WZFG
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| Broadcast area | Fargo-Moorhead |
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| Frequency | 1100 kHz |
| Branding | AM 1100 The Flag |
| Programming | |
| Format | Conservative talk radio |
| Affiliations | Fox News Radio Salem Radio Network Westwood One |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WDAY | |
| History | |
Former call signs | WZFN (2006–2008) |
Call sign meaning | W Z FlaG (branding) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 135930 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 50,000 watts day 5,000 watts critical hours 440 watts night |
| Translator(s) | 92.3 K222DF (Dilworth) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | am1100theflag.com |
WZFG (1100 AM, "The Flag") is a radio station serving the Fargo-Moorhead market, licensed to Dilworth, Minnesota.
History
[edit]WZFN was originally owned by Brantley Broadcast Associates based in Alabama. WZFN was sold to Scott Hennen's SMAHH Communications of Fargo in April, 2008.[2]
WZFG was granted permission temporarily to remain at 50,000 watts 24 hours a day in order to expand coverage of the 2009 Red River flood.[3]
In the September 8, 2010 issue of The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, it was announced that Scott Hennen was removed as president and CEO of Great Plains Integrated Marketing, by the board of directors, effective that day. Other local outlets reported that "effective immediately, he will no longer be an employee, and therefore no longer running day to day operations". Later in 2010, Hennen returned to AM1100 in an afternoon program, replacing his friend Sean Hannity. This program lasted until the summer of 2011, when then-program director Bruce Kelly replaced the Hennen show with the syndicated Ed Schultz show (Schultz, ironically, was Hennen's longtime local rival in the Fargo market before fronting a national show.) In March 2012, the Rush Limbaugh program, which had run on AM1100 since it first signed on the air, moved to the new "101.9 Talk FM" (KRWK). KRWK returned to its previous rock format in September 2013; Limbaugh's program then returned to WZFG.[4]
In September 2014, Sean Hannity returned to the air on WZFG. Hannity had been off the air in eastern North Dakota since 2013.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WZFG". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1228901 [dead link]
- ^ "Fargo's Flag goes all-out for flood coverage". Radio Ink. 2009-03-30. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
- ^ "Limbaugh returning to AM 1100 The Flag". The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. September 13, 2013. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
- ^ "Hannity To Air Afternoons On AM 1100 The Flag and AM 1090 Tioga". Retrieved 2015-07-06.
External links
[edit]- Flag Family Media Website
- AM 1100 The Flag official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 135930 (WZFG) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WZFG in Nielsen Audio's AM station database