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WDAZ-TV
(semi-satellite of WDAY-TV,
Fargo, North Dakota)
WDAZ Logo
Grand Forks, North Dakota
City of license Devils Lake, North Dakota
Branding WDAZ 8 Television
WDAZ News
Slogan Your Home Team
Channels Analog: 8 (VHF)

Digital: 59 (UHF)
Affiliations ABC
Owner Forum Communications Company
First air date 1967[1]
Call letters’ meaning taken from WDAY-TV with a Z
Sister station(s) WDAY-TV
Former affiliations NBC (1967-1983)
Transmitter Power 316 kW (analog)
100 kW (digital)
Height 451 m (analog)
389 m (digital)
Facility ID 22124
Transmitter Coordinates 48°8′18″N, 97°59′36.7″W
Website www.wdaz.com

WDAZ-TV, channel 8, is an ABC affiliate located in Grand Forks, North Dakota. WDAY-TV, channel 6 is the ABC affiliate for Fargo North Dakota. Fargo is a city in Cass County, North Dakota in the United States. Grand Forks is the third-largest city in the US state of North Dakota and the County seat of Grand Forks County. A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting is the community that a Radio station or Television station Devils Lake is a city in Ramsey County, North Dakota in the United States. A brand is a collection of Images and ideas representing an economic producer more specifically it refers to the descriptive verbal attributes and concrete symbols such as a A slogan is a memorable Motto or Phrase used in a Political, commercial, Religious and other context as a repetitive expression of In Broadcasting, a channel is a range of frequencies (or equivalently Wavelengths assigned by a government for the operation of a particular Television Analog (or analogue) television encodes Television picture and sound information and transmits it as an Analog signal: one in which the Very high frequency (VHF is the Radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Digital Terrestrial Television ( DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels and/or better quality of picture and The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Ownership is the state or fact of exclusive rights and control over Property, which may be an object, land/real estate, Intellectual property Forum Communications Company is a media firm based in Fargo North Dakota. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. In Broadcasting and Radio communications a call sign (also known as a callsign or call letters, or abbreviated as a call, or otherwise WDAY-TV, channel 6 is the ABC affiliate for Fargo North Dakota. In Broadcasting, sister stations or sister channels (or "sibling stations" in gender-neutral form are radio and/or Television stations WDAY-TV, channel 6 is the ABC affiliate for Fargo North Dakota. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's In radio Telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power (ERP is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency (RF The watt (symbol W) is the SI derived unit of power, equal to one Joule of energy per Second. Height above average terrain ( HAAT) (or less popularly EHAAT, Effective Height Above Average Terrain is used extensively in FM Radio and The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International The facility ID number or FIN is a unique positive integer assigned by the United States Federal Communications Commission to each domestic and international A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Grand Forks is the third-largest city in the US state of North Dakota and the County seat of Grand Forks County. The station serves the northern half of the Fargo-Grand Forks television market. The station also has significant viewership in southern Manitoba, Canada including Winnipeg. Manitoba (English ˌmænɨˈtoʊbə French /manitoba/ is a province of Canada, spanning 647797 square kilometres (250116  sq mi of North America Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Winnipeg (ˈwɪnɨpɛg is the capital and largest city in the Canadian province of Manitoba, and 7th largest municipality in Canada with a population

The station is owned by Forum Communications of Fargo, North Dakota, which also owns the Grand Forks Herald. Forum Communications Company is a media firm based in Fargo North Dakota. Fargo is a city in Cass County, North Dakota in the United States. The Grand Forks Herald is a daily Broadsheet Newspaper, begun in 1879, published in Grand Forks North Dakota. Licensed to serve Devils Lake, North Dakota, WDAZ also operates a studio and sales office in Devils Lake. A broadcast license is a specific type of spectrum licence that grants the Licensee the privilege to use a portion of the Radio frequency spectrum Devils Lake is a city in Ramsey County, North Dakota in the United States. The station broadcasts from a 1,400-foot tower located near Dahlen, North Dakota, which is roughly between Grand Forks and Devils Lake. Dahlen is an unincorporated community in Nelson County, North Dakota in the United States.

While WDAZ identifies as a station in its own right, it is generally considered to be a semi-satellite of WDAY-TV. WDAY-TV, channel 6 is the ABC affiliate for Fargo North Dakota. It produces its own newscasts, and airs its own commercials. However, it rebroadcasts most of WDAY-TV's syndicated programming, and the two stations often share news stories. WDAZ serves the northern portion of the Fargo-Grand Forks market, while WDAY-TV serves the southern portion.

