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CW17 signed on 55 years ago as WJKS Channel 17 began broadcasting on Feb. 19, 1966 Dave Hall, WCWJ promotions director Published:  Tags:  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The station we know as CW17 today has a rich history in Jacksonville broadcasting. Channel 17 signed on February 19, 1966, as WJKS, Jacksonville’s first full-time ABC affiliate. Rust Craft, primarily known as a greeting card company, built the station. It confidently declared it was ready to “create our own shock wave of interest,” serving a market that had been without a full-time ABC station long enough. Programming in this...