WDAY-TV
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| Fargo, North Dakota | |
| Branding | WDAY 6 Television (general) WDAY News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Your News Leader |
| Channels | |
| Subchannels | 6.1 ABC HD 6.2 The CW 6.3 Storm Tracker |
| Affiliations | ABC |
| Owner | Forum Communications Company |
| First air date | June 1, 1953 |
| Call letters’ meaning | taken from sister radio station, which was randomly-assigned by the FCC [1] |
| Sister station(s) | WDAY (AM), WDAZ-TV |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 6 (1953-2009) |
| Former affiliations | NBC (1953-1983) |
| Transmitter Power | 1000 kW (digital) |
| Height | 322 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 22129 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | 47°0′27.9″N 97°12′3.6″W / 47.00775°N 97.201°W |
| Website | www.wday.com |
WDAY-TV, channel 6, is the ABC affiliate for Fargo, North Dakota. The station serves the southern half of the Fargo-Grand Forks television market, with WDAZ-TV serving the northern half. It broadcasts from a 1,000 foot tower located near Amenia, North Dakota.
The station is owned by Forum Communications of Fargo, which also owns WDAY Radio and The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead.
Fargo CW, a CW affiliate is carried on a digital subchannel of WDAY (channel 6.2 PSIP). Fargo CW is carried on most cable systems in the Fargo-Grand Forks market.
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[edit] History
WDAY-TV went on the air for the first time in 1953 as the third television station in North Dakota, and the first in the eastern part of the state. Originally an NBC affiliate, it switched to ABC in 1983, a year after former sister station KSFY-TV switched from NBC to ABC. Former ABC affiliate KTHI-TV (now KVLY-TV) became the NBC affiliate.
Unlike rivals KXJB-TV and KVLY, WDAY-TV is all but unviewable in the northern part of the market, including Grand Forks. It must conform its signal to protect CBC Television's Winnipeg station, CBWT, which signed on a year after WDAY-TV. To solve this problem, it signed on semi-satellite WDAZ-TV in 1967. WDAZ-TV identifies as a station in its own right, producing its own newscasts and airing 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 part of the Fargo-Grand Forks market, while WDAY-TV serves the southern portion.
In 1998, WDAY-TV launched a cable channel carrying The WB 100+ and The WB programming. The channel became "Fargo CW", and became available over the air as a digital subchannel of WDAY-TV. Fargo CW also carries programming from The CW Plus. In 2007, WDAY began broadcasting in high-definition.
WDAY-TV is one of the few stations in the country that still signs off at night. It goes off the air after the 1:06 am rebroadcast of WDAY News at 10 and does not air World News Now, it is also best-known for pre-empting most NBA Countdown shows on Sunday Mornings for Paid Programming. Its daytime schedule includes the long-running sitcom Coach.
Most stations west of the Mississippi begin with K, however WDAY radio licensed 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.
WDAY will broadcast in digital format only, effective June 12, 2009.[1]
[edit] News and Sports
WDAY-TV produces local newscasts during Monday through Friday at 6:00am, 5:00pm, 6:00pm, and 10:00pm, Saturdays at 6:00pm and 10:00pm, and a Sunday newscast at 10:00pm. The morning newscast, First News, at 6:00am Monday through Fridays, is simulcast on WDAZ-TV.
The station also broadcasts some North Dakota State University football and basketball games as well as WDAZ-produced University of North Dakota hockey games.
[edit] News team
[edit] Anchors
- Kerstin Kealy (Weekday Co-anchor of 6PM and 10PM Newscasts / Producer)
- Dana Mogck (Weekday Co-anchor of 6PM and 10PM Newscasts)
- TJ Nelson (Weekday Anchor of 5PM Newscasts / Producer)
- Chastity Walberg (First News Anchor/Producer)
- Jason Vincent (First News Anchor)
- Kelsey Soby (Weekday Anchor of 5PM Newscasts)
- Travis Skonseng (Weekend Co-Anchor)
- Stephanie Goetz (Weekend Co-Anchor)
[edit] Meteorologists (Weather)
- John Wheeler (Chief Meteorologist - Weekday Evenings)
- Daryl Ritchison (Meteorologist - Weekday Mornings and Midday)
- Rob Kupec (Meteorologist - Weekends)
[edit] Sports
- Steve Hallstrom (Weekdays)
- Dom Izzo (Weekends)
[edit] Other
- Sarah Klaphake (Reporter)
- Christina Vaughan(Reporter)
- Kevin Wallevand (Feature Reporter)
[edit] Past Personalities
[edit] ABC Kids
WDAY airs the full four-hour block, including the non-E/I Power Rangers hour, starting at 8:00 AM CT, directly as fed by the network.
[edit] Fargo CW
Fargo CW is a cable-only station with WB affiliation, and branded as "WBFG". It was operated by WDAY-TV and was part of The WB 100+, a group of cable-only WB affiliates that shared programming outside of The WB's primetime schedule. The WB 100+ was similar to The CW Plus, which Fargo CW is currently part of. The network is also a regular channel VIA Cable servers. Those with Cable will generally have this network included since WB previously held the slot. On September 18, 2006, when The CW began broadcasting, Fargo CW was available over-the-air on a digital subchannel of WDAY-TV.
[edit] Former logos and screenshots
 This WDAY logo in the station ID was used when it had NBC affiliation and KTHI (now KVLY) had ABC affiliation. It featured the stations then newsteam (from left: sportscaster Terry Dean, meteorolgist Dewey Bergquist and longtime news anchor Marv Bossart) and showed the temperature of Fargo (67 degrees) |
 Former WDAY logo introduced in 1983 when its affliliation changed to ABC. Variations of this logo were used until 2005. |
[edit] Translators
WDAY is broadcasted on the following translators (low-powered rebroadcasters):
- K02DD Channel 2 Jamestown, ND
- K02MM Channel 2 Fergus Falls, MN
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- WDAY website
- Fargo CW
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WDAY
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WDAY-TV
- ^ Congress delays digital TV conversion, The Forum, Fargo ND, February 5, 2009
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