Forum Communications

Forum Communications Company

Type	Private
Founded	1878
Headquarters	Fargo, North Dakota, USA
Key people	Bill Marcil, CEO and Chairman
Industry	Television, Radio, Advertising, Broadcasting, Newspaper, Internet services
Revenue	Unknown
Net income	Unknown
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, including The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead.

The company also owns Fargo radio station WDAY-AM 970 (though it no longer owns WDAY-FM 93.7) and four ABC-affiliated television stations in North Dakota, best known for pre-empting most NBA Countdown shows on Sunday Mornings. The company also owns a CW affiliate in Fargo.

As of June 7, 2006, Forum Communications announced the purchase of rival newspaper Grand Forks Herald as well as Duluth News Tribune.

In May 2009, Forum Communications ceased publication of two of its newspapers, 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]
• The Daily Republic (Mitchell, South Dakota) [6]
• Detroit Lakes Tribune, Becker County Record, Lake Area Press (Detroit Lakes, Minnesota) [7]
• The Dickinson Press (Dickinson, North Dakota) [8]
• The Farmington Independent (Farmington, Minnesota) [9]
• Rosemount Town Pages (Farmington, Minnesota) [10]
• The Hastings Star-Gazette (Hastings, Minnesota) [11]
• Hudson Star-Observer (Hudson, Wisconsin) [12]
• The Jamestown Sun (Jamestown, North Dakota) [13]
• The Morris Sun Tribune (Morris, Minnesota)[14]
• New Richmond News (New Richmond, Wisconsin) [15]
• New York Mills Herald (New York Mills, Minnesota) [16]
• The Park Rapids Enterprise (Park Rapids, Minnesota)[17]
• The Republican Eagle (Red Wing, Minnesota) [18]
• The Perham Enterprise Bulletin (Perham, Minnesota) [19]
• Pierce County Herald (Ellsworth, Wisconsin) [20]
• River Falls Journal (River Falls, Wisconsin) [21]
• South Washington County Bulletin (Cottage Grove, Minnesota) [22]
• Wadena Pioneer Journal (Wadena, Minnesota) [23]
• The West Fargo Pioneer (West Fargo, North Dakota) [24]
• West Central Tribune (Willmar, Minnesota) [25]
• Woodbury Bulletin (Woodbury, Minnesota) [26]
• Worthington Daily Globe (Worthington, Minnesota) [27]

Broadcasting

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

Interactive

• i29.net[28]
• Interactive Media Group
• ApartmentsHQ[29]
• CarsHQ[30]
• HomesHQ[31]
• JobsHQ[32]
• AreaVoices[33]
• AreaPhotos[34]
• NewspaperPrints[35]

External links

• Forum Communications website