJXX is the ABC affiliate serving the Jacksonville, Florida area. ... Gannett Company, Inc. ...


WJWB, with over 30 years of service to Jacksonville at the time of the ABC/WB switch, thrived with the new network, and was consistently ranked as one of the highest-rated WB affiliates in the country. It was the highest-rated affiliate for much of the time from 2000 to 2005. 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...


When The CW was announced in January 2006, WJWB was expected to join the new network due to its status as one of the WB's "crown jewels." However, when the new network announced its first group of stations outside the core group of Tribune Company and CBS Corporation-owned stations, WJWB was not on the list, leading to speculation that The CW would choose to affiliate with WJXT instead. The Tribune Company is a large multimedia corporation based in Chicago, Illinois. ... CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS) is an American media conglomerate focused on broadcasting, publishing, billboards, and television production, with most of its operations in the United States. ... WJXT Channel 4 is an independent television station serving Jacksonville, Florida and surrounding communities. ...


In March 2006, however, The CW announced affiliation deals with WJWB and sister station WASV (now WYCW, which was affiliated with UPN). On May 26, WJWB changed its call letters to WCWJ to reflect its future affiliation. The station launched a "Farewell To The Frog Tour," as The WB network and station mascot Michigan J. Frog was retired over the summer into the fall. A series of humorous promos later chronicled the frog's failed attempts to find work at several local businesses. New station branding began in mid-August, which included ID's with both WB and CW logos. For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... WYCW is the CW affiliate licensed to Asheville, North Carolina, serving the Greenville, SC/Spartanburg, SC/Asheville television market. ... UPN (which originally stood for the United Paramount Network) was a television network in over 200 markets in the United States. ... is the 146th day of the year (147th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Michigan J Frog in the short One Froggy Evening. ...


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