WAKH (105.7
FM) is a
radio station
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broadcasting a
country music
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format, licensed to
McComb, Mississippi
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, United States. The station is owned by North Shore Broadcasting Co., Inc. and features programming from
Citadel Media
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. The transmitter is located in
Summit, Mississippi
Summit is a town in Pike County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,705 at the 2010 census. It is part of the McComb, Mississippi Micropolitan Statistical Area.
The town originated as a railroad town and was named Summit because it ...
.
History
The station was assigned
call sign
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WIXO-FM on February 15, 1979. On May 4, 1979, the station changed its call sign to WIXO then again on September 8, 1981, to the current WAKH.,
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 (WAKH plus
sister stations
WAKK,
WAPF
WAPF (1140 AM) is a sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to McComb, Mississippi, serving McComb and Pike County, Mississippi.
On September 21, 2011, Charles W. Dowdy, acting as the sole owner of license holder Southwest Broadcas ...
,
WAZA,
WFCG,
WJSH,
WKJN, and
WTGG) to himself acting as
debtor in possession before initiating a
Chapter 11
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bankruptcy.
The FCC approved the license transfer on December 19, 2011.
On October 25, 2019, the stations emerged and this signal was transferred to North Shore Broadcasting.
References
External links
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AKH
Country radio stations in the United States
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