The station is noted for being nationally honored with the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award for Continuing Coverage during the Red River Flood of 1997. The Red River Flood of 1997 was a major Flood that occurred in April and May 1997 along the Red River of the North in North Dakota, Minnesota The station also became exposed on YouTube for its report on the emo trend on February 23, 2007. YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload view and share Video clips YouTube was created in February 2005 by three former PayPal employees Emo (ˈiːmoʊ is a genre of music that originated from Hardcore punk early on and adopted Pop-punk influences later on in the 2000s when Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

Contents

History

WDAZ went on the air for the first time on January 29, 1967 as a semi-satellite of WDAY-TV. Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Unlike the other Fargo stations, WDAY-TV does not put a strong signal into Grand Forks and the northern part of the market. It must conform its signal to protect CBC Television station CBWT of Winnipeg, which is also on channel 6. CBC Television is a Canadian English language Television network. CBWT is a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Television station in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Winnipeg (ˈwɪnɨpɛg is the capital and largest city in the Canadian province of Manitoba, and 7th largest municipality in Canada with a population WDAZ was the first station to sign on serving the Grand Forks area. Originally an NBC affiliate, it switched to ABC along with sister station WDAY-TV in May 1983; KTHI-TV (now KVLY-TV) became the new NBC affiliate. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) KVLY channel 11 (44 digital/HD) is the NBC Television affiliate based in Fargo North Dakota that serves much of eastern North Dakota

The station won the Edward R. Murrow Award for continuing coverage in 1997 for staying on-the-air providing coverage of the 1997 flood while Grand Forks was evacuated. The Red River Flood of 1997 was a major Flood that occurred in April and May 1997 along the Red River of the North in North Dakota, Minnesota In 2007, WDAZ began broadcasting in high-definition. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. High-definition television (HDTV is a Digital television Broadcasting system with higher resolution than traditional television systems (standard-definition

WDAZ is one of the few stations in the country that still signs off at night. It goes off the air after its 12:08 a. m. airing of Jimmy Kimmel Live and does not show World News Now. Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night Talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.

Internet exposure

WDAZ's report on the emo youth trend on its February 23, 2007 newscast made national exposure on YouTube,[2][3] being one of the most watched videos during the week of February 25, 2007. Emo (ˈiːmoʊ is a genre of music that originated from Hardcore punk early on and adopted Pop-punk influences later on in the 2000s when Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload view and share Video clips YouTube was created in February 2005 by three former PayPal employees Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. It was later added on eBaumsWorld's daily video updates. eBaum's World (subtitled "Media for The Masses" is a popular Website based in [4] The video was also on Rolling Stone magazine's Web site[5] and VH1's Best Week Ever Web site,[6] and Spin magazine. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published VH1 (known as VH-1 Video Hits One from 1985 to 1994 and VH1 Music First until 2003) is an American Cable television Best Week Ever ( BWE) is a weekly Television program on the United States cable / satellite network VH1 Spin is a Music Magazine that reports on Music for Life Founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione Jr [7]

The video has been heavily blogged and discussed about on online message boards. A blog (a contraction of the term " Web log " is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary descriptions of An, or message board, is a Bulletin board system in the form of a discussion site Critics of the news report have stated the report has been an exaggeration based on the Web sources used, which were meant to be satirical of the emo trend. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Satire is often strictly defined as a literary genre or form; although in practice it is also found in the graphic and Performing arts In satire human [8][9]

On its March 1, 2007 newscast, the station briefly responded to the national attention that the story has received. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. They stated that numerous phone calls and emails have been sent to the station in response to the video clip. On March 8, 2007, a commentary in the co-owned The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead was made on the emo trend. Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, previously titled the Fargo Forum, is a daily Newspaper printed in Fargo North Dakota owned by [10]

Newscasts

News

WDAZ produces local newscasts during Monday through Friday at 5:00 p. m. , 6:00 p. m. , and 10:00 p. m. , Saturdays at 6:00 p. m. and 10:00 p. m. , and a Sunday newscast at 10:00 p. m. The morning newscast, First News, at 6:00am Monday through Fridays, is simulcast with WDAY-TV. Longtime WDAZ personalities include news anchors Milo Smith and Terry Dullum, and sports anchor Pat Sweeney. Local weather forecasts are pre-recorded from WDAY-TV meteorologists. WDAY-TV, channel 6 is the ABC affiliate for Fargo North Dakota. Chuck Bundlie was the station's first news director and anchor, serving from 1967-1992.

