KOYY

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Field	Value
name	KOYY
logo	File:KOYY Y94 logo.png
city	Fargo, North Dakota
country	US
area	Fargo-Moorhead
branding	Y94
frequency	93.7 MHz
airdate
format	Commercial; Top 40 (CHR)
erp	100,000 watts
haat	307 meters
class	C0
facility_id	22123
coordinates
callsign_meaning	in reference to Y94
former_callsigns	WDAY-FM (1965–2015)
affiliations	Premiere Networks
owner	Midwest Communications
licensee	Midwest Communications, Inc.
sister_stations
webcast
website
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History

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The station signed on in February 28, 1965, as WDAY-FM with a beautiful music format. On January 1, 1983, the station changed to a Top 40 format as "Y94", and broadcast commercial-free for the first several months. It was owned by Forum Communications, along with WDAY and WDAY-TV. For a period in the early 1990s, the station adopted a hot adult contemporary format, and was renamed "Mix 93.7" on February 11, 1993. It later reverted to the "Y94" name and the Top 40/CHR format on February 15, 1996. The station was sold to James Ingstad of Fargo that same year, and sold to Clear Channel in 2000, along with several other radio stations in the area.

On September 28, 2006, the Clear Channel station cluster in Fargo (including WDAY-FM) was sold back to James Ingstad, including KDAM, which signed on in 2002. The sale was approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on January 19, 2007. The station announced the sale to Midwest Communications on September 18, 2012, and the sale was finalized in 2013.

Y94 is the Fargo-Moorhead affiliate of American Top 40.

On June 1, 2007, the antenna system used for WDAY-FM, KFNW-FM, and KRWK caught fire, leading the stations to temporarily broadcast on auxiliary facilities at a lower power. The stations resumed full power on August 3, 2007.

Midwest Communications changed Y94's call letters to KOYY on December 16, 2015, retiring the heritage WDAY-FM calls which had been in use for 50 years.

Conan O'Brien job offer

On January 18, 2010, Conan O'Brien revealed that he was offered to be a morning show sidekick among other job offers.

References

"Fargo, ND Market - Midwest Communications, Inc".
(February 25, 1965). "FM-Stereo To Start Sunday". The Fargo Forum and Moorhead News.
DeAnne Hilgers, "Y-94 bites the dust," ''The Forum'', February 12, 1993.
Ross Raihala, "Radio promo getting attention," ''The Forum'', February 13, 1996.
Gerry Gilmour, "Ingstad buying KQWB, KQFN," ''The Forum'', February 21, 1996.
"Application Search Details".
Sarah Henning, "KFGO radio group sold to Texas firm," ''The Forum'', July 7, 2000.
"Application Search Details".
"Newspaper public notice announcement," ''The Forum'', December 4, 2006.
"CDBS Print".
"Application View ... Redirecting".
"Y94".
Associated Press. (January 18, 2010). "Conan O'Brien offered job at Fargo radio station". [[Star Tribune]].

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