Flag Family Media

Overview

Flag Family Media is a Fargo, North Dakota-based radio broadcasting company, a division of Bakken Beacon Media LLC, operating talk-radio stations across North Dakota and Minnesota.

History

Flag Family Media owns and operates WZFG "The Flag" (AM 1100/FM 92.3) in Fargo and KTGO "The Flag" (AM 1090/FM 92.7) in Tioga. In November 2020, the company entered a local marketing agreement with Forum Communications Company to operate WDAY (970 AM), North Dakota's oldest radio station, dating to 1922; Flag Family Media completed its purchase of WDAY and its FM translator for $600,000 in early 2025 following FCC approval. In 2021, the company acquired three stations in Grand Rapids, Minnesota (KOZY, KMFY and KBAJ), operating them under a new entity, Rapids Radio LLC. In 2022, Flag Family Media made its first non-radio acquisition, purchasing The McKenzie County Farmer newspaper in Watford City, North Dakota, a weekly serving the area since 1908.

Notable works

WDAY, retained under Flag Family Media ownership, continues broadcasting under its heritage call letters, now marketed as "WDAY Radio" to distinguish it from the separately owned WDAY-TV.

Key personnel

President and Managing Partner: Steve Hallstrom
Partner/Vice President: Scott Hennen

Audience

Flag Family Media serves radio listeners and readers across North Dakota and northern Minnesota, providing news, weather, talk programming and community coverage.

Location and contact info

Address
2852 Thunder Rd.
Fargo, ND 58104
Website
https://www.flagfamily.com