WSOS (AM)

WSOS
City St. Augustine Beach, Florida
Broadcast area St. Augustine, Florida
Branding WSOS 103.9 FM
Slogan St. Augustine's Home for the Greatest Songs of All Time.
Frequency 1170 kHz
Translator(s) 103.9 W280EY (St. Augustine)
First air date October 15, 1986 (as WAIA)
Format Classic Hits
Power 710 watts day
Class D
Facility ID 70404
Transmitter coordinates 29°55′5.00″N 81°23′26.00″W / 29.9180556°N 81.3905556°W / 29.9180556; -81.3905556
Callsign meaning Was the sister station of the original WSOS, now WSOS-FM.
Former callsigns WAIA (1986–1990)
WHWY (1990–1992)
WKLN (1992–2003)
Owner Kevin L. Geddings
(WSOS Radio LLC)
Webcast Listen Live
Website staugustineradio.com

WSOS (1170 AM) is a radio station which is broadcasting a classic hits format. Licensed to St. Augustine Beach, Florida, USA, the station serves the St. Augustine area. The station is currently owned by Kevin Geddings through licensee WSOS Radio LLC of St. Augustine, Florida.[1] WSOS AM 1170 is a daytime-only Class D station, broadcasting on the clear-channel frequency of 1170 AM.

History

The station went on the air as WAIA on October 15, 1986. On February 1, 1990, the station changed its call sign to WHWY, then it changed again on September 4, 1992 to WKLN & on February 18, 2003 to the current WSOS.[2] WSOS went silent on June 30, 2010 after a dispute with the owner of the property on which its tower sits. It has currently resumed broadcasting.

Kevin Leslie Geddings, then known on air as "Kevin Leslie" & also then-husband of WFOY 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. Phillips was sentenced to serve 4 years in federal prison in Jesup, Georgia as well as to pay a $25,000 fine.[3] In 2010 the conviction was overturned and he was exonerated when it was determined the rules of law were not applied properly to his case.

Translator

Broadcast translators of WSOS
Call sign Frequency
(MHz)
City of license Facility
ID
ERP
W
Height
m (ft)
Class Transmitter coordinates FCC info
W280EY 103.9 St. Augustine, Florida 151917 240 114 m (374 ft) D 29°55′5″N 81°23′26″W / 29.91806°N 81.39056°W / 29.91806; -81.39056 FCC

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