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Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Carolinas station owner dead
 Cy Bahakel, who parlayed a sports radio job in college into a small media empire, has died. Bahakel was the owner of Fox affiliate WCCB/Ch. 18 in Charlotte and a group of smaller TV stations in the south. An Alabama native, he first got into broadcasting calling games while in law school at the University of Alabama, according to the Charlotte Observer. His side job became a life's work when he got out of law and became a broadcasting entrepreneur, starting his own radio and then TV stations around the south. His company's other news-producing holdings are WOLO/Ch. 25 (ABC) in Columbia, S.C., WAKA/Ch. 8 (CBS) in Montgomery, Ala., WABG/Ch. 6 (ABC) in Greenville, Miss., and WBBJ/Ch. 7 (ABC) in Jackson, Tenn. The stations face tight financing and for three years Ch. 25's low-rated newscasts originated from Ch. 18 in Charlotte before moving back to Columbia in the fall. Bahakel, who the Observer reported was in frail health after a stroke a few years ago, was also a principal investor in the Charlotte Hornets basketball franchise. He was 87.Posted by ECTVN on 4/25/2006 - 
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