Bahakel Communications

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Bahakel Communications
Type Private
Industry Media
Founded1953;70 years ago (1953)
Founder Cy Bahakel
Headquarters,
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.

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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 StationChannel
TV (RF)
Owned sinceNetwork affiliation
SelmaMontgomery, AL WAKA 8 (25)1985 CBS
WBMM 22 (18)2011 The CW (via The CW Plus)
WNCF [lower-alpha 1] 32 (31)2011 [lower-alpha 2] ABC
Charlotte, NC WCCB **18 (18)1964The CW
Columbia, SC WOLO-TV 25 (7)1964ABC
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 StationFM Station
City of license / MarketStationOwned sinceCurrent format
Colorado Springs, CO KILO 94.31984 Active rock
Pueblo West, CO KRXP 103.91999 Alternative rock
Chattanooga, TN WXCT 13701997 Album adult alternative
WDEF-FM 92.31997 Adult contemporary
WDOD-FM 96.51963 [2] Contemporary hit radio
South Pittsburg, TN WUUQ 97.32010 Classic country

Former stations

Television

City of license / Market StationChannelYears ownedCurrent status
SpringfieldDecatur, IL WRSP-TV 551982–2007 Fox affiliate owned by GOCOM Media, LLC [lower-alpha 1]
UrbanaChampaign, IL WCCU [upper-alpha 1] 271982–2007Fox affiliate owned by GOCOM Media, LLC [lower-alpha 1]
Terre Haute, IN WBAK-TV381977–2003 ABC affiliate WAWV-TV, owned by Mission Broadcasting [lower-alpha 2]
GreenwoodGreenville, MS WABG-TV 61959–2007ABC affiliate owned by Imagicomm Communications
FayettevilleRaleighDurham, NC WKFT-TV401996–2003 Univision owned-and-operated (O&O) WUVC-DT
  1. satellite of WRSP-TV.
  1. 1 2 Operated under an SSA by Sinclair Broadcast Group.
  2. Operated under an SSA by Nexstar Media Group.

Radio

AM StationFM Station
City of license / MarketStationYears ownedCurrent status
Greensboro, NC WPET 950Unknown–2001Owned by Truth Broadcasting Corporation
WKSI 98.7Unknown–2001 WSMW, owned by Audacy, Inc.
WaterlooCedar Rapids, IA KFMW 107.91996–2012Owned by NRG Radio, LLC
KOKZ 105.7Unknown–2012
KWLO 13301996–2012 KPTY, owned by NRG Radio, LLC
KXEL 15401958–2012Owned by NRG Radio, LLC

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References

  1. "About Us". Bahakel Digital. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
  2. "Owner of WDEF, WDOD Radio Stations Dies in Charlotte". April 23, 2006.