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Radio station in St. Augustine–Jacksonville, Florida

For the airport, see [Batu Licin Airport](/source/Batu_Licin_Airport).

WAOC St. Augustine, Florida United States 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 WAYR, WAYR-FM History First air date January 3, 1954 (1954-01-03) Former call signs WSTN (1954-1960s) WETH (1960s-1970) Technical information[1] Licensing authority FCC Facility ID 2706 Class B Power 2,000 watts day 230 watts night Transmitter coordinates 29°51′0″N 81°19′50″W / 29.85000°N 81.33056°W / 29.85000; -81.33056 Translator 96.5 W243AW (Middleburg) Links Public license information Public file LMS Website wayradio.org

**WAOC** (1420 [AM](/source/AM_broadcasting)) is a [radio station](/source/Radio_station) broadcasting a [Christian talk and teaching](/source/Christian_talk_and_teaching) format. Licensed to [St. Augustine, Florida](/source/St._Augustine%2C_Florida), United States, the station serves the Jacksonville area. The station is currently owned Good Tidings Trust, Inc.[2]

## FM translator

WAOC programming is also relayed on an [FM translator](/source/FM_translator).

Broadcast translator for WAOC 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)

## History

### 1950s

#### 1954

WAOC begins broadcasting as WSTN on January 3.[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.

St. Augustine First National Bank Building

### 1990s

WAOC airs a news/talk format in competition with WFOY. Its sister station [WJQR](/source/WBHU) 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](/source/WAYR_(AM)) 550 AM Fleming Island, branded as "Way Radio".[4] 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](/source/North_Carolina_Education_Lottery) commissioner in [North Carolina](/source/North_Carolina). Geddings must serve 4 years in federal prison in [Jesup, Georgia](/source/Jesup%2C_Georgia), as well as pay a $25,000 fine.[5] His conviction was [vacated](/source/Vacated_judgement) 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

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FCC-LMS-2706_1-0)** ["Facility Technical Data for WAOC"](https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityTechDetails.html?facilityId=2706). *Licensing and Management System*. [Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["WAOC Facility Record"](https://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WAOC). *United States [Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission), audio division*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["WSTN Goes On Air Here Today"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-st-augustine-record-wstn-goes-on-ai/196818638/). *The St. Augustine Record*. St. Augustine, Florida. January 3, 1954. p. 7-A. Retrieved May 3, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Jacksonville’s Way Radio Expands To St. Augustine](https://radioinsight.com/headlines/208116/jacksonvilles-way-radio-expands-to-st-augustine/) Radioinsight - May 14, 2021

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Geddings gets 4-year prison term, $25,000 fine on fraud conviction"](http://staugustine.com/stories/050807/state_4582555.shtml). *St. Augustine Record*. May 8, 2007.

## External links

- [Facility details for Facility ID 2706 (WAOC)](https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=2706) in the [FCC](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission) Licensing and Management System

- [WAOC](https://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SP26&band=am&callLetter=WAOC) in [Nielsen Audio](/source/Nielsen_Audio)'s AM station database

- [Facility details for Facility ID 146784 (W243AW)](https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=146784) in the [FCC](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission) Licensing and Management System

- [W243AW](https://fccdata.org/?facid=&call=W243AW&ccode=1&city=&state=&country=US&zip=&arn=&party=&lmspf=&lmspl=&party_type=LICEN&latd=&lond=&lang=en) at FCCdata.org

v t e Radio stations in the Jacksonville metropolitan area (Florida) By AM frequency 550 600 690 930 970 1010 1050 1160 1170 1190 1220 1240 1320 1360 1400 1420 1460 1530 1570 1600 By FM frequency 88.1 88.7 89.3 89.9 90.9 91.7 92.1 92.5 93.3 94.1 95.1 96.1 96.9 97.9 99.1 99.9 100.7 101.5 102.9 104.5 105.3 105.5 105.7 106.3 106.5 107.3 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 by frequency & subchannel 88.1-1 88.1-2 88.1-3 89.9-1 89.9-2 89.9-3 89.9-4 90.9-1 90.9-2 90.9-3 90.9-4 93.3-1 93.3-2 95.1-1 96.1-1 96.9-1 96.9-2 97.9-1 97.9-2 99.1-1 99.1-2 99.9-1 100.7-1 100.7-2 100.7-3 100.7-4 101.5-1 102.9-1 104.5-1 104.5-2 105.3-1 105.3-2 105.5-1 105.5-2 105.5-3 106.5-1 107.3-1 By call sign W208AV W222CL W225BI W234CW W239CN W243AW W243DO W247CF W252DJ W254CW W258CN W262AG W266CX W267BX W270CD W271CJ W272CQ W277DE W279AG W280EY W281AM W285FE W291CI W292DE W295AZ WAOC WAPE-FM WAYR WBHU HD2 HD3 WBOB WCGL WCRJ HD2 HD3 WECC-FM WEJZ WEWC WEZI WFOY WFXJ WGNE-FM WHJX WJBT HD2 WJCT-FM HD2 HD3 HD4 WJFR WJGL HD2 WJGM WJKV HD2 HD3 HD4 WJNJ WJXL WJXL-FM WJXR WKBX WKSL HD2 WKTZ WMUV HD2 HD3 HD4 WNNR WOKV WOKV-FM HD2 WPAA WPLA WQIK-FM HD2 WQOP WROS WSOL-FM WSOS WSOS-FM WTRJ-FM WVOJ WYKB HD2 WYMM WZAZ WZNZ 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 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 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 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 See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Florida See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other

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