WTLV

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WTLV
Jacksonville, Florida
Branding	NBC12
Slogan	"Your News Leader"
Channels	12 (VHF) analog, 13 (VHF) digital
Affiliations	NBC (1957-1980 and since 1988)
Owner	Gannett
Founded	August 12, 1957
Call letters meaning	W TeLeVision or TweLVe
Former affiliations	ABC (secondary 1957-59; sole affiliate 1980-1988)
Website	www.firstcoastnews.com

WTLV (NBC12) is the NBC affiliate in Jacksonville, Florida. Its transmitter is located in Jacksonville with the studios near Jacksonville Municipal Stadium.

Contents 1 History 2 Newscasts 3 Past Personalities 4 References 5 External link

[edit] History

The station began broadcasting on August 12, 1957 as WFGA, an NBC affiliate owned by the Florida-Georgia Television Company. It was the first television station in the country designed for color broadcasting. Two years later, it donated tower space, money and transmitting facilities to WJCT, Jacksonville's PBS station.

WFGA was the first television station to air a live launch from Cape Canaveral in the 1960s. The station provided the remote facilities and supplied video and audio for all three major networks, earning WFGA the exclusive spot for NBC's space coverage.

In 1975, WFGA changed call letters to WTLV (WTeLeVision). Later that year, Harte-Hanks Communications bought the station and began producing the market's first hour-long newscast.

On January 1, 1980, WTLV switched network affiliations to ABC, trading affiliations with WJKS (now WCWJ). ABC was the number-one network at the time.

Gannett bought WTLV and sister station WFMY-TV in Greensboro, North Carolina from Harte-Hanks in 1988. WTLV then swapped affiliations with WJKS again returning to NBC in what the network called one of its most successful affiliation switches ever.

Gannett later acquired the current ABC affiliate, WJXX in late 1999. As part of this purchase, the company combined the news staffs of both stations to create First Coast News, which airs on both stations to date. Most of the First Coast News personnel are veterans of WTLV, however.

[edit] Newscasts

All newscasts are simulcast with WJXX except First Coast News at Noon and the first half-hour of Good Morning Jacksonville Sunrise.

Weekdays

• Good Morning Jacksonville Sunrise - 5AM-6AM
  

  

  Angela Spears on First Coast News at Noon
  • Anchored by Phil Amato and Patricia Crosby
• Good Morning Jacksonville - 6AM-7AM
  • Anchored by Phil Amato and Patricia Crosby
• First Coast News at Noon - 12PM-12:30PM
  • Anchored by Angela Spears
• First Coast News at Five - 5PM-5:30PM
  

  

  Jeannie Blaylock and Shannon Ogden on First Coast News at 5
  • Anchored by Shannon Ogden and Jeannie Blaylock
• First Coast News at 5:30 - 5:30PM-6PM
  • Anchored by Phil Amato and Donna Hicken
• First Coast News at Six - 6PM-6:30PM
  • Anchored by Shannon Ogden and Jeannie Blaylock
• First Coast News at Eleven - 11PM-11:35PM
  • Anchored by Shannon Ogden and Donna Hicken

Weekends

• Good Morning Jacksonville Saturday - 9AM-10AM
  • Anchored by Victor Blackwell and Lindy Thackston
• First Coast News at Six - 6PM-6:30PM
  • Anchor TBA
• First Coast News at Eleven - 11PM-11:30PM
  • Anchor TBA
• Sports Final - 11:30PM-MIDNIGHT Sundays
  • Anchored by Dan Hicken, Jeff Prosser, and Pete Cataldo

[edit] Past Personalities

• Marcia Ladendorf
• Lee Webb
• Alan Gionet
• Harmen Wages
• Barry Stewart
• Ray Boylan
• Steve Abrams
• Walt Dunbar
• Eric Henderson
• Dave McLaughlin
• Charlene Shirk
• Ernie Mastroianni
• Rock Rote
• Jill Becker

[edit] References

• "About Us" on the First Coast News website

[edit] External link

• firstcoastnews.com
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WTLV

NBC Network Affiliates in the state of Florida
WESH 2 (Daytona Beach-Orlando) - WPTV 5 (West Palm Beach) - WTVJ 6 (Miami) - WJHG 7 (Panama City) - WFLA 8 (Tampa) - WTLV 12 (Jacksonville) - WBBH 20 (Fort Myers) - WTWC 40 (Tallahassee)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, PBS, Religious, Spanish and Other stations in the state of Florida