WJAX-TV
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Jacksonville, Florida United States |
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| Branding | CBS 47 (general) CBS 47 Action News Jax (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Coverage You Can Count On |
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Digital: 19 (UHF) Virtual: 47 () |
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| Owner | Bayshore Television, LLC |
| Operator | Cox Media Group |
| First air date | August 1, 1980 |
| Call letters' meaning |
JAX, a shorthand abbreviation for JACKSonville (sic) Also the IATA airport code |
| Sister station(s) | WFOX-TV |
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| Transmitter power | 1,000 kW |
| Height | 291 m |
| Facility ID | 35576 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 30°16′51″N 81°34′12″W / 30.28083°N 81.57000°WCoordinates: 30°16′51″N 81°34′12″W / 30.28083°N 81.57000°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.actionnewsjax.com |
WJAX-TV, virtual channel 47 (UHF digital channel 19), is a CBS-affiliated television station located in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. The station is owned by Bayshore Television, LLC; the Cox Media Group subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, which owns Fox affiliate WFOX-TV (channel 30), operates WJAX-TV under joint sales and shared services agreements. The two stations share studio facilities located on Central Parkway in Jacksonville's Southside section; WJAX-TV maintains transmitter facilities located on Hogan Road, also in the city's Southside section.
On cable, the station is available on Comcast channel 6 and in high definition on digital channel 433.
The station was the brainchild of John Stone Thigpenn who, while working as an announcer at Christian radio station WBIX (1010 AM, now WJXL) during May 1977, read Pat Robertson's "Shout it From the Housetops," Robertson's personal account of how he founded the Christian Broadcasting Network. Thigpenn, who gained faith to create a similar venture in Jacksonville, mentioned on the air that he wanted to start a Christian television station in the Jacksonville market. Within minutes of this announcement, listener Janice Paulk from Fernandina Beach called to ask who she should make a check out to in support of the effort. Thigpenn suggested the name "Christian Television of Jacksonville," knowing he could later formally create a business license and banking account under that name. Three days later, a check for $1,000 was received from Paulk.
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