WAKK (AM)

WAKK
City	McComb, Mississippi
Broadcast area	South-Central Mississippi
Frequency	980 kHz
First air date	1948
Format	Defunct (formerly 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 was a gospel formatted broadcast radio station licensed to McComb, Mississippi, serving South-Central Mississippi. The station was 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 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved the license transfer on December 19, 2011.^[2]

WAKK's license was surrendered on May 4, 2016, and cancelled by the FCC that same day.^[3]

References

↑ "FCC Form 316, Section III, Item 5: Description of the Transaction". Federal Communications Commission. November 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
↑ "Application Search Details ( BALH-20111129GBX)". FCC Media Bureau. December 19, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
↑ "FCC Daily Digest" (PDF). United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WAKK

Radio-Locator Information on WAKK

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WAKK

Religious radio stations in the state of Mississippi

Stations	KOUI – Louisville WAFR – Tupelo WAOY – Gulfport WAQL – Mccomb WAQL – McComb WASM – Natchez WATP – Laurel WATU – Port Gibson WAUM – Duck Hill WAVI – Oxford WCPC – Houston WCSO – Columbus WDFX – Cleveland WGWT – Houston WIXP – Greenville WJZB – Starkville WLRC – Walnut WMBU – Forest WNLA – Indianola WNNN – Noxapater WORV – Hattiesburg WPAE – Centreville WPAS – Pascagoula WPRG – Columbia WQST-FM – Forest WSAO – Senatobia WSJC – Magee WSKM – Brandon WTWZ – Clinton WWUN – Friar's Point WXTN – Benton WYTF – Indianola

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Mississippi See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other

Radio stations in the McComb–Brookhaven, Mississippi area

By FM frequency	88.9 90.5 92.1 102.1 104.3 105.7 107.7

By AM frequency	1140 1470

By callsign	WAKH WAPF WAQL WAZA WBKN WCHJ WMAU-FM WMJU WRQO

Defunct	WAKK (980 AM)

Nearby radio markets Baton Rouge Jackson Lake Ponchartrain Laurel-Hattiesburg Natchez New Orleans See also List of radio stations in Mississippi

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