WAKK (AM)

WAKK
City McComb, Mississippi
Broadcast area South-Central Mississippi
Frequency 980 kHz
First air date 1948
Format Gospel
Power 5,000 watts (day)
152 watts (night)
Class D
Facility ID 58930
Transmitter coordinates 31°12′51.0″N 90°27′42.0″W / 31.214167°N 90.461667°W / 31.214167; -90.461667
Owner Charles W. Dowdy
Sister stations WKJN, WAPF, WAZA

WAKK is a gospel formatted broadcast radio station licensed to McComb, Mississippi, serving South-Central Mississippi. The station is owned and operated by Charles W. Dowdy, debtor-in-possession, following the September 2011 bankruptcy filing by Southwest Broadcasting, Inc.

On September 21, 2011, Charles W. Dowdy, acting as the sole owner of license holder Southwest Broadcasting, Inc., dissolved the corporation and assigned the broadcast licenses it held (WAKK plus sister stations WAKH, WAZA, WAPF, WFCG, WJSH, WKJN, and WTGG) to himself acting as debtor in possession before initiating a Chapter 11 bankruptcy.[1] The FCC approved the license transfer on December 19, 2011.[2]

References

  1. "FCC Form 316, Section III, Item 5: Description of the Transaction". Federal Communications Commission. November 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
  2. "Application Search Details ( BALH-20111129GBX)". FCC Media Bureau. December 19, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2012.

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