Bahakel Communications is a Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County. In 2010, Charlotte's population according to the US Census Bureau was 731,424, making it the 17th largest city in the United States based on population. The Charlotte metropolitan area had a 2009...

-based communications company that owns radio and television stations in the United States

United States

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. Cy Bahakel

Cy Bahakel

Cy Nesbe Bahakel was an American politician. He was a North Carolina state senator and a media magnate. He was a member of the Democratic Party....

 founded the company in 1953, and ran it until his death at age 87 on April 20, 2006.

Bahakel Communications owns these five television stations: WCCB-18

WCCB

WCCB is the Fox affiliate television station in Charlotte, North Carolina. The station's headquarters are located just outside Uptown, off Independence Boulevard across from Bojangles' Coliseum at . It is the flagship station of its owner and operator, Bahakel Communications...

 (Fox

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) in Charlotte, North Carolina (flagship station), WOLO-25

WOLO-TV

WOLO-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station for South Carolina's Midlands licensed to Columbia. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 8 from a transmitter on Rush Road in unincorporated Southwestern Kershaw County. The station can also be seen on Time Warner Cable...

 (ABC

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) in Columbia, South Carolina, WFXB-43

WFXB

WFXB is the Fox-affiliated television station for South Carolina's Grand Strand and Pee Dee areas licensed to Myrtle Beach. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 18 from a transmitter in Mullins. The station can also be seen on Time Warner Cable and HTC Cablevision channel 7...

 (Fox) in Myrtle Beach-Florence, South Carolina, WAKA-8

WAKA

WAKA is the CBS-affiliated television station for Central Alabama's Black Belt region licensed to Selma. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 42 from a transmitter in Gordonville. The station can also be seen on Knology and Charter channel 8...

 (CBS

CBS

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) in Montgomery-Selma, Alabama, and WBBJ-7

WBBJ-TV

WBBJ-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station for Western Tennessee licensed to Jackson. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 43 from a transmitter on Potts Chapel Road in unincorporated Eastern Madison County. The station can also be seen on Charter channel 7 and...

(ABC) in Jackson, Tennessee.

The company also owns ten radio stations.