Bahakel Communications, Ltd. is an American communications company based in Charlotte, North Carolina, that is wholly owned and operated by the Bahakel family. The company was founded by

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in 1953, who ran it until his death on April 20, 2006 at the age of 87. Bahakel's broadcasting properties include fourteen radio and television stations in

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North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...

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and

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. The group's properties are primarily concentrated on the

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for its television stations, and the

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and

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areas for their radio properties.

Stations

Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and by

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Current stations

Television

Notes: * (**) - ''Indicates a station that was built and signed-on by Bahakel Communications.'' * (††) - ''Indicate a station that is owned by

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and operated by Bahakel via

shared services agreement In North American broadcasting, a local marketing agreement (LMA), or local management agreement, is a contract in which one company agrees to operate a radio or television station owned by another party. In essence, it is a sort of lease or time ...

(SSA).''

Radio

Former stations

Television

Radio

References

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