Bahakel Communications

Bahakel Communications is a Charlotte, North Carolina-based communications company that owns radio and television stations in the United States. Cy Bahakel founded the company in 1953, and ran it until his death at age 87 on April 20, 2006.

The company owns two affiliates of Fox, two of ABC, and one of CBS.

Owned and operated stations

Television stations

* WCCB 18 (Fox), Charlotte, North Carolina
* WAKA 8 (CBS), Montgomery, Alabama
* WBBJ 7 (ABC), Jackson, Tennessee
* WOLO 25 (ABC), Columbia, South Carolina
* WFXB 43 (Fox), Florence/Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Radio stations

* WABG 960 Greenwood, Mississippi via subsidiary Greenwood Broadcasting
* WDOD 1310 (Ruby 1310), Chattanooga, Tennessee
* WDEF 1370 (ESPN 1370), Chattanooga, Tennessee
* WDOD-FM 96.5 (The Mountain), Chattanooga, Tennessee
* WDEF-FM 92.3 (Sunny 92.3), Chattanooga, Tennessee
* KFMW 107.9 (Rock 108), Waterloo, Iowa
* KOKZ 105.7 (Cool 105.7), Waterloo, Iowa
* KXEL 1540 (News/Talk 1540), Waterloo, Iowa
* KWLO 1330 (Star 1330), Waterloo, Iowa
* KILO 94.3, Colorado Springs, Colorado
* KYZX 103.9, (103.9 The Eagle), Colorado Springs, Colorado

Former owned and operated stations

* WABG 6 (ABC), Greenville, Mississippi (now owned by Commonwealth Communications)
* WKFT 40 (Independent), Fayetteville, North Carolina, (now owned by Univision)
* WBAK 38 (Fox), Terre Haute, Indiana (now owned by Mission Broadcasting, operated under an joint sales agreement with WTWO owner Nexstar Broadcasting Group)
* WLBJ/WCBZ 1410 AM/96.7 FM, Bowling Green, Kentucky
* WRSP/WCCU 55/27 Springfield, Illinois (now owned GOCOM Media)