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| Broadcast area | Detroit metropolitan area |
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| Frequency | 690 kHz (Daytime) 680 kHz (Nighttime) |
| Programming | |
| Format | Ethnic |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Birach Broadcasting Corporation |
| History | |
First air date | October 12, 1985 |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Class | B |
| Power | 2,500 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°5′55″N 83°19′48″W / 42.09861°N 83.33000°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | WNZK website |
WNZK (680 kHz and 690 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Dearborn Heights, Michigan, and serving the Detroit metropolitan area. It is owned by the Birach Broadcasting Corporation and airs an ethnic radio format. The programming is brokered, 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 and several from Eastern Europe. WNZK identifies itself as "Station of the Nations."
WNZK is unusual in that it broadcasts on two different frequencies.[1] During the daytime, it is heard on 690 kHz. But because that is a Canadian and Mexican clear channel frequency, WNZK must switch to 680 kHz at sunset. Although 680 AM is also a clear channel frequency, the Class A stations that operate on it are in San Francisco and Alaska. Therefore, WNZK can operate on this frequency at night with its regular power of 2,500 watts, without interfering with those stations. It uses a directional antenna with a six-tower array off Will Carleton Road in Huron Charter Township, Michigan.[2]