WAOC

WAOC
City	St. Augustine, Florida
Broadcast area	Jacksonville, Florida
Frequency	1420 kHz
Branding	Way Radio
Programming
Format	Christian Talk and Teaching (WAYR simulcast)
Ownership
Owner	Good Tidings Trust, Inc.
Sister stations	WFOY
History
First air date	January 3, 1954 (as WSTN)
Former call signs	WSTN (1954-1960s); WETH (1960s-1970)
Technical information
Facility ID	2706
Class	B
Power	2,000 watts day; 230 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	29°51′00″N 81°19′50″W / 29.85000°N 81.33056°W
Translator(s)	96.5 W243AW (Middleburg)
Links
Website	wayradio.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 translators of WAOC
Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	ERP (W)	Class	FCC info	Notes
W243AW	96.5	Middleburg, Florida	250	D	FCC FM Query	Phillips Broadcasting (owner)

History[]

1950s[]

1954[]

WAOC begins broadcasting as WSTN on January 3. It is initially a 1 kW daytimer.

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 on Radio-Locator
WAOC in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

W243AW in the FCC FM station database
W243AW on Radio-Locator

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[1] "WAOC Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

[2] Jacksonville’s Way Radio Expands To St. Augustine Radioinsight - May 14, 2021

[3] "Geddings gets 4-year prison term, $25,000 fine on fraud conviction". St. Augustine Record. May 8, 2007.

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