Birach Broadcasting Corporation
American radio station company
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Birach Broadcasting Corporation is a company based in Southfield, Michigan, USA, that owns several AM radio stations and, formerly, one low-power television (LPTV) station in the US.[1] Many stations in the Birach portfolio run ethnic broadcasting. The company was wholly owned by its president and CEO Sima Birach, who died October 14, 2025.[2]
Stations owned
Radio stations
| Callsign | Frequency | Band | City | State | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WWCS | 540 | AM | Canonsburg | PA | Brokered (Overcomer Ministry) |
| WGOP | 540 | AM | Pocomoke City | MD | Silent[a] |
| WMFN | 640 | AM | Peotone | IL | Black Information Network[b] |
| WNZK[c] | 690 | AM | Dearborn Heights | MI | Ethnic, talk |
| 680 | AM | ||||
| WDMV | 700 | AM | Walkersville | MD | Spanish |
| WEW | 770 | AM | St. Louis | MO | Brokered (Overcomer Ministry) |
| WTOR | 770 | AM | Youngstown | NY | Ethnic[d] |
| WIJR | 880 | AM | Highland | IL | Regional Mexican |
| WNWI | 1080 | AM | Oak Lawn | IL | Ethnic |
| WCAR | 1090 | AM | Livonia | MI | Regional Mexican |
| WCXI | 1160 | AM | Fenton | MI | Brokered (Overcomer Ministry) |
| WCXN | 1170 | AM | Claremont | NC | Brokered (Overcomer Ministry) |
| KJMU | 1340 | AM | Sand Springs | OK | Spanish |
| KOLE | 1340 | AM | Port Arthur | TX | Brokered (Overcomer Ministry) |
| WBRD | 1420 | AM | Palmetto | FL | Brokered (Overcomer Ministry) |
| WBVA | 1450 | AM | Bayside | VA | Defunct, license deleted by FCC |
| WPON | 1460 | AM | Walled Lake | MI | Oldies |
| KXLQ | 1490 | AM | Indianola | IA | Regional Mexican |
| WVAB | 1550 | AM | Virginia Beach | VA | Defunct, license deleted by FCC |
- Operated by Bay Broadcasting Inc. (Michael Powell) under an LMA. Currently silent after the station's facilities were destroyed in a 2022 fire.
- Operated by iHeartMedia under a local marketing agreement.
- WNZK broadcasts on 690 kHz during the daytime and on 680 kHz during the nighttime; it is the only mediumwave radio station in North America licensed to operate on two different frequencies with the same license, a privilege otherwise only granted to shortwave stations.
- Operated by Radio Saaz-o-Awaz in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, under a local marketing agreement. Birach holds the WTOR license due to regulations forbidding foreign ownership of stations.
Television station
| Station | Channel | Community of license | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KIJR-LP | 47 | Lucerne Valley, California | Defunct; license cancelled July 8, 2022 |