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WDAY
WDAY logo
City of license Fargo, North Dakota
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/

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Its main format is news and talk radio that includes a few locally-based talk shows. This article is about Broadcast radio, for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. 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:

WDAY is also the longtime radio home for the NDSU Bison football and basketball games. North Dakota State University of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, more commonly known as North Dakota State University ( NDSU) is a Public university in WDAY is also the radio home of the Fargo-Moorhead Redhawks minor league baseball team. The Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks are a professional baseball team based in Fargo North Dakota, in the United States.

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. KFYR (550 AM) is a Radio station located in Bismarck North Dakota, owned by Clear Channel Communications.

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.

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

See also

External links

WDAY-TV, channel 6 is the ABC affiliate for Fargo North Dakota. The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, previously titled the Fargo Forum, is a daily Newspaper printed in Fargo North Dakota owned by
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