WAKX (98.7 FM; "Kix Country 98.7") is a

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licensed to serve the

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Palm Coast, Florida Palm Coast is a city in Flagler County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 89,258, an increase of almost 200% since the 2000 count of 32,832. The population was estimated to be 98,411 as of July 1, ...

. 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, Flagler County Florida, United States, with a population of 3,276 at the 2020 census. The city is part of the Deltona–Daytona Beach–Ormond Beach, FL metropolitan statistical area and is ...

, with

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(92.7 FM) and WNZF (1550 AM).

History

Ashley Thomas Joyner received the original

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for this station from the

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on December 9,

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

. 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. WAKX launched on August 1, 2012, with a

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format branded as "Kix Country 98.7". WAKX received its license to cover from the FCC on August 7, 2012.

References

External links

WAKX official website
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