Birach Broadcasting Corporation

Birach Broadcasting Corporation is a company based in Southfield, Michigan, United States, that owns several AM radio stations and, formerly, one low-power television (LPTV) station in the US. 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.

Stations owned

Radio stations

Callsign Frequency Band City State Format
WWCS 540AMCanonsburgPABrokered (Overcomer Ministry)
WMFN 640AMPeotoneILGospel music
WNZK 690AM Dearborn Heights MI Ethnic, talk
680AM
WDMV 700AMWalkersvilleMDSpanish
WEW 770AMSt. LouisMOBrokered (Overcomer Ministry)
WTOR 770AMYoungstownNYEthnic
WIJR 880AMHighlandILRegional Mexican
WNWI 1080AMOak LawnILEthnic
WCAR 1090AMLivoniaMIOldies
WCXI 1160AMFentonMIClassic hits
WCXN 1170AMClaremontNCBrokered (Overcomer Ministry)
KJMU 1340AMSand SpringsOKSpanish
KOLE 1340AMPort ArthurTXBrokered (Overcomer Ministry)
WBRD 1420AMPalmettoFLBrokered (Overcomer Ministry)
WBVA 1450AMBaysideVADefunct, license deleted by FCC
WPON 1460AMWalled LakeMIOldies
KXLQ 1490AMIndianolaIARegional Mexican
WVAB 1550AMVirginia BeachVADefunct, license deleted by FCC
  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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 47Lucerne Valley, California Defunct; license cancelled July 8, 2022

References

  1. ↑ "Birach Broadcasting Corp - Company Profile and News". Bloomberg. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Sima Birach, Sr". Insideradio.com. October 28, 2025. Retrieved October 28, 2025.