WDAZ's newscasts are the most watched in Grand Forks because it is the only TV station in Grand Forks that produces newscasts. The station sometimes claims to have more people watching its newscasts than its competitors (KVLY, KXJB-TV and KBRR) combined. KXJB-TV is a CBS affiliate based in Fargo North Dakota and broadcasting on channel 4 ( HD/digital channel 38 KVRR is a Fox affiliate based in Fargo North Dakota broadcasting on channel 15 ( digital channel 19

Sports

WDAZ is also known for its coverage of University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux athletics. The University of North Dakota ( UND) is a Public university in Grand Forks North Dakota, USA. The North Dakota Fighting Sioux is the name of the athletic teams of the University of North Dakota (UND which is located in the city of Grand Forks North Dakota WDAZ airs a weekly sports program, "Fighting Sioux Coaches Show" with Pat Sweeney for Fighting Sioux football and basketball featuring interviews, highlights, and previews during the college athletic seasons. The North Dakota Fighting Sioux is the name of the athletic teams of the University of North Dakota (UND which is located in the city of Grand Forks North Dakota The station also produces telecasts in conjunction with the University of North Dakota both for its own airwaves and a cable network known as the Fighting Sioux Sports Network. The University of North Dakota ( UND) is a Public university in Grand Forks North Dakota, USA. The Fighting Sioux Sports Network (or FSSN) is a local cable channel operated in Grand Forks North Dakota by the University of North Dakota in conjunction This network, also known as "FSSN", broadcasts Fighting Sioux hockey, football, and basketball games which are distributed on cable television by Midcontinent Communications and other cable systems in North Dakota, Minnesota, and South Dakota. The North Dakota Fighting Sioux is the name of the athletic teams of the University of North Dakota (UND which is located in the city of Grand Forks North Dakota Midcontinent Communications is a provider of Cable TV, Internet, and general Telephony services for home and business largely serving the Dakota The Fighting Sioux Sports Network is also available all across the North American continent via Free-To-Air satellite. The Fighting Sioux Sports Network (or FSSN) is a local cable channel operated in Grand Forks North Dakota by the University of North Dakota in conjunction Free-to-air (FTA Television (TV and Radio broadcasts are sent unencrypted and may be received via any suitable receiver Free-to-view WDAZ Sports Director Pat Sweeney handles UND play-by-play on FSSN.

Personalities

Anchors

Weather

Sports

Reporters and photographers

Locally produced programs

Most locally produced programs outside of newscasts are weekend University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux coaches shows for Fighting Sioux football and basketball featuring interviews, highlights, and previews during the college athletic seasons, and is seen after the 10:00 p. UBS AG ( SWX: UBSN) is a diversified global financial services company with its main headquarters in Basel & Zürich, Switzerland UBS AG ( SWX: UBSN) is a diversified global financial services company with its main headquarters in Basel & Zürich, Switzerland The University of North Dakota ( UND) is a Public university in Grand Forks North Dakota, USA. The North Dakota Fighting Sioux is the name of the athletic teams of the University of North Dakota (UND which is located in the city of Grand Forks North Dakota The North Dakota Fighting Sioux is the name of the athletic teams of the University of North Dakota (UND which is located in the city of Grand Forks North Dakota m. news on Sunday. WDAZ formerly broadcast a political talk show called Agenda, which was primarily on local and regional issues. WDAY-TV produces a local outdoors show called Great Outdoors seen occasionally on WDAZ.

Logos and screenshots

WDAZ logo (c. 1983)

WDAZ logo from 1983, prior to the station's affiliation change from NBC to ABC.

WDAZ's old logo used in station IDs. Variations of this logo were used from 1983 to 2005. A variation of this logo is still mounted on its studio building in Grand Forks. This logo is also still seen in the sign-on and sign-off. Sign-on (or startup) is the term used to describe the beginning of operations for a Television station. Sign-off (or in British/Irish/New Zealand English closedown) is the sequence of operations involved when a radio or Television station shuts down its

Intro logo of The 10 O'Clock Report from 1985.

Current intro logo to all opening WDAZ newscasts.

Coverage area

Although WDAZ broadcasts in a small market that reaches only 82,000 television households, the station is also carried on Shaw Communications and MTS TV in southern Manitoba including the nearby Winnipeg, Manitoba region, reaching an additional 256,000 homes. Shaw Communications is a Canadian Telecommunications company that provides telephone internet and television services Manitoba Telecom Services Inc ( or MTS, formerly Manitoba Telephone System is the primary telecommunications carrier in the Canadian Province of Manitoba (English ˌmænɨˈtoʊbə French /manitoba/ is a province of Canada, spanning 647797 square kilometres (250116  sq mi of North America Winnipeg (ˈwɪnɨpɛg is the capital and largest city in the Canadian province of Manitoba, and 7th largest municipality in Canada with a population Winnipeg is several times larger than the entire population of WDAZ's American coverage area (and indeed the entire population of the Fargo/Grand Forks market).

