WAPF (1140 AM) is a

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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 McComb and

Pike County, Mississippi Pike County is a county located on the southwestern border of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,324. The county seat is Magnolia. Pike County is named for explorer Zebulon Pike. Pike County is part of ...

. 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 (WAPF plus

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WAKH WAKH (105.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format, licensed to McComb, Mississippi, United States. The station is owned by North Shore Broadcasting Co., Inc. and features programming from Citadel Media. The transmitter is lo ...

, WAKK, WAZA, WFCG,

WJSH WJSH (104.7 FM) is a classic country Classic country is a music radio format that specializes in playing mainstream country and western music hits from past decades. Repertoire The radio format specializes in hits from the 1950s through ...

WKJN WKJN is a classic country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Centreville, Mississippi, serving Wilkinson and Amite counties in Mississippi and East Feliciana Parish in Louisiana. The station is owned by North Shore Broadcasting Co., ...

, and

WTGG WTGG (96.5 FM is a radio station airing an Oldies format, licensed to Amite, Louisiana. The station serves the Hammond, Louisiana, area. On September 21, 2011, Charles W. Dowdy, acting as the sole owner of license holder Southwest Broadcasting, ...

) to himself acting as

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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 Co., Inc.

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