WNZK
Ethnic | |
Ownership | |
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Owner | Birach Broadcasting Corporation |
History | |
First air date | October 12, 1985 |
Technical information | |
Class | B |
Power | 2,500 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°5′55″N 83°19′48″W / 42.09861°N 83.33000°W |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | WNZK website |
WNZK (680
WNZK is unusual in that it broadcasts on two different frequencies.
History
WNZK began broadcasting on October 12, 1985[3] The western Detroit suburb of Westland was its original city of license. It switched to Dearborn Heights by 1990. The station was always owned by Birach Broadcasting. The original studios were at 21700 Northwestern Highway in Southfield, Michigan.
.According to the FCC online database, WNZK is the only AM radio station in North America using two frequencies, one by day, one at night.
At one time, several radio stations in Detroit were multi-lingual. 97.9 FM aired a similar ethnic format for many years with a similar call sign, WMZK. It used the same "Station of the Nations" slogan until 1980. That station is now
See also
References
External links
- WNZK in the FCC AM station database
- WNZK in Nielsen Audio's AM station database