WDAY (Fargo) received 10 regional Emmy nominations and the GM sent out an internal memo from the 1960’s.

Well, he sent it out in 2024, but the old white guy still thinks he’s living in the 60’s.

WDAY is owned by Forum Communications, and run by CEO, Bill Marcil Jr. His newspaper company owns WDAY, the ABC affiliate in Fargo, North Dakota. It also runs small newspapers throughout the Minnesota/North Dakota/South Dakota region. Content is paywalled, including TV stories.

After the WDAY got their Emmy nominations, Marcil sent out the internal email below.

Some quotes in the email:

"Sorry, if you're in HR, don't read this email; just go about your day, it gets worse."

"Years ago, our management meetings consisted of a bunch of guys, no, not the midwestern way of calling all sexes guys; this is the actual guys, as in men. Not thems but mens."

"As the tik tok kids say, DAY Da Sizzle Wizzle... do they say that? If not, they should."

"Mostly pretty over there, to be honest; it was part of the hiring process in the 80's and 90's. Thank goodness the HR team stopped reading, I might be put in a timeout."

Here’s his email and a walk back in time.