City St. Augustine, Florida Branding CBS Sports Radio 1420 First air date January 3, 1954 | Broadcast area Jacksonville, Florida Frequency 1420 kHz Format Sports | |
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.
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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.
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. 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.
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(WAOC"s slogo under previous ESPN Radio affiliation)