KOYY

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KOYY (93.7 FM broadcasting, "Y94") is a radio station broadcasting a Top 40 (CHR) format serving the Fargo-Moorhead metropolitan area. It first began broadcasting in 1965. The station is currently owned by Midwest Communications. All the offices and studios are located at 1020 S. 25th Street in Fargo, while its transmitter is located near Amenia.

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History The station signed on in 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.DeAnne Hilgers, "Y-94 bites the dust," The Forum, February 12, 1993. It later reverted to the "Y94" name and the Top 40/CHR format on February 15, 1996.Ross Raihala, "Radio promo getting attention," The Forum, February 13, 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.Gerry Gilmour, "Ingstad buying KQWB, KQFN," The Forum, February 21, 1996.Sarah Henning, "KFGO radio group sold to Texas firm," The Forum, July 7, 2000.

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."Newspaper public notice announcement," The Forum, December 4, 2006. 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.

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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.

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External links

• Y94 website

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