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The company also owns four television stations in North Dakota, all affiliated with ABC, and an independent television station and NBC affiliate in South Dakota. Additional offerings are commercial printing services and business services.

LeadershipEdit

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.<ref name=":1">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref>

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.<ref name=":0" />

HistoryEdit

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.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />

Today, Forum 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.<ref name=":0" />

On January 3, 2021, Forum announced it had sold RiverTown Multimedia to O’Rourke Media Group. The sale included the Red Wing Republican Eagle and (Hudson) Star-Observer. RiverTown previously published six other papers, but closed or merged them.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On November 23, 2022, it was reported that Forum would purchase Sioux Falls, South Dakota YTA TV affiliate KWSD and sister station KCWS-LD from Jim Simpson, for $1.4 million;<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> the sale was completed on February 21, 2023.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Forum intends to create a third television news operation in the Sioux Falls market.<ref name="kwsdsold">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}

  • Template:Cite news</ref> On February 24, 2023, KWSD changed its call sign to KSFL-TV; several weeks later, it switched its affiliation to Ion Television and upgraded to high-definition operations for the first time since its 2012 departure from The CW. On January 1, 2024, KSFL-TV dropped Ion and became an independent station.

On August 14, 2024, it was announced that NBC/MyNetworkTV affiliates KNBN and KWBH-LD, both of Rapid City, South Dakota, would be sold by Jim Simpson (Rapid Broadcasting Company) to Forum, bringing those stations and KSFL-TV back under common ownership.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

CommercialEdit

  • Click Content Studios offers marketing services through branded content for traditional and new media platforms.
  • Forum Communications operates four printing plants in three states: Brainerd and Detroit Lakes, Minnesota; Sioux Falls, South Dakota; and a commercial plant at 4601 16th Ave. N. in Fargo, North Dakota. Commercial printing capabilities include: printing, mailing, fulfillment and various marketing services.
  • JobsHQ is an online recruitment and digital advertising company focusing on employers and recruitment in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

Print and digital newsEdit

The following print and digital newspapers in Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota, and North Dakota are part of the Forum Communications news network:

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  • The Bemidji Pioneer based in Bemidji, Minnesota, serves Beltrami County, Minnesota and surrounding areas with a print newspaper, an e-paper and online news. The Bemidji Pioneer was purchased by the Forum Communications Company in 1997.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Forum" /><ref name="MNA" /><ref name=":2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Detroit Lakes Tribune (known as DL-Online for online news) based in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, serves Becker County, Minnesota and surrounding areas with a print newspaper, an e-paper and online news. The Detroit Lakes Tribune was purchased by the Forum Communications Company in 1985.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Forum" /><ref name="MNA" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • The Globe based in Worthington, Minnesota, serves Nobles County, Minnesota and surrounding areas with a print newspaper, an e-paper and online news. The Globe was purchased by the Forum Communications Company in 1995.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Forum" /><ref name="MNA" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Pine Journal based in Duluth, Minnesota, serves Cloquet, Minnesota, Carlton County, Minnesota and surrounding areas with a print newspaper, an e-paper and online news. The Pine Journal was purchased by the Forum Communications Company in 2006.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Forum" /><ref name="MNA" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Sioux Falls Live based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, serves Minnehaha County, South Dakota with online news and television broadcasting. It was launched by the Forum Communications Company in 2022, along with the acquisition of KWSD and KCWS-LD from JF Broadcasting LLC.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Superior TelegramTemplate:Anchor based in Superior, Wisconsin, serves Douglas County, Wisconsin and surrounding areas with a print newspaper, an e-paper and online news. The Superior Telegram was purchased by the Forum Communications Company in 2006.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Forum" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Other mediaEdit

Television stationsEdit

State City Call sign Channel Network
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North Dakota Fargo WDAY-TV 6 21 ABC True Crime Network Independent Ion Television Ion Plus Grit
Grand Forks WDAZ-TV 8 8 ABC True Crime Network Independent Ion Television Ion Plus Grit
Bismarck KBMY 17 17 ABC True Crime Network MyNetworkTV Ion Television Ion Plus Court TV
Minot KMCY 14 14 ABC True Crime Network MyNetworkTV Ion Television Ion Plus Court TV
South Dakota Sioux Falls KSFL-TV 36 36 Independent Template:Ndash Template:Ndash Template:Ndash Template:Ndash Template:Ndash
Rapid City KNBN 21 21 NBC MyNetworkTV/

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