Forum Communications Company

Forum Communications Company

Company type	Private
Industry	Television, Radio, Advertising, Broadcasting, Newspaper, Internet services
Founded	1878
Headquarters	Fargo, North Dakota, United States
Key people	Bill Marcil, Sr., Chairman Bill Marcil, Jr., President, CEO and Publisher
Revenue	Unknown
Net income	Unknown
Number of employees	2500+
Website	www.forumcomm.com

Forum Communications Company is a media firm based in Fargo, North Dakota. The company prints a number of newspapers in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Its flagship and namesake is The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. The company also owns Fargo radio station WDAY-AM 970 and four television stations in North Dakota, all affiliated with ABC. It is owned by the Marcil-Black family of Fargo. N. B. Black bought the Forum in 1917; current chairman William "Bill" Marcil, Sr. is the husband of N. B. Black's great-granddaughter.

On June 7, 2006, Forum Communications purchased the Grand Forks Herald and the Duluth News Tribune. In May 2009, Forum Communications ceased publication of the Lake Elmo Leader and the Stillwater Courier.

Newspapers

• The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead (Fargo, North Dakota) [1]
• Grand Forks Herald (Grand Forks, North Dakota) [2]
• Duluth News Tribune (Duluth, Minnesota) [3]
• Alexandria Echo Press (Alexandria, Minnesota) [4]
• The Pioneer (Bemidji, Minnesota) [5]
• Brainerd Dispatch (Brainerd, Minnesota) [6]
• The Daily Republic (Mitchell, South Dakota) [7]
• Detroit Lakes Tribune, Becker County Record, Lake Area Press (Detroit Lakes, Minnesota) [8]
• The Dickinson Press (Dickinson, North Dakota) [9]
• The Farmington Independent (Farmington, Minnesota) [10]
• Rosemount Town Pages (Farmington, Minnesota) [11]
• The Hastings Star-Gazette (Hastings, Minnesota) [12]
• Hudson Star-Observer (Hudson, Wisconsin) [13]
• The Jamestown Sun (Jamestown, North Dakota) [14]
• The Morris Sun Tribune (Morris, Minnesota)[15]
• New Richmond News (New Richmond, Wisconsin) [16]
• New York Mills Herald (New York Mills, Minnesota) [17]
• The Park Rapids Enterprise (Park Rapids, Minnesota)[18]
• The Republican Eagle (Red Wing, Minnesota) [19]
• The Perham Enterprise Bulletin (Perham, Minnesota) [20]
• Pierce County Herald (Ellsworth, Wisconsin) [21]
• River Falls Journal (River Falls, Wisconsin) [22]
• South Washington County Bulletin (Cottage Grove, Minnesota) [23]
• Wadena Pioneer Journal (Wadena, Minnesota) [24]
• The West Fargo Pioneer (West Fargo, North Dakota) [25]
• West Central Tribune (Willmar, Minnesota) [26]
• Woodbury Bulletin (Woodbury, Minnesota) [27]
• Worthington Daily Globe (Worthington, Minnesota) [28]

Television stations

State	City	Call sign	Channel		Network
			PSIP	RF	DT-1	DT-2	DT-3
North Dakota	Fargo	WDAY-TV	6	21	ABC	CW	Weather
	Grand Forks	WDAZ-TV	8	8	ABC	CW	Weather
	Bismarck	KBMY1	17	17	ABC
	Minot	KMCY1	14	14	ABC

^{1 - Operated in partnership with KXMB/KXMC through a joint agreement}

Radio stations

Call sign	Frequency	City	Format	Branding
WDAY	970 AM	Fargo	News/Talk	970 WDAY

Interactive

• InforumTV[29]
• i29.net[30]
• Interactive Media Group
• ApartmentsHQ[31]
• CarsHQ[32]
• HomesHQ[33]
• JobsHQ[34]
• AreaVoices[35]
• AreaPhotos[36]
• NewspaperPrints[37]

External links

• Forum Communications website