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WDAZ

WDAZ-TV
(semi-satellite of WDAY-TV,
Fargo, North Dakota)
WDAZ HD logo
WDAZ-DT3 logo
Grand Forks, North Dakota
United States
City Devils Lake, North Dakota
Branding WDAZ 8 Television (general)
WDAZ News (newscasts)
WDAY/WDAZ (regional)
Slogan Your Home Team
Channels Digital: 8 (VHF)
Virtual: 8 ()
Subchannels 8.1 ABC
8.2 Justice Network
8.3 WDAY'Z Xtra
8.4 Ion Television
Translators 36.1 K16KE-D Baudette, MN
36.1 K36LW-D Williams, MN
8.1 K48CQ-D Roseau, MN
Owner Forum Communications
First air date January 29, 1967; 50 years ago (1967-01-29)
Call letters' meaning disambiguation from WDAY-TV as second station
Sister station(s) WDAY-AM, WDAY-TV, KBMY-TV/KMCY-TV
Former channel number(s) Analog:
8 (VHF, 1967–2009)
Digital:
59 (UHF, until 2009)
Former affiliations DT1:
NBC (1967–1983)
DT2:
CW+ (2009–2016)
Transmitter power 19 kW
Height 451 m
Facility ID 22124
Transmitter coordinates 48°8′18″N 97°59′35″W / 48.13833°N 97.99306°W / 48.13833; -97.99306
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information:
(
semi-satellite of WDAY-TV,
Fargo, North Dakota) Profile

(
semi-satellite of WDAY-TV,
Fargo, North Dakota) CDBS
Website www.wdaz.com

WDAZ-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station serving Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States. Licensed to Devils Lake, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 8 from a 1,460.2-foot (445.1 m) tall transmitter tower near Dahlen, located roughly between Grand Forks and Devils Lake.

On cable, the station can be seen on channel 8 in most areas. There is a high definition feed provided on Midcontinent Communications digital channel 608 and Polar Communications digital channel 601. WDAZ is widely carried on cable in the Canadian province of Manitoba, including the cities of Winnipeg, Portage la Prairie, Selkirk, Steinbach, Winkler, and Kenora, Ontario.

Owned by Forum Communications of Fargo, which also owns the Grand Forks Herald, WDAZ operates from facilities on South Washington Street in Grand Forks. Identifying as a separate station in its own right, WDAZ is a semi-satellite of sister station WDAY-TV in Fargo. It simulcasts nearly all of WDAY's programming, but airs separate identifications and commercials, as well as its own weekday newscasts. WDAZ serves the northern half of the Fargo/Grand Forks market, while WDAY-TV serves the southern half. Master control and other internal operations are performed from WDAY-TV's studios on South 8th Street in Fargo.


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