WAOC

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WAOC
City St. Augustine, Florida
Broadcast area Jacksonville, Florida
Branding CBS Sports Radio 1420
Frequency 1420 kHz
First air date January 3, 1954
Format Sports
Power 2,180 watts day
250 watts night
Class B
Facility ID 2706
Transmitter coordinates 29°51′00″N 81°19′50″W / 29.85000°N 81.33056°W / 29.85000; -81.33056
Former callsigns WSTN (1954-1960s)
Affiliations CBS Sports Radio
Motor Racing Network
Owner Kristine Phillips
(Phillips Broadcasting, LLC)
Sister stations WFOY
Webcast Listen Live
Website 1420sports.com

WAOC (1420 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format. Licensed to St. Augustine, Florida, USA, the station serves the Jacksonville area. The station is currently owned by Phillips Broadcasting, LLC and features programming from CBS Sports Radio, The Sport Buffet and Motor Racing Network.[1]

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 & "Real Country 1420."

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.[2] His conviction was vacated on Aug. 27, 2010. The government was ordered to return the $25,000 fine and $500 special assessment Geddings paid. When a conviction is vacated, it's as though it never happened. Source: St. Augustine Record. September 7, 2010.

(WAOC"s slogo under previous ESPN Radio affiliation)

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