and general news daily at 7:30 p.m. except Sunday, and, on 485 meters, weather reports daily at 7:30 p.m., both by voice and by Morse Code. In 1923 ownership was changed to Fargo Radio Service (Kenneth N. Hance), which later became the Radio Equipment Corporation. On November 11, 1928, under the provisions of the Federal Radio Commission's General Order 40, WDAY was assigned to 1280 kHz on a timeshare basis with WEBC, then in Superior, Wisconsin. The next year WDAY moved to 940 kHz, now with unlimited hours of operation. On January 8, 1935, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved increasing WDAY's power to 5,000 watts. The Fargo Forum newspaper obtained a minority interest in the station in 1935, and gained controlling interest of WDAY and WDAY-TV in 1960. On March 29, 1941, stations on 940 kHz moved to 970 kHz, with the implementation of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement. On May 30, 2011, a severe thunderstorm badly damaged WDAY's radio towers located on Main Avenue in West Fargo, North Dakota, knocking the station off the air. Of the three towers, one completely collapsed, a second snapped approximately two-thirds of the way up, and the third remained standing but severely mangled. WDAY was able to get back on the air several days later using the remaining tower, with the full 5,000 watt non-directional signal during the day, but only 1,200 watts at night, as the two towers which were lost were used for the directional 5,000 watt nighttime signal. The FCC granted WDAY a construction permit to make it a 10,000 watt full-time signal from a new transmitter, which began broadcasting at full power in March 2013. An FM translator at 93.1 FM signed on the air Thursday, July 20, 2017. In 2020, Forum Communications Company entered into a Local Marketing Agreement with Bakken Beacon Media, giving Flag Family Media full programming control of AM 970 and 93.1 FM. See also Black Building (Fargo, North Dakota): originally built to hold the studios WDAY-TV WDAZ-TV The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead References External links WDAY website FCC History Cards for WDAY (covering 1927-1981) Radio stations in Fargo, North Dakota Forum Communications Company News and talk radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1922 Radio stations in Moorhead, Minnesota Radio stations licensed before 1923 and still broadcasting 1922 establishments in North Dakota