Bahakel Communications
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Bahakel Communications is a communications company, owning radio and television stations in the United States. The company was founded in 1965 by Cy Bahakel when he put WCCB in Charlotte, North Carolina on the air and was controlled by Bahakel (and, in later years, his children) until his death from unknown causes at age 87 on April 20, 2006.
The stations are mainly affiliated to Fox and ABC, with one CBS affiliate.
The company is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
[edit] Owned and Operated Television Stations
- WCCB 18 (Fox), Charlotte, North Carolina (Flagship station)
- WABG 6 (ABC), Greenville, Mississippi
- WAKA 8 (CBS), Montgomery, Alabama
- WBBJ 7 (ABC), Jackson, Tennessee
- WOLO 25 (ABC), Columbia, South Carolina
- WRSP 55 / WCCU 27 (Fox), Springfield / Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
- WFXB 43 (Fox), Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
[edit] Former Owned and Operated Stations
- WKFT 40 (Independent), Fayetteville, North Carolina 40 (now Univision-owned WUVC)
- WBAK 38 (Fox), Terre Haute, Indiana (now WFXW, owned by Mission Broadcasting, operated under an Joint Sales Agreement with WTWO owner Nexstar Broadcasting Group).
[edit] Future of the Company
With Cy Bahakel's death, questions have circulated about the future of the company given that his children, in the past, expressed a desire to sell the group (namely WCCB whose value reportedly is more than the rest of the stations combined). Though the elder Bahakel was against any sales of any sort, albeit contradicted in recent years, it remains to be seen if the company will indeed be sold off as the future of Bahakel Communications is determined.
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