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Encyclopedia > WJXT
WJXT
Jacksonville, Florida
Branding Channel 4
Slogan The Local Station
Channels Analog: 4 (VHF)
Digital: 42 (UHF)
Affiliations Independent
Owner Post-Newsweek
Founded September 15, 1949
Call letters meaning Jaxonville (sounds like Jacksonville) Television
Former callsigns WMBR-TV (1949-58)
Former affiliations CBS (1949-2002)
NBC (1949-57)
ABC (1949-66)
DuMont (1949-55)
Website www.news4jax.com/

WJXT channel 4 is an independent television station serving Jacksonville, Florida and surrounding communities. Its transmitter is located in Jacksonville. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... “Jacksonville” redirects here. ... A brand includes 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. ... Very high frequency (VHF) is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz (wavelength 10 m) to 300 MHz (wavelength 1 m). ... 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. ... This article is about the radio frequency. ... An affiliate is a commercial entity with a relationship with a peer or a larger entity. ... Post-Newsweek Stations is the television subsidary of the Washington Post Company that owns and operates 6 television stations. ... is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 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. ... CBS Broadcasting, Inc. ... The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... The DuMont Television Network was the worlds first commercial television network, beginning operation in the United States in 1946. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... “Jacksonville” redirects here. ...


History

It signed on September 15, 1949 as WMBR-TV, the second television station in Florida and co-owned with WMBR-AM. Four years later, the Washington Post Company bought the stations. WMBR-AM was sold in 1958 and the television station was renamed WJXT-TV. is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO) is an American media company, best known for owning the newspaper it is named after, The Washington Post, and Newsweek magazine. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...


WJXT was a CBS affiliate for over 50 years, though it carried secondary affiliations with DuMont through 1955 (when the network shut down), NBC until 1957 (when WFGA, now WTLV, signed on) and ABC until 1966 (when WJKS, now WCWJ, signed on). For much of that time, it was the only CBS station between Savannah and Orlando, and was thus carried on many cable systems between Jacksonville and Orlando. CBS Broadcasting, Inc. ... The DuMont Television Network was the worlds first commercial television network, beginning operation in the United States in 1946. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... WTLV (NBC12) is the NBC affiliate in Jacksonville, Florida. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... WCWJ (CW 17, cable 9) is the CW affiliate in Jacksonville, Florida. ... This section may require cleanup to meet Wikipedias quality standards. ... Nickname: Location in Orange County and the state of Florida. ...


The station had a virtual monopoly on television in north Florida until 1957, as its only competition came from a UHF station, WJHP-TV, which signed on in 1953 and went dark in 1956 due to lack of viewership. Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...


After negotiations over a new affiliation agreement with CBS fell through, WJXT became an independent station on July 15, 2002. It now airs syndicated programs as well as locally-produced news programs. WJXT was replaced by WTEV as Jacksonville's CBS affiliate. The station used the Eyewitness News name and format for its newscasts for many years, but soon after dropping CBS, the newscasts were retitled as "Channel 4 News: The Local Station". Even though it is a Post-Newsweek owned station, WJXT does not brand itself "Local4" like most of its sister stations that follow the owners "Local Mandate" standard standardization, but "The Local Station" is a close enough mention under the slogan. is the 196th day of the year (197th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Television series redirects here. ... WTEV is the CBS affiliate for Jacksonville, Florida, and its surrounding areas, which stretch from St. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...


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WJXT-TV 4 to drop CBS 04/03/02 (314 words)
"WJXT will be dramatically expanding its local presence, which is already among the most successful in the nation, adding staff and committing to serving Jacksonville viewers even more effectively," he said.
While WJXT's affiliation agreement with CBS expires on July 10, according to the Washington Post's annual report, the network agreements for the other five stations, including the CBS affiliate in Orlando, all run at least through the end of 2004.
The Washington Post doesn't break out financial data for its individual television stations, Barlow said, but he thinks the company would be hurt if WJXT lost its network affiliation, because it would likely reduce the number of viewers for the station.
WJXT - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (434 words)
WJXT Channel 4 is an independent television station serving Jacksonville, Florida and surrounding communities.
WJXT was a CBS affiliate for over 50 years, though it carried secondary affiliations with DuMont through 1955, NBC until 1957 and ABC until 1959.
WJXT could also become an affiliate of My Network TV as current The WB station WJWB will become an affiliate of The CW Television Network (as announced on March 28, 2006).
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