WDAZ and Prairie Public Television are the only stations from this region that still air in Manitoba, after KVLY (formerly KTHI) and KXJB were replaced with other network affiliates in March 1986. Prairie Public Television (also known as Prairie Public, or simply PPTV) is the PBS member network for the U KXJB-TV is a CBS affiliate based in Fargo North Dakota and broadcasting on channel 4 ( HD/digital channel 38 Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) This was due to a Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission decision that allowed the Winnipeg cable companies to replace the CBS and NBC affiliates with Detroit stations because of complaints about poor reception, but denied them the ability to replace WDAZ with WXYZ or PPTV with WTVS (although this station would later be added as a second PBS station to cable customers). CRTC may also stand for Cathode Ray Tube Controller. Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ( CRTC, in French Conseil WXYZ-TV, channel 7 is the ABC affiliated television station in Detroit. WTVS, branded as Detroit Public Television, is the PBS member station in Detroit, Michigan. The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the [1] Shaw Cable airs WDAZ on cable channel 7 and MTS TV airs WDAZ on cable channel 13.

WDAZ can also be seen over the air in extreme southern Manitoba, and in southern parts of Winnipeg with a rooftop antenna. Winnipeg (ˈwɪnɨpɛg is the capital and largest city in the Canadian province of Manitoba, and 7th largest municipality in Canada with a population The reception of WDAZ over the air is poor, as its transmitter is over 100 miles (160 kilometers) from Winnipeg.

Advertising from Winnipeg businesses sometimes air on the station, although this is sometimes ineffective due to simultaneous substitution. Simultaneous substitution, or simsub, is the practice by which cable, Direct broadcast satellite and Multichannel multipoint distribution service Because WDAZ is carried on cable in southern Manitoba, it has become somewhat of a regional superstation. Manitoba (English ˌmænɨˈtoʊbə French /manitoba/ is a province of Canada, spanning 647797 square kilometres (250116  sq mi of North America For the UK radio overnight sustaining service see The Superstation.

Some areas that carry WDAZ on cable in western Minnesota are actually in the northwestern part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN television market. Minnesota ( Native Americans demonstrated the name to early settlers

Translators

WDAZ rebroadcasts on the following translators (low power rebroadcasters):

WDAZ-TV tower

WDAZ-TV broadcasts from a 445. Roseau is a city in Roseau County, Minnesota, USA. The population was 2756 at the 2000 census. Baudette is a city in Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota, United States. Grygla is a city in Marshall County, Minnesota, United States. Williams is a city in Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota, United States. 2 meter (1,460. 2 feet) high guy-wired aerial mast, making it the third tallest tower in North Dakota after the KVLY-TV tower and KXJB-TV tower. The KVLY-TV mast (formerly the KTHI-TV mast) is a tall Television -transmitting mast in Blanchard, Traill County, North Dakota The KXJB-TV mast is a Television transmitting tower in Traill County, North Dakota, United States. The tower is located in Dahlen, North Dakota, roughly located between Grand Forks and Devils Lake. Dahlen is an unincorporated community in Nelson County, North Dakota in the United States. Devils Lake is a city in Ramsey County, North Dakota in the United States.

See also

External links

References

  1. ^ The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says January 29, while the Television and Cable Factbook says February 8. The Fighting Sioux Sports Network (or FSSN) is a local cable channel operated in Grand Forks North Dakota by the University of North Dakota in conjunction The Grand Forks Herald is a daily Broadsheet Newspaper, begun in 1879, published in Grand Forks North Dakota. WDAY-TV, channel 6 is the ABC affiliate for Fargo North Dakota. Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
  2. ^ I Must Be Emo - News Report. Retrieved on 2007-03-01. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant
  3. ^ I Must Be Emo - News Report (full version w/ending). Retrieved on 2007-03-01. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant
  4. ^ Emo Point System. Retrieved on 2007-03-02. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 986 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks. 1127 - Assassination of Charles the Good
  5. ^ Clip of the Day: Cause of Death? Emo. Retrieved on 2007-03-01. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant
  6. ^ ICYMI: Watch Out! The Emo's Are Coming!!. Retrieved on 2007-03-01. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant
  7. ^ I Must Be Emo News Report. Retrieved on 2007-03-10. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing
  8. ^ Insta Emo Kit. Retrieved on 2007-03-01. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant
  9. ^ How To Dress Emo 2.0. Retrieved on 2007-03-01. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant
  10. ^ The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. Retrieved on 2007-03-08. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion.
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