Bahakel Communications

Bahakel Communications

Company type	Private
Industry	Media
Founded	1953;72 years ago (1953)
Founder	Cy Bahakel
Headquarters	Charlotte, North Carolina , United States
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, ^[1] 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.

Stations

Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and by city of license.

Current stations

Television

• (**) - Indicates a station that was built and signed-on by Bahakel Communications.

City of license / Market	Station	Channel TV (RF)	Owned since	Network affiliation
Selma–Montgomery, AL	WAKA	8 (25)	1985	CBS
	WBMM	22 (18)	2011	The CW (via The CW Plus)
	WNCF [a]	32 (31)	2011 [b]	ABC
Charlotte, NC	WCCB **	18 (18)	1964	The CW
Columbia, SC	WOLO-TV	25 (7)	1964	ABC
Myrtle Beach, SC	WFXB	43 (36)	2006	Fox
Jackson, TN	WBBJ-TV	7 (35)	1966	ABC CBS (DT2)

1. Owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting and operated by Bahakel via shared services agreement (SSA).
2. Originally owned from 1964-1985.

Radio

AM Station	FM Station

City of license / Market	Station	Owned since	Current format
Colorado Springs, CO	KILO 94.3	1984	Active rock
Pueblo West, CO	KRXP 103.9	1999	Alternative rock
Chattanooga, TN	WXCT 1370	1997	Album adult alternative
	WDEF-FM 92.3	1997	Adult contemporary
	WDOD-FM 96.5	1963 [2]	Contemporary hit radio
South Pittsburg, TN	WUUQ 97.3	2010	Classic country

Former stations

Television

City of license / Market	Station	Channel	Years owned	Current status
Springfield–Decatur, IL	WRSP-TV	55	1982–2007	Fox affiliate owned by GOCOM Media, LLC [a]
Urbana–Champaign, IL	WCCU [A]	27	1982–2007	Fox affiliate owned by GOCOM Media, LLC [a]
Terre Haute, IN	WBAK-TV	38	1977–2003	ABC affiliate WAWV-TV, owned by Mission Broadcasting [b]
Greenwood–Greenville, MS	WABG-TV **	6	1959–2007	ABC affiliate owned by Imagicomm Communications
Fayetteville–Raleigh–Durham, NC	WKFT-TV	40	1996–2003	Univision owned-and-operated (O&O) WUVC-DT

1. satellite of WRSP-TV.

1. Operated under an SSA by Sinclair Broadcast Group.
2. Operated under an SSA by Nexstar Media Group.

Radio

AM Station	FM Station

City of license / Market	Station	Years owned	Current status
Greensboro, NC	WPET 950	Unknown–2001	Owned by Truth Broadcasting Corporation
	WKSI 98.7	Unknown–2001	WSMW, owned by Audacy, Inc.
Waterloo–Cedar Rapids, IA	KFMW 107.9	1996 [3] –2012	Owned by NRG Radio, LLC
	KOKZ 105.7	1962–2012
	KWLO 1330	1996–2012	KPTY, owned by NRG Radio, LLC
	KXEL 1540	1958 [4] –2012	Owned by NRG Radio, LLC

References

1. "About Us". Bahakel Digital. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
2. "Owner of WDEF, WDOD Radio Stations Dies in Charlotte". April 23, 2006.
3. "Don Morehead to head radio station alliance". The Courier. Waterloo, Iowa. September 1, 1996. p. C2. Retrieved July 28, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
4. "Station KXEL Sold to Virginia Man". Waterloo Daily Courier. Waterloo, Iowa. September 18, 1958. p. 5. Retrieved July 28, 2025– via Newspapers.com.