WDAY-TV
 
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Fargo, North Dakota/Moorhead, Minnesota United States |
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| City | Fargo, North Dakota |
| Branding | WDAY 6 Television (general) WDAY News (newscasts) WDAY/WDAZ (regional) |
| Slogan | Your News Leader |
| Channels |
Digital: 21 (UHF) Virtual: 6 () |
| Subchannels | 6.1 ABC 6.2 Justice Network 6.3 WDAY'Z Xtra |
| Affiliations | ABC (secondary 1953–1959; primary since 1983) |
| Owner | Forum Communications |
| 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, KBMY-TV/KMCY-TV |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 6 (VHF, 1953–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
DT1: NBC (1953–1983) DT2: The CW Plus (2006–2016) |
| Transmitter power | 1000 kW |
| Height | 322 m |
| Facility ID | 22129 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 47°0′27.9″N 97°12′3.6″W / 47.007750°N 97.201000°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.wday.com |
WDAY-TV, channel 6.1, is the ABC-affiliated television station licensed to Fargo, North Dakota. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 21 (or virtual channel 6.1 via PSIP) from a 1,000-foot (300 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.
The station is owned by Forum Communications of Fargo, which also owns WDAY radio (970 AM) and The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. The facilities for WDAY-AM-TV are on South 8th Street in downtown Fargo. WDAY also operates, WDAZ-TV in Grand Forks, which airs local advertising and weekday newscasts focusing on the Grand Forks metro and northern portion of the Fargo/Grand Forks market. It also airs ABC programming. 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 some internal operations for sister stations and fellow ABC affiliates KBMY in Bismarck, North Dakota and KMCY in Minot, North Dakota
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