WAKX (98.7 FM, "KIX Country 98.7") is a

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licensed to serve the

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of Palm Coast, Florida. The station is owned by Flagler County Broadcasting and the

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is held by Flagler Broadcasting, LLC. WAKX shares

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s in

Bunnell, Florida Bunnell is the county seat of Flagler County Florida, United States, with a population of 2,676 at the 2010 census. The city is part of the Deltona–Daytona Beach–Ormond Beach, FL metropolitan statistical area and is named after an early resi ...

, with

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(92.7 FM) and

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(1550 AM).

History

Kix Country 98.7

Ashley Thomas Joyner received the original

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for this station from the

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on December 9,

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. The new station was assigned the WPLC

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by the FCC on December 16, 2009. On December 16, 2009, license holder Ashley Thomas Joyner applied to the FCC to transfer the permit to a single shareholder corporation named Joyner Radio, Inc. The move was approved by the FCC on December 29, 2009, and the transaction was consummated on January 4, 2010. In April 2012, Joyner Radio, Inc., reached an agreement to sell the still-under-construction station to Flagler County Broadcasting for $301,000. The deal was approved by the FCC on May 21, 2012, and the transaction was consummated on May 23, 2012. The station's call sign was changed to WAKX on June 19, 2012. On August 1, 2012 at midnight, officially launched with a

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format branded as "Kix Country 98.7".

References

External links

WAKX official website
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