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02/09/2024
The tribe is negotiating a compact with the state of Minnesota to operate off-reservation cannabis dispensaries.
02/09/2024
Joli Truelson was last seen by friends getting into a gold-colored fastback car near Calhoun Avenue. Her body was found 15 hours later near Minnehaha Creek.
02/09/2024
SAGRA Food and Wine sources its meat, flours and produce from the Driftless Region.
02/09/2024
Despite concerns from two elected officials, Fargo's first responders are asking voters to support a 20-year, quarter-cent sales tax to fund the Fargo Fire Department and Fargo Police Department.
02/09/2024
Executive Director Beth Jansen talks about the future of The Cass County Historical Society, better known as Bonanzaville. Priorities include repairing structures and expanding events and activities.
02/09/2024
The town of Codell, Kansas, was hit by a tornado on May 20 three years in a row.
02/09/2024
The Cass County State's Attorney's office is still awaiting the police report from an altercation involving three men that left a member of Prairie Heights church dead.
02/09/2024
Even though she had been elected to public office, Linda Slaughter did not always support suffrage. Her perspective changed when she became her family’s sole provider.
02/09/2024
Regional and area scores, schedules, standings and polls.
02/09/2024
Concordia's men's team played in the Augsburg Invitational and the women's team played in the CSB Invite over the weekend.
02/09/2024
Four pitchers didn't give Fargo-Moorhead much in the second-to-last regular-season game of the season on Sunday.
02/09/2024
The Minnesota Lynx recovered from a lopsided Friday loss to beat the Chicago Sky 79-74 Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis.
02/09/2024
Scottie Scheffler closed strong Sunday to win the championship and $25 million prize.
02/09/2024
This story will be updated as information becomes available.
02/09/2024
A nine-game homestand at Target Field looked like a prime opportunity for the Twins to reset in the comforts of their own ballpark as they make a push for the postseason.
02/09/2024
The grants are part of the 5-year-old Lawns to Legumes program operated by the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources.
02/09/2024
Police chief Brian O’Hara says this year will be the first time since 2020 that the department will see an increase in sworn officers.
02/09/2024
Darius Taylor missed seven games last season, and the Gophers’ top running back has already missed one this year, the season-opening 19-17 loss to North Carolina on Thursday.
01/09/2024
Minnesota United’s long throw-ins have become a part of the team’s identity under head coach Eric Ramsay this season. But chucking it deep from the sideline is not considered a Hail Mary strategy.
01/09/2024
This story will be updated as information becomes available.
01/09/2024
The most pivotal player is veteran quarterback Sam Darnold as he attempts to resurrect his career.
01/09/2024
The group walked around for 6 hours with matching “Wedding Reception On-A-Stick” T-shirts while eating fair food, visiting the 4H animals and going on fair rides.
01/09/2024
“Native elders and families are going hungry, and there is no permanent solution from the federal government yet in sight," says chairperson Cole Miller.
01/09/2024
Rosa Parks Charter High School had just started a new school year when the ruling came down from its authorizing institution.
01/09/2024
While the cost of attending a four-year school in North Dakota was slightly below average, the cost to attend a two-year college in the state averaged higher than similar campuses in the region
01/09/2024
Bellowing beasts take to the land during the annual celebration of farm life and equipment from days-gone-by. The reunion continues through Monday.
01/09/2024
Hear from NDSU Head Football Coach Tim Polasek after an impressive performance against Colorado to kick off the season --
Catch more insights on the brand new Bison Football Show premiering tonight at 10:35 PM on WDAY!
01/09/2024
“I believe that there will be opportunities and places where we can tighten out belts without pain,” Commissioner John Strand told The Forum.
01/09/2024
This recipe is for sweet and sour cocktail meatballs, a staple of party buffets across the United States.
01/09/2024
What is being called GolfNXT will provide opportunities for both golf and fitness, according to developer Ross Uglem.
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WDAY-TV is an ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Fargo, North Dakota, United States. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 21 (or virtual channel 6 via PSIP) from a 1,000-foot (305 m) tall transmitter tower near Amenia. On cable, the station can be seen on channel 6 in most areas, and on Midcontinent Communications digital channel 606 and Cable One digital channel 1006 in high definition.
WDAY-TV serves as the flagship television station of Fargo-based Forum Communications, which also owns WDAY radio (970 AM) and The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. The facilities for WDAY-AM-TV are located on South 8th Street in downtown Fargo. WDAY also operates semi-satellite WDAZ-TV (channel 8), licensed to Devils Lake, which simulcasts all of WDAY's network and syndicated programming, but airs separate identifications and local commercials targeting the Grand Forks metro and northern portion of the Fargo–Grand Forks market. WDAZ also has significant viewership in southern Manitoba, Canada, including Winnipeg, which has double the population of the Fargo–Grand Forks market as a whole.
WDAY-TV also handles master control and internal operations for sister stations and fellow ABC affiliates KBMY in Bismarck and KMCY in Minot.
WDAY-TV went on the air for the first time in 1953 as the second television station in North Dakota (after KCJB-TV, now KXMC-TV, in Minot), and the first in Fargo and the eastern part of the state. It was owned by a group of Fargo investors, the largest of which was Norman Black, owner and publisher of The Forum. Black bought the remaining shares in 1958.
It was originally an NBC affiliate when it signed on in 1953. WDAY swapped affiliations and became an ABC affiliate in 1983.
WDAZ was established in 1967 and serves the northern part of the Fargo–Grand Forks market, while WDAY-TV serves the southern portion.
WDAY/WDAZ began operating cable-only WB affiliate "WBFG" in 1998. WDAY/WDAZ replaced "WBFG" with the Justice Network (which moved from 6.4) on new digital broadcast subchannels WDAY 6.2 and WDAZ 8.2 on September 12, 2016 and WDAY'Z Xtra (which launched in 2013) on digital subchannel 6.3 in the Fargo area and 8.3 in the Grand Forks area. WDAY-DT4 returned to the air in 2017 as an affiliate of Ion.
WDAY-TV is one of the westernmost stations in the country whose call sign begins with W. Most stations west of the Mississippi River begin with K; however, WDAY radio received its call letters before the U.S. government moved the K-W boundary in 1923 from the state borders between 102 and 104 degrees West longitude (including the North Dakota–Montana border) to the Mississippi River.
News operation and programming[edit]
WDAY-TV presently broadcasts 29½ hours of locally produced newscasts and other programming each week (with 4½ hours each weekday, three hours on Saturdays, and 1½ hours on Sundays).[11] For the better part of the last two decades, WDAY's newscasts have traditionally led the ratings in the Fargo–Grand Forks market. WDAZ has traditionally dominated the ratings for the northern part of the market.
WDAZ once had a larger news presence, as it aired separate 5 p.m. and weekend newscasts, with the only WDAY newscast airing being the morning First News. WDAZ's weekend news was taken over by WDAY in 2011 and its 5 p.m. weekday newscast was taken over in July 2014.[12][13] The decision to replace the 5 p.m. broadcast was met with an immediate backlash from viewers, including those who circulated a petition on Change.org demanding that Forum restore the local 5 p.m. news to WDAZ.[14]
In August 2016, WDAY launched a half-hour prime time newscast on its second and third subchannels called WDAY News at 9. WDAY' News at 9 is also simulcast on WDAZ's subchannels in Grand Forks, as well as KBMY/KMCY's subchannels in the Bismarck/Minot market.
On September 11, 2017, WDAY launched a 4 p.m. weekday newscast. It was the first afternoon newscast ever to air in the market.[15]
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