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Matt Augustine

Matt Augustine is a reporter for Jacksonville's Morning News.  You'll see him out even before the sun comes up as he spends his early mornings traversing Jacksonville tracking down the latest details on the day's top local stories and breaking news.  He also co-hosts "Over the Line" on Saturdays from 7-8 p.m. with WOKV sports anchor Jay Gray.  He began his work at WOKV in June 2011 as the afternoon drive producer.

Born in Athens, Georgia Matt's family moved to New Hampshire where Matt spent most of his childhood and still retains his passion for New England culture and the Red Sox and Patriots.  After graduating high school, Matt attended Syracuse University in New York, where he was originally rejected from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications but worked hard enough his freshman year to transfer and is now proud to call himself a graduate and a die-hard Orangeman.  He was lucky enough to spend a semester abroad living in Madrid to complement his Spanish minor and though he doesn't get many chances to use it, Matt is just about fluent in Spanish and dreams of one day returning to Spain.

While at Syracuse, Matt was a jock, Promotions Director, Morning Show Director, sports broadcaster, and Programming Director at WJPZ-FM "Z89", a completely student-run radio station serving the greater Syracuse area.  He was hired in July 2010 as a part-time dayside news reporter and sports analyst for Newsradio WSYR.  He has done everything from covering New York's midterm elections to DJing pop music to play-by-play and color commentary to running a radio station with a staff of about 120 students to interviewing musicians, actors, and even politicians like former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee.

When Matt is not behind the microphone or out on a story, you might find him catching up on sleep taking in a Jags game at EverBank, playing guitar, visiting friends, finding the best local eats, or relaxing at the beach.

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DCF continues investigation into unlicensed daycare

A toddler nearly drowns at an unlicensed daycare on the Westside. A two-year-old boy is pulled from a pool and then rushed to Wolfson Children’s Hospital in critical condition Tuesday afternoon. “The slider door to the pool has 3 locks to prevent even the most inquisitive, intelligent, and mischievous of ...

This aerial photo shows the remains of homes hit by a massive tornado in Moore, Okla., Monday May 20, 2013. A tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (AP Photo/Steve Gooch)

Local residents share tornado stories in wake of OK twister

As we continue to monitor the tornado damage out of Oklahoma we hear from local residents who have lived in the Oklahoma and some of the other states in the area known as tornado alley. "The damage that it can cause...sometimes you just can't even imagine it," says Orange Park ...

Local college students excited for tuition hike veto

The majority of students have left the University of North Florida's campus by now with the semester over but those who remain are excited to hear that Governor Scott will likely veto a proposed three percent tuition hike for state universities. "Sounds awesome!" says sophomore Daniel Gonzales. Gonzales says he ...

The father of 17-year-old Tierra Hartley, pictured, says she was attacked by another student at Middleburg High School and that witnesses told him that student's mother may have gotten involved with the fight

Clay dad says parent involved in school fight with daughter

In the past few days we've heard stories of a so-called serial bully who's back in school and a bus driver who staged a fight between students...we're now hearing a Clay county dad say his daughter was attacked at school and a parent may have played a part. "They're on ...

Special needs student to miss out on senior year

Wearing an orange polo shirt that reads "AC Stingrays" and a particularly shiny ear-to-ear grin, you wouldn't be able to tell by the photo on the Facebook page in support of Tyler Anderson's senior year that he's a special needs student. When he was a year old, Tyler suffered a ...

4 kids hit in front of Arlington Middle School

Only minor injuries occurred when an underage driver allegedly hit four kids walking to school. The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office and Duval County Public Schools confirm the kids were in front of Arlington Middle School on Monday morning when they were hit by someone driving the SUV, which then fled the scene. A spokeswoman for the school district ...

Tiger Woods posa ante las cámaras con el trofeo después de ganar el torneo Players Championship en TPC Sawgrass, el domingo 12 de mayo de 2013, en Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. (Foto AP/John Raoux)

The Players Championship gets great reviews

Not a bad word to say about this year’s Players’ Championship… "I had a great time, the tournament was run like a championship," says fan Vicki Robinson, who says she and her family have been coming to the tournament since 1977. This year’s Players Championship lived up to the hype. ...

What comes next in the Cleveland kidnapping investigation?

Will we see more charges in the case against a Cleveland man accused of kidnapping three women and holding them for nearly 10 years? One local attorney says we very well may. "Potentially every day there was a new crime committed against each of these victims," says WOKV legal expert ...

JSO's dive team works to pull a car out of a retention pond on Friday, May 10, 2013.

Fatality after car crashes into retention pond

Florida Highway Patrol is confirming one fatality after a car drove off the road into a retention pond at I-295 and Phillips Highway. Police have identified the victim as 55-year-old David Brown. Investigator say sleep deprivation may have been a factor because there was no evidence of brake marks or anything to ...

Nocatee residents say these items belong to a homeless man who had made camp on the side of U.S. 1 and are an eyesore in the community

St. Johns County residents worry lack of camping law could attract squatters

After dozens of complaints police say a man with a serious medical condition who had been living on the side of U.S. 1 in Nocatee for months has relocated to a shelter. "He's got bags and mounds of stuff all over the place. It's unsightly," Nocatee resident Bryant Russell tells our ...

 
 
 

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