WTLV

WTLV, virtual channel 12 (VHF digital channel 13), is an NBC-affiliated television station located in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. The station is owned by Tegna, Inc., as part of a duopoly with ABC affiliate WJXX (channel 25). The two stations share studio facilities located on East Adams Street (near EverBank Field) in downtown Jacksonville; WTLV maintains transmitter facilities located on Eve Drive in the city's Kilarney Shores section.

History

The station first signed on the air on September 1, 1957 as WFGA-TV (which stood for "We're Florida and GeorgiA"). Founded by the Florida-Georgia Television Company, it was originally a primary NBC affiliate with a secondary affiliation with ABC. It was the first television station in the United States that was designed for color broadcasting, and many of the country's color commercials were filmed at the station. Two years later, WFGA donated tower space, money and transmitting facilities to the market's National Educational Television member station WJCT (channel 7, now a PBS member station). In 1958, WFGA was selected "Newsfilm Station of the Year" by the National Press Photographers Association.