Bahakel Communications
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| Private | |
| Industry | Media |
| Founded | 1953 |
| Headquarters | Charlotte, North Carolina, USA |
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Key people
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Beverly Poston (President) Jim Babb (Chief Operating Officer) |
| Products | Television Radio |
Bahakel Communications, Ltd. is an American communications company based in Charlotte, North Carolina, that is wholly owned and operated by the Bahakel family. The company was founded by Cy Bahakel in 1953, who ran it until his death on April 20, 2006 at the age of 87.
Bahakel's broadcasting properties include fourteen radio and television stations in Alabama, Colorado, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. The group's properties are primarily concentrated on the Southern United States for its television stations, and the Colorado Springs and Chattanooga areas for their radio properties.
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Major assets
Notes:
- 1) Two boldface asterisks appearing following a station's call letters (**) indicate a station that was built and signed-on by Bahakel Communications;
- 2) Two boldface crosses appearing following a station's call letters (††) indicate a station that is owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting and operated by Bahakel via shared services agreement (SSA).
Television stations
| City of license / Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) | Owned Since | Primary Affiliation | Notes |
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| Selma - Montgomery, Alabama | WAKA | 8 (42) | 1985 | CBS Me-TV (DT2) |
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| WBMM | 22 (22) | 2011 | The CW (via The CW Plus) ABC (DT2) weather radar (DT3) |
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| WNCF†† | 32 (31) | 2011 (originally owned from 1964-1985) |
ABC The CW (DT2) |
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| Charlotte, North Carolina | WCCB** | 18 (27) | 1964 | The CW AntennaTV (DT2) Me-TV (DT3) |
Flagship station |
| Columbia, South Carolina | WOLO-TV | 25 (8) | 1964 | ABC Weather (DT2) Me-TV (DT3) |
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| Myrtle Beach, South Carolina | WFXB | 18 (43) | 2006 | Fox This TV (DT3) Me-TV (DT4) |
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| Jackson, Tennessee | WBBJ-TV | 7 (43) | 1966 | ABC CBS/Me-TV (DT3) |
Radio stations
| City of License/Market | Station | Owned since | Current format | Notes |
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| Colorado Springs-Pueblo, Colorado | KILO 94.3 FM | 1984 | Active rock | |
| KRXP 103.9 FM | 1999 | Alternative rock | Licensed to Pueblo West, Colorado | |
| Chattanooga, Tennessee | WDEF 1370 AM | 1997 | Fox Sports Radio affiliate | |
| WDEF-FM 92.3 FM | 1997 | Adult Contemporary | ||
| WDOD-FM 96.5 FM | Unknown | Contemporary Hit Radio | ||
| WUUQ 97.3 fM | 2010 | Classic Country | Licensed to South Pittsburg, Tennessee |
Former assets
Television stations
| City of license / Market | Station | Channel TV (RF) | Years Owned | Current Ownership Status |
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| Springfield - Decatur, Illinois | WRSP-TV | 55 (44) | 1982-2007 | Fox affiliate owned by GOCOM Media, LLC |
| Urbana - Champaign, Illinois | WCCU (satellite of WRSP-TV) |
27 (26) | 1982-2007 | Fox affiliate owned by GOCOM Media, LLC |
| Terre Haute, Indiana | WAWV-TV | 38 (26) | 1978-2003 | ABC affiliate owned by Mission Broadcasting (Operated under a SSA by Nexstar Broadcasting Group) |
| Greenwood - Greenville, Mississippi | WABG-TV | 6 (32) | 1959-2007 | ABC affiliate owned by Commonwealth Broadcasting |
| Fayetteville - Raleigh - Durham, North Carolina | WUVC-DT | 40 (38) | 1996-2003 | Univision owned-and-operated station (O&O) |
Radio stations
| AM Stations | FM Stations |
| Market | Station | Years owned | Current ownership |
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| Greensboro, North Carolina | WPET 950 AM | Unknown-2001 | Entercom Communications |
| WSMW 98.7 FM | Unknown-2001 | ||
| Waterloo-Cedar Rapids, Iowa | KFMW 107.9 FM | 1996-2012 | Woodward Communications |
| KOKZ 105.7 FM | Unknown-2012 | ||
| KWLO 1330 AM | 1996-2012 | ||
| KXEL 1540 AM | 1958-2012 |
