WDAY (AM)
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| City of license | Fargo, North Dakota |
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| Broadcast area | Fargo-Moorhead |
| Branding | WDAY 970 |
| Slogan | News, Talk, Sports |
| Frequency | 970 AM (kHz) |
| First air date | May 23, 1922 |
| Format | Commercial; News/Talk |
| Power | 5,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Affiliations | ABC News |
| Owner | Forum Communications |
| Sister stations | WDAY-TV |
| Website | http://www.wday.com/ |
WDAY 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. The station recently announced several changes in its programming line-up, due to the departure of long time host and station manager Scott Hennen. Hennen left WDAY in April 2008 to begin his own station, WZFN-AM 1100 (whose call letters will be changing to WZFG-AM in July 2008). Along with Hennen, morning show host Paul Bougie left the station to go to 1100AM, and the Sean Hanity show will also be switching stations soon. WDAY's new daytime lineup includes:
- 5:00-8:45 The "Info Team" with Tracy Briggs and Rob Kupec
- 8:45-1045 Ben and Jim
- 10:45-11:00 Paul Harvey
- 11:00-1:00 Bill O'Reilly
- 1:00-3:00 Al Aamodt
- 3:00-5:00 Lou Dobbs
WDAY is also 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.
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.
Most stations west of the Mississippi begin with K, however WDAY licensed its call letters before the U.S. government changed its call sign conventions in 1923. Prior to 1923, W signified a station was west of the Mississippi river and K signified a station was east of the river. Many stations around the country reversed this convention and the U.S. government changed its policy to conform to what the majority of stations did.
[edit] Past personalities
Don Dresser, Earl Williams, Don Hall, Mark Swartzell, Don Haney, Howard Graber, Don Johnson, Boyd Christianson, Lois Altenberg, Bob Aronson, Gary Helmer, Jeanette Stanton, Jeff Left, Roger Strom, John Korsmo, Dave Bateman, Ed Schultz, Scott Hennen, Paul Bougie
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