WATY (91.3

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) is an FM

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licensed to

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. The station is currently owned by Delmarva Educational Association and airs a

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using the moniker "The Truth." It is

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on 91.7

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and 91.9

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. WTRJ covers the City of Jacksonville and its adjacent communities, while WAYL covers the southern part of the Jacksonville metropolitan area and WATY covers the northern section. Programming is also broadcast on WAYL's two translator stations in Jacksonville (94.3 MHz) and Atlantic Beach, Florida (103.7 MHz). The Truth carries a schedule of national religious leaders, including

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, Jim Daly and

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. Hosts may seek donations during their programs. Some programming is supplied by the

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History

WATY

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the air in 2000. It was owned by Okefenokee Educational Foundation, Inc. WATY aired informational and educational programming, along with adult standards music. In the mid-2010s, WATY was sold to The Foundation For Public Broadcasting In Georgia.Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010 page D-162
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as a

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of NPR, with some

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heard late nights and weekends. Effective August 31, 2015, WATY was sold to Delmarva Educational Association, at a purchase price of $45,000. Delmarva made it one station in a trimulcast, helping cover the northern suburbs of the Jacksonville metropolitan area, airing

programs.

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