CITY FACTS
The settlement that became Jacksonville was founded in 1791 as Cowford, because of its location at a narrow point in the river across from where cattle were once driven. The city was renamed in 1822 for Andrew Jackson, the first military governor of the Florida Territory and eventual seventh President of the United States.
Jacksonville is home to Jacksonville University, the University of North Florida, Florida Community College at Jacksonville, Edward Waters College, Art Institute of Jacksonville, Florida Coastal School of Law, Trinity Baptist College, Jones College, Florida Technical College, Logos Christian College, and Brewer Christian College.
The first professional sports team came to the city in 1995 as the Jacksonville Jaguars. They won the AFC Championship games in 1998 and 1999, but failed to advance to the Super Bowl.
Improvements to the port in the late 1900s made this deep water port an arrival location that is now Florida's third largest seaport. The local economy is driven by banking, insurance, healthcare and logistics. Tourism is also important to the Jacksonville area, particularly tourism related to golf.
Famous people from Jacksonville: Pat Boone, 1950s singer and teen idol; Gary U.S. Bonds, R&B singer and songwriter; Scott McKenzie, pop singer; Johnny Tillotson, singer; Derek Trucks, blues rock guitarist; David Duval, professional golfer and winner of the 2001 Open Championship and the rock/core band Limp Bizkit.
In Jacksonville last week the #1 radio advertiser was MORGAN & MORGAN (Legal Services) with 1,207 spots. ARLINGTON TOYOTA SCION JACKSONVILLE ran 404 spots to hold #2, while MCDONALD'S landed in #3 with 369 commercials. SAFE TOUCH (Security) was #4 with 320 ads and FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH was #5 with 318 commercials. 1-800-411-PAIN was solid at #6 with 306 spots, while 1-800-ASK-GARY rang in at #7 airing 305 spots. PROFLOWERS moves from #28 to #8 with 301 ads. RAM (Jacksonville Chrysler Jeep Dodge RAM) ran 288 spots and parked in #9. TOYOTA was #10 with 269 spots.
NATIONAL STATISTICS -
THE AD COUNCIL leads this category with 9,107 spots. HD DIGITAL RADIO ALLIANCE came in #2 with 5,912, while KAISER PERMANENTE (not for profit) was #3 with 4,811 announcements. HERITAGE FOR THE BLIND was #4 with 3,778 spots and JDRF (Diabetes cure) lands in #5 with 2,995 spots. UNITED WAY was #6 airing 2,772 announcements and the AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION was solid at #7 with 2,118 spots, while BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS was #8 with 1,640 ads. AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION was #9 with 2,118 spots and AUTISM SPEAKS lands at #10 with 1,630 spots.
NATIONAL STATISTICS -
THE HOME DEPOT continues its grip on #1 with 42,096 spots. GEICO bounces back into #2 airing 36,122 ads, while MCDONALD'S moves up from #5 to #3 with 26,599 spots. PROFLOWERS blossoms into the top five this week at #4, up from #12, with 22,208 spots. MIDAS was #5 running 18,945 spots.
