WNZK is a radio station

Radio station

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 in Dearborn Heights, Michigan

Dearborn Heights, Michigan

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, USA

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. It began broadcasting October 12th, 1985. It broadcasts in the AM radio

AM broadcasting

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 band at 690 kHz during the daytime and at 680 kHz at night. WNZK is the only North American AM station to broadcast on two frequencies. WNZK carries ethnic

Ethnic group

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 programming

Radio programming

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, mainly targeted toward listeners of Arab

Arab American

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 and Eastern European descent, including both locally-produced and non-locally produced programming (such as news reports from the BBC World Service

BBC World Service

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's Arabic service

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). WNZK also airs some talk shows in English, including the long-running "Ask Your Neighbor" with Bob Allison (formerly aired on WWJ

WWJ (AM)

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). WNZK is owned by Birach Broadcasting Corporation

Birach Broadcasting Corporation

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 and has a transmitter

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 power

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 of 2500 watt

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s. It is known as "The Station of the Nations." 97.9 FM in Detroit aired a similar ethnic format for many years with similar calls (WMZK) and the same "Station of the Nations" slogan until 1980; it is now WJLB

WJLB

WJLB, is a Clear Channel-owned Urban Contemporary radio station in Detroit that broadcasts on 97.9 megahertz frequency. The station is known on-air as FM98 WJLB. This is the station that began the career of Urban radio legend and video jock, Donnie Simpson...

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