WFOY

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WFOY

City	St. Augustine, Florida
Broadcast area	St. Augustine, Florida
Frequency	1240 kHz
Branding	"Newstalk 102.1 FM"
Programming
Language(s)	English
Format	News/talk
Affiliations	CBS Radio News, Florida's News Networks, Florida State University Seminoles Radio Network
Ownership
Owner	Kristine Phillips (Phillips Broadcasting, LLC)
Sister stations	WAOC
History
First air date	February 11, 1937
Former frequencies	1210 kHz (February 11, 1937-March 29, 1941)
Call sign meaning	Fountain Of Youth (original owner)
Technical information
Facility ID	60271
Class	C
Power	500 watts
Transmitter coordinates	29°51′1″N 81°19′49″W / 29.85028°N 81.33028°W / 29.85028; -81.33028
Translator(s)	102.1 W271CJ (St. Augustine)
Links
Website	www.1021news.com

WFOY (1240 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News/talk format. Licensed to St. Augustine, Florida, United States, the station is currently owned by Phillips Broadcasting.^[1] The station is repeated in St. Augustine on translator W271CJ (102.1 FM).

History[]

Considered to be the oldest radio station in St. Augustine,^{[citation needed]} WFOY signed on at 15:45 on Thursday, February 11, 1937 on 1210 kHz at a power of 100 watts, despite claims that the station started July 7, 1936 (more likely the 1936 date is when the construction permit was issued).

WFOY was originally owned by the operators of the Fountain of Youth park, where the station remained until March 12, 2003 (although the park and radio station parted owners). With the NARBA shift of 1941, WFOY shifted from 1210 to 1240 kHz (the new home of all stations formerly on 1210). Over the years WFOY gained power increases to 250 watts (first in the daytime only, then continuously) and then 1,000 watts (again, daytime only at first, then continuously). When WFOY vacated its property to move to the WAOC building, it had to reduce power to 580 watts to avoid interfering with WIYD/1260 in Palatka and other stations on or around 1240.

In August 1965, WFOY added FM service on 97.7 MHz, which was primarily a simulcast of WFOY. With Shull Broadcasting taking possession of WFOY & WFOY-FM in April 1984, the FM became WUVU "View 97.7 FM" with a rock format. WUVU was sold in 1992 when it increased power to 50 kW and shifted frequency to 97.9 MHz. Today, this station is WKSL "97.9 KISS FM" and is owned by iHeartMedia. FM service returned to the site in 1993 when Flagler College's WFCF/88.5 began broadcasting.

Shull Broadcasting bought competing AM station WAOC/1420 in 2002 and sold off WFOY's property at 1 Radio Road in St. Augustine to developers. WFOY moved its studios and transmitter to the WAOC building at 567 Lewis Point Road Extension from where WAOC, WAYL and WSJF transmit. WFCF moved to its own property where it was able to increase power to 10 kW (Class C3) up from the previously authorized 6 kW (full Class A).

Famous alumni[]

• Billy Graham (his sermons were aired on the station around 1938).
• Ray Charles (disc jockey/studio musician in the 1940s).

Programming[]

WFOY had been an affiliate of CBS Radio from 1940 to 2006 and rejoined the network in 2012. Today it broadcasts a news/talk format including Dave Ramsey, Dan Bongino, Chris Plante, Gordon Deal and other talk programming. A one-hour local program, The St. Johns County Morning News, airs from 8 to 9 a.m. Monday through Friday. WFOY is the radio home of the St. Augustine High School Yellow Jackets football team.^[2]

On July 1, 2006, the station began streaming on the Internet.

Also in 2006, an article appeared in the St. Augustine Record about Shull Broadcasting's sale of the station (along with WAOC) to Florida-based Phillips Broadcasting, a minority-owned broadcasting company owned by Kristine Phillips.

Translator[]

Broadcast translators of WFOY

Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	Facility ID	ERP (W)	Height (m (ft))	Class	Transmitter coordinates	FCC info	Notes
W271CJ	102.1	St. Augustine, Florida	148291	250	132 m (433 ft)	D	29°51′1.9″N 81°19′48.3″W / 29.850528°N 81.330083°W / 29.850528; -81.330083	FCC LMS	Was briefly W272CT on 102.3 before becoming W271CJ on 102.1.

See also[]

• 1937 in radio

References[]

External links[]

• WFOY in the FCC AM station database
• WFOY on Radio-Locator
• WFOY in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

• WFOY official website

Coordinates: 29°51′1″N 81°19′49″W / 29.85028°N 81.33028°W / 29.85028; -81.33028