Friday, August 13, 2021

Former Mayoral Candidate Kris Phillips Dies

Former St. Augustine Mayor candidate Kris Phillips has died.  

Phillips owned Hate Radio Station WFOY, some of whose pay-to-play Dull Republican programs would gag a maggot.  Here is Phillips with her idol, the late Hate Radio Termagant Rush Limbaugh (RUSH HUDSON LIMBAUGH, III). 


In 2016, Kris Phillips was the Bolesian Establishment's sham candidate against beloved reform St. Augustine Mayor Nancy Shaver   After Hurricane Matthew, Phillips used the hurricane as an excuse, and was a no-show at a debate sponsored by St, Paul A.M.E. Church. Phillips bailed and sent a substitute.

Phillips may well be most remembered as a meanie, the parvenu new WFOY owner who fired beloved local newsman Al Brennan, stiffing him on money owed him. Al sued and won a small settlement 

Rest in Peace, Kris Phillips.  Our religious tradition teachers forgiveness.  Pray for her.

From St. Augustine Record:



Kris Phillips, owner of St. Augustine's WFOY radio and voice of St. Johns County, dies

Celebration of life to be held on Aug. 22

Sheldon Gardner
St. Augustine Record
Kris Phillips, center, talks to  guests during her morning radio show on WFOY in St. Augustine on Friday, May 9, 2014.

Kris Phillips, owner of WFOY Radio in St. Augustine, has died, the station announced in a Facebook post Friday morning. 

"With profound sadness, we announce the passing of Kris Phillips. She loved her family and friends and she loved owning and running WFOY," the station wrote.

Station adds FM:WFOY, on the AM dial since the 1930s, will add FM

Al Brennan: Former local radio star dies of COVID-19

A celebration of her life will take place 2 p.m. on Aug. 22 at the Family Worship Center, 2040 State Road 207 in St. Augustine. 

The station did not announce the cause of her death. 

WFOY is St. Augustine’s oldest radio station. It is now at 102.1 FM and 1240 AM. 

Named after the Fountain of Youth, the station began broadcasting in the mid-1930s.

Before becoming a radio station owner and operator, Phillips worked as a television reporter. Her background also included work as a communications director in the U.S. Senate.

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