Fargo Radio: Report..Dan Hammer Joining KFGO

Dan Hammer

Former longtime Fargo-Moorhead television sportscaster and radio voice Dan Hammer is leaving Midco Sports Network to accept a job as a talk radio show host on KFGO 790 AM, multiple sources have confirmed to Forum News Service.

Hammer will take the 2-5 p.m. KFGO time slot previously occupied by Mike McFeely, who left the station last month to return to WDAY 970 AM and The Forum. An official announcement from KFGO on Hammer’s hire is expected soon.

Hammer has served as the primary play-by-play voice for Midco Sports Network events in Grand Forks for the past three-and-a-half years, featuring UND men’s and women’s hockey, football, men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball games.

KFGO 790 AM (5 Kw, DA-Nights)

Midco Sports Network hired Hammer away from Valley News Live in 2012 after landing the UND broadcasting rights. Other candidates for the job were thought to be longtime WDAZ sports anchor Pat Sweeney and longtime UND hockey radio play-by-play man Tim Hennessy.

Hammer previously spent four years with KFGO and sister station KVOX 740 AM The Fan in Fargo. He also spent a number of years as a television sportscaster in Fargo-Moorhead.