After 14 years, Melissa Ross is leaving WJCT. Here's what's next for the radio show host.
After 14 years at WJCT, “First Coast Connect” host Melissa Ross is leaving Jacksonville’s Public Broadcasting station and heading to Jacksonville’s City Hall.
“Thrilled to announce I’ll be joining Mayor-Elect Donna Deegan’s administration next month as Director of Strategic Initiatives and Press Liaison,” Ross announced on Twitter Wednesday following a morning news conference in which Deegan, who will take office on July 1, introduced the members of her leadership team.
Ross joined WJCT in August 2009 after coming to Jacksonville to work for First Coast News and later the Dalton Agency.
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Since her arrival at WJCT, Ross has hosted the 9 a.m. weekday radio call-in show focusing on topics of the day important to the city’s residents. Each Friday, the show’s “Media Roundtable” features local journalists, including those from the Times-Union, to discuss the biggest news of the week.
Thrilled to announce I’ll be joining Mayor-Elect @DonnaDeegan’s administration next month as Director of Strategic Initiatives and Press Liaison. Thanks to @WJCTJax for 14 incredible years- and to all the listeners too. Also: the show must go on- and it will! - with a new host. pic.twitter.com/k0DnLyl8Lr
— Melissa Ross (@MelissainJax) June 14, 2023
“Thanks to WJCT for 14 incredible years- and to all the listeners too. Also: the show must go on- and it will! - with a new host,” Ross said in her social media post.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Melissa Ross leaving WJCT, joining Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan staff
