WAKK was a

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formatted broadcast

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licensed to

McComb, Mississippi McComb is a city in Pike County, Mississippi, United States. The city is approximately south of Jackson. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 12,790. It is the principal city of the McComb, Mississippi Micropolitan Statist ...

, serving South-Central Mississippi. 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

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, WAZA,

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 ...

, WFCG, WJSH, WKJN, and WTGG) to himself acting as debtor in possession before initiating a

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(FCC) approved the license transfer on December 19, 2011. WAKK's license was surrendered on May 4, 2016, and cancelled by the FCC that same day.

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FCC Station Search Details: DWAKK
(Facility ID: 58930)
FCC History Cards for WAKK
(covering 1947-1979 as WAPF) AKK Defunct radio stations in the United States Radio stations disestablished in 2016 2016 disestablishments in Mississippi Defunct religious radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1948 1948 establishments in Mississippi AKK {{Mississippi-radio-station-stub