WAOC

Radio station in St. Augustine–Jacksonville, Florida

29°51′0″N 81°19′50″W / 29.85000°N 81.33056°W / 29.85000; -81.33056Translator(s)96.5 W243AW (Middleburg)LinksWebsitewayradio.org

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.

Broadcast translator for WAOC
Call sign	Frequency	City of license	ERP (W)	Class	FCC info	Notes
W243AW	96.5 FM	Middleburg, Florida	250	D	FMQ	Phillips Broadcasting (owner)

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

References

^ "WAOC Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
^ Jacksonville’s Way Radio Expands To St. Augustine Radioinsight - May 14, 2021
^ "Geddings gets 4-year prison term, $25,000 fine on fraud conviction". St. Augustine Record. May 8, 2007.

External links

WAOC in the FCC AM station database
WAOC in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
W243AW in the FCC FM station database
W243AW at FCCdata.org

Radio stations in the Jacksonville metropolitan area (Florida)

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By FM frequency

LPFM	95.5
Translators	89.5 92.3 92.9 94.7 95.7 96.5 W243AW W243DO 97.3 98.3 98.7 99.5 100.3 101.1 101.3 101.9 102.1 102.3 103.3 103.7 103.9 104.1 104.9 106.1 106.3 106.9

Digital radio
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Defunct

WCAN (833 AM)
WDAL (833 AM)
WSVE (1280 AM)

Nearby regions: Brunswick; Daytona Beach; Gainesville/Ocala; Lake City; Savannah; Waycross

See also: List of radio stations in Florida

v t e Religious radio stations in the state of Florida
Stations	WAKJ – DeFuniak Springs WAOC - St. Augustine WAPN – Holly Hill WAPQ-LP – Avon Park WAYF – West Palm Beach WAYG-LP – Miami WAYJ – Naples WAYL – St. Augustine WAYP – Marianna WAYR – Fleming Island WBOF-LP – Fort Pierce WBVM – Tampa WCGL – Jacksonville WCIF – Melbourne WCNO – Palm City WCPL – Merritt Island WCVC – Tallahassee WDBW – Port Saint Joe WDMC – Melbourne WDWR – Pensacola WECA-LP – Palm Bay WEGS – Milton WEGS – Pensacola WEJF – Palm Bay WEXY – Wilton Manors WFBB-LP – Glen Saint Mary WFBU-LP – Graceville WFFL – Panama City WFRF – Tallahassee WFRF-FM – Monticello WFRU – Quincy WFSD – Tallahassee WGGP-LP – Big Pine Key WGSE – Sebring WGSG – Mayo WGTT – Emeralda WHGN – Crystal River WHMF – Marianna WHNJ – Big Pine Key WHOO - Kissimmee WIGW – Eustis WJFR – Jacksonville WJKV - Jacksonville WJLH – Flagler Beach WJLN – White Springs WJLU – New Smyrna Beach WJPP-LP – Palm City WJTF – Panama City WJYO – Fort Myers WKES – Lakeland WKFA – St. Catherine WKOT-LP – Wimauma WKTO – Edgewater WKZM – Sarasota WLFE – Cutler Bay WLGM-LP – Edgewater WLJM-LP – Miami Beach WLSF – Starke WLTG – Upper Grand Lagoon WLVF-FM – Haines City WMFJ – Daytona Beach WMFL – Florida City WMIE – Cocoa WMYM - Kendall WNSS – Palm Coast WNVY – Cantonment WPBV-LP – Palm Beach WPCF - Panama City Beach WPCS – Pensacola WPGT – Lake City WPHK – Blountstown WPIO – Titusville WPSM – Fort Walton Beach WPZM-LP – Gainesville WQOS – Coral Gables WRMB – Boynton Beach WROS – Jacksonville WSEB – Englewood WSOR – Naples WSVB-LP – Chiefland WTBH – Chiefland WTBN – Pinellas Park WTJT – Baker WTLN – Orlando WTRJ-FM – Orange Park WTWD – Plant City WTYG – Sparr WUJC – Saint Marks WVTJ – Pensacola WWBC – Cocoa WWCL – Lehigh Acres WWEO-LP – DeFuniak Springs WWFR – Stuart WWMA-LP – Avon Park WYBP – Fort Lauderdale WYBX – Key West WYFB – Gainesville WYFE – Tarpon Springs WYFO – Lakeland WYFZ – Belleview WYND – DeLand WZFR – Eastpoint WZNZ – Atlantic Beach
Defunct	WAGE – Dogwood Lakes Estate WFTI-FM – Saint Petersburg WLMS – Lecanto WLVF – Haines City WPCU-LP – Panama City WREH – Cypress Quarters
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