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 is wholly owned by its president and CEO Sima Birach.
Callsign | Frequency | Band | City | State | Format |
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KJMU | 1340 | AM | Sand Springs | OK | Spanish |
KOLE | 1340 | AM | Port Arthur | TX | Brokered (Overcomer Ministry) |
KXLQ | 1490 | AM | Indianola | IA | Regional Mexican |
WBRD | 1420 | AM | Palmetto | FL | Brokered (Overcomer Ministry) |
WBVA | 1450 | AM | Bayside | VA | Defunct, license deleted by FCC |
WCAR | 1090 | AM | Livonia | MI | Regional Mexican |
WCXI | 1160 | AM | Fenton | MI | Brokered (Overcomer Ministry) |
WCXN | 1170 | AM | Claremont | NC | Brokered (Overcomer Ministry) |
WDMV | 700 | AM | Walkersville | MD | Spanish |
WEW | 770 | AM | St. Louis | MO | Brokered (Overcomer Ministry) |
WGOP | 540 | AM | Pocomoke City | MD | Silent [lower-alpha 1] |
WIJR | 880 | AM | Highland | IL | Regional Mexican |
WMFN | 640 | AM | Peotone | IL | Black Information Network [lower-alpha 2] |
WNWI | 1080 | AM | Oak Lawn | IL | Ethnic |
WNZK [lower-alpha 3] | 690 | AM | Dearborn Heights | MI | Ethnic, talk |
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WPON | 1460 | AM | Walled Lake | MI | Oldies |
WTOR | 770 | AM | Youngstown | NY | Ethnic [lower-alpha 4] |
WVAB | 1550 | AM | Virginia Beach | VA | Defunct, license deleted by FCC |
WWCS | 540 | AM | Canonsburg | PA | Brokered (Overcomer Ministry) |
Station | Channel | Community of license | Network | Notes |
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KIJR-LP | 47 | Lucerne Valley, California | Defunct; license cancelled July 8, 2022 |
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