WDAY-AM

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WDAY
City of license	Fargo, North Dakota
Broadcast area	Fargo-Moorhead
Branding	WDAY 970
Slogan	News, Talk, Sports
First air date	1922
Frequency	970 AM (kHz)
Format	Commercial; News/Talk
Power	5,000 watts
Class	B
Affiliations	ABC
Owner	Forum Communications
Website	http://www.wday.com/

WDAY-AM is North Dakota's first and oldest radio station. It began in 1922 and carries the ABC Radio network, although currently it mainly consists of top-of-the-hour newscasts. Its parent company, Forum Communications, also owns ABC affiliate WDAY-TV 6 and The Forum newspaper in Fargo. Forum Communications also owns ABC affiliate WDAZ-TV 8 in Grand Forks and several other newspapers and TV stations in North Dakota and Minnesota.

Its main format is news and talk radio that includes a few locally-based talk shows. Its most popular local talk show is "Hot Talk" with conservative host Scott Hennen. Hennen is a frequent fill-in host for nationally syndicated Sean Hannity. WDAY is the longtime radio home for the NDSU Bison football and basketball games. WDAY is also the radio home of the Fargo-Moorhead Redhawks minor league baseball team.

Well known radio talk show host Mike Siegel, who once hosted Coast to Coast AM, temporarily hosted "Noonday" in February 2006 after Jack Sunday and Sandy Buttweiler left the station to return to KFGO. Ed Schultz hosted Viewpoint and was a play-by-play commentator for North Dakota State University (NDSU) football before being current host of News and Views on rival KFGO, and host of the national The Ed Schultz Show.

WDAY's power is 5,000 watts, and it uses one transmitter in the daytime and three at night. Its listening area is the second largest in North Dakota, after KFYR-AM in Bismarck, covering the eastern half of North Dakota, northwestern Minnesota, northeastern South Dakota, and extreme southern Manitoba.

[edit] Program Schedule

Weekdays

• Alan Colmes (1-4AM)
• America in the Morning (4-5AM)
• WDAY Information Team with Paul & Tracy (5-9AM)
• Hot Talk with Scott Hennen (9AM-Noon)
• Noon Day with Angie and Darcy (Noon-2PM)
• Sean Hannity (2-5PM)
• WDAY-TV News (5-5:30PM)
• ABC World News Tonight simulcast of WDAY-TV (5:30-6PM)
• WDAY-TV News (6-6:30PM)
• Prime Time Sports (6:30-8PM)
• Laura Ingraham (8-10PM)
• WDAY-TV News (10-10:30PM)
• Laura Ingraham (10:30-11PM)
• Mark Levin (11PM-1AM)

Saturday

• Mark Levin (1-4AM)
• Alan Colmes (4-5AM)
• Good Day Live (5-7AM)
• Talk Radio Countdown (7-9AM)
• Paul Bougie Show (9-10AM)
• Smart Shopper Radio Auction (10AM-Noon)
• The Golf Show (summer) / The Sports Show (winter) (Noon-2PM)
• Lyn Nichols (2-3PM)
• Bruce Hager (2-3PM)
• Money Talk with Bob Brinker (3-6PM)
• WDAY-TV News (6-6:30PM)
• Bruce Williams (6:30-8PM)
• "Troubleshooter" Tom Martino (8-10PM)
• WDAY-TV News (10-10:30PM)
• "Troubleshooter" Tom Martino (10:30-Midnight)

Sunday

• Laura Ingraham (12-3AM)
• Saturday Night America (3-7AM)
• Perspectives (7-8AM)
• Local Sports & Weather (8-8:30AM)
• ABC World News (8:30-9AM)
• Christian Science Sentinel (9-9:30AM)
• First Luthern Church (9:30-10:30AM)
• Olivet Luthern (10:30-11:30AM)
• Good Shephard Hour (11:30AM-12:30AM)
• World News This Week (12:30-1PM)
• The Money Pit (1-3PM)
• Money Talk with Bob Brinker (3-6PM)
• Tony Snow (6-8PM)
• "Troubleshooter" Tom Martino (8-10PM)
• WDAY-TV News (10-10:30PM)
• "Troubleshooter" Tom Martino (10:30-Midnight)

[edit] See also

• WDAY-TV
• The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead

[edit] External links

• WDAY website
• Query the FCC's AM station database for WDAY