# WNZK

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**WNZK** (680 and 690 [AM](/source/AM_broadcasting)) is a commercial [radio station](/source/Radio_station) licensed to [Dearborn Heights, Michigan](/source/Dearborn_Heights,_Michigan), United States, and serving the [Detroit metropolitan area](/source/Detroit_metropolitan_area). It is owned by the [Birach Broadcasting Corporation](/source/Birach_Broadcasting_Corporation) and airs an [ethnic](/source/Ethnic) format billed as the "Station of the Nations". The programming is [brokered](/source/Brokered_programming), where hosts pay for their time and may advertise their clients' goods and services during their shows. It broadcasts in a variety of languages, including [Arabic](/source/Arabic_language) and several from [Eastern Europe](/source/Eastern_Europe).

WNZK is unusual in that it broadcasts on two different frequencies: at during the daytime, and at during the nighttime.[1] The transmitter is sited off Will Carleton Road in [Huron Charter Township, Michigan](/source/Huron_Charter_Township,_Michigan).

## History

WNZK began broadcasting on October 12, 1985.[2] The western [Detroit](/source/Detroit) suburb of [Westland](/source/Westland,_Michigan) was its original [city of license](/source/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](/source/Southfield,_Michigan).

According to the [FCC](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission) online [database](https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=5348), WNZK is the only [AM radio](/source/AM_broadcasting) 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 [urban contemporary](/source/Urban_contemporary) [WJLB](/source/WJLB). Several Detroit-area AM stations were also aimed at different ethnic groups. But they have also changed to more mainstream formats.

## See also

- [Media in Detroit](/source/Media_in_Detroit)

## References

1. [FCC.gov/WNZK](https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=wnzk&arn=&state=&city=&freq=530&fre2=1700&type=0&facid=&class=&list=0&NextTab=Results+to+Next+Page%2FTab&dist=&dlat2=&mlat2=&slat2=&NS=N&dlon2=&mlon2=&slon2=&EW=W&size=9)

1. [Broadcasting Yearbook 1992](https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1992/Radio-All-BC-YB-1992-B&W.pdf) page A-171, [Broadcasting & Cable](/source/Broadcasting_%26_Cable)

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