Ingstad Family Media is a broadcasting company in Valley City, North Dakota. The home offices are at 232 3rd St. NE, Valley City. As its name suggests, it has been owned by members of the Ingstad family, originally dating back to the beginning in the 1930s.
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Robert Ingstad started in the family business by owning several radio stations with his wife Janice, including the flagship radio station of the Ingstad family, KOVC, which was put on the air in 1936 by his father Robert Ingstad Sr.
Robert Jr. died on May 4, 2007, and his widow Janice continues to own and operate the stations.
James Ingstad
James Ingstad is also the founder of Radio Fargo-Moorhead, Inc. and Ingstad Radio Washington. They are also related to former American Top 40 host and KROQ-FM founder Shadoe Stevens (born Terry Ingstad).
Radio Fargo-Moorhead, the second company to use that name, formed in 2013 to purchase the Fargo-Moorhead stations of Triad Broadcasting, just days after selling the first Radio Fargo-Moorhead. The group consists of KBVB, KDLB, KLTA, KPFX, KQWB, KQWB-FM (and an LMA on KBMW-FM). The new Radio Fargo-Moorhead group identifies themselves as "Radio FM Media".
Ingstad Radio Washington owns radio stations in Yakima and Tri-Cities, operating as subsidiaries Radio Yakima and Radio Tri-Cities, respectively. Ingstad Radio Washington stations were previously owned by New Northwest Broadcasters.
Radio Yakima consists of KXDD, KRSE, KARY-FM, KHHK, KTCR and KBBO, and Radio Tri-Cities consists of KUJ-FM, KIOK, KEGX, KJOX, KKSR and KALE.
On September 18, 2012, it was announced that the first Radio Fargo-Moorhead would be sold to Midwest Communications -- that group consisted of KFGO, KMJO, KBVB, KRWK, KVOX, and WDAY-FM, which were previously owned by Clear Channel Communications.
Brooke Ingstad
Brooke Ingstad is the owner of Radio Wahpeton Breckenridge, LLC, which purchased KEGK from Dakota Broadcasting, KBMW from Radio Fargo-Moorhead, and KZDR (now KBMW-FM) from uncle Robert Ingstad's Mediactive, LLC on June 1, 2016. Brooke Ingstad is the daughter of James Ingstad.
Tor Ingstad
Two other family businesses include Ingstad Brothers Broadcasting, which owns KNUJ, KDUZ, KARP-FM, KCHK and KYMN and Iowa City Broadcasting Company, Inc., with stations in Morris, Montevideo, Willmar and Thief River Falls, all in Minnesota. Tor Ingstad holds 100% ownership of both entities. Ingstad Brothers Broadcasting was previously owned 50% by Thomas Ingstad.
Janice Ingstad
Ingstad Family Media owns stations in North Dakota and South Dakota. They currently own and operate stations under licensee names Two Rivers Broadcasting, Sioux Valley Broadcasting, James River Broadcasting and Dakota Radio Group. It is owned by Janice Ingstad and founded by her late husband Robert E. Ingstad, Jr.
Their current market areas include: