| Broadcast area | Jacksonville, Florida |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 1420kHz |
| Branding | Way Radio |
| Programming | |
| Format | Christian Talk and Teaching (WAYR simulcast) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Good Tidings Trust, Inc. |
| WAYR,WAYR-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | January 3,1954 (as WSTN) |
Former call signs | WSTN (1954-1960s) WETH (1960s-1970) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 2706 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 2,000watts day 230watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 29°51′0″N81°19′50″W / 29.85000°N 81.33056°W /29.85000; -81.33056 |
| Translator(s) | 96.5 W243AW (Middleburg) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | wayradio |
WAOC (1420AM) is aradio station broadcasting aChristian talk and teaching format. Licensed toSt. Augustine, Florida, United States, the station serves the Jacksonville area. The station is currently owned Good Tidings Trust, Inc.[2]
WAOC programming is also relayed on anFM translator.
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | Class | FCC info | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W243AW | 96.5 FM | Middleburg, Florida | 146784 | 250 | D | LMS | Phillips Broadcasting (owner) |
WAOC begins broadcasting as WSTN on January 3. It is initially a 1 kW daytimer.
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.
WAOC airs a news/talk format in competition with WFOY. Its sister stationWJQR signs on.
WAOC is bought by Shull Broadcasting & becomes a sister station to WFOY as "Real Country 1420".
On May 14, 2021, WAOC changed formats from sports to a simulcast of religious-formattedWAYR 550 AM Fleming Island, branded as "Way Radio".[3] Effective July 27, 2021, then owner Phillips Broadcasting sold WAOC and translator W243AW to Good Tidings Trust, Inc. for $199,000.
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 statelottery commissioner inNorth Carolina. Geddings must serve 4 years in federal prison inJesup, Georgia, as well as pay a $25,000 fine.[4] His conviction wasvacated 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.
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