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licensed to

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, 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

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s it held (WAKK plus

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s WAKH, WAZA, WAPF, WFCG,

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, WKJN, and WTGG) to himself acting as

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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.

References

External links

Facility details for Facility ID 58930 (WAKK)
in the FCC Licensing and Management System
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 McComb, Mississippi {{Mississippi-radio-station-stub