Forum Communications Company is an American multimedia and technology company headquartered in Fargo, North Dakota. With multiple online and print news brands throughout Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin, Forum Communications offers local news in a variety of digital and broadcast mediums in addition to various niche media brands covering specialty interests.
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Television, Advertising, Broadcasting, Newspaper, Internet services |
Founded | 1878 |
Headquarters | 101 5th Street North, Fargo, North Dakota 58102 , |
Key people | Bill Marcil, Sr., Chairman Bill Marcil, Jr., President, CEO and Publisher |
Number of employees | 800+ |
Website | www |
The company also owns four television stations in North Dakota, all affiliated with ABC. Additional offerings are commercial printing services and business services.
William "Bill" Marcil, Sr. is the current chairman of the board for Forum Communications Company, who is married to the great-granddaughter of the founder, Norman B. Black.[1][2]
Daily operations are overseen by William "Bill" Marcil, Jr. as the president and chief executive officer of Forum Communications Company as well as the publisher of The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead.[2]
Forum Communications Company began publishing its flagship newspaper The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead in 1878 and is currently owned and operated by the Marcil-Black family.[1][2]
Today, Forum Communications Company offers multiple newspaper and multimedia journalism brands across four states in the upper Midwest along with several commercial printing facilities, TV broadcasting and business services.[2]
The following print and digital newspapers in Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota, and North Dakota are part of the Forum Communications news network:
State | City | Call sign | Channel | Network | ||||||
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PSIP | RF | DT-1 | DT-2 | DT-3 | DT-4 | DT-5 | DT-6 | |||
North Dakota | Fargo | WDAY-TV | 6 | 21 | ABC | True Crime Network | Independent | Ion Television | Defy TV | True Real |
Grand Forks | WDAZ-TV | 8 | 8 | ABC | True Crime Network | Independent | Ion Television | Defy TV | True Real | |
Bismarck | KBMY | 17 | 17 | ABC | True Crime Network | MyNetworkTV | Ion Television | Defy TV | True Real | |
Minot | KMCY | 14 | 14 | ABC | True Crime Network | MyNetworkTV | Ion Television | Defy TV | True Real |