WAOC
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WAOC (1420 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Christian talk and teaching format. Licensed to St. Augustine, Florida, United States, the station serves the Jacksonville area. The station is currently owned Good Tidings Trust, Inc.[1]
FM translator
WAOC programming is also relayed on an FM translator. Template:RadioTranslators
History
1950s
1954
WAOC begins broadcasting as WSTN on January 3. It is initially a 1 kW daytimer.
1970s
WAOC was operating in the early 1970s as WAOC (Americas Oldest City) and broadcasting from a single-wide mobile home situated at the transmitter site out in the woods off SR 207. Later in the mid-1970s, the studio moved to the second-highest floor in the National Bank building on Cathedral Place in downtown St. Augustine. The station aired a country/western format with local and national news on the half-hour, provided by A.P. teletype wire tickers.
1990s
WAOC airs a news/talk format in competition with WFOY. Its sister station WJQR signs on.
2000s
2002
WAOC is bought by Shull Broadcasting & becomes a sister station to WFOY as "Real Country 1420".
2020s
2021
On May 14, 2021, WAOC changed formats from sports to a simulcast of religious-formatted WAYR 550 AM Fleming Island, branded as "Way Radio".[2] Effective July 27, 2021, then owner Phillips Broadcasting sold WAOC and translator W243AW to Good Tidings Trust, Inc. for $199,000.
Controversy
Kevin Leslie Geddings, known on air as "Kevin Leslie" & also husband of WAOC owner Kris Phillips was sentenced on May 7, 2007, due to an October 2006 conviction of 5 counts of fraud when he served as the state lottery commissioner in North Carolina. Geddings must serve 4 years in federal prison in Jesup, Georgia, as well as pay a $25,000 fine.[3] His conviction was vacated on August 27, 2010. The government was ordered to return the $25,000 fine and $500 special assessment Geddings paid. Source: St. Augustine Record. September 7, 2010.
Previous logos
File:WAOC logo.png File:WAOC CBSSports96.5-1420 logo.jpg
References
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- ↑ Jacksonville’s Way Radio Expands To St. Augustine Radioinsight - May 14, 2021
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External links
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- WAOC in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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