Media in Minneapolis–Saint Paul
Minneapolis–Saint Paul, also known as the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, in the state of Minnesota, United States of America, has two major general-interest newspapers. The region is currently ranked as the 15th largest television market in the United States.[1] The market officially includes 59 counties of Minnesota and Wisconsin, and extends far to the north and west. The radio market in the Twin Cities is estimated to be slightly smaller, ranked 16th in the nation.[2]
Print
The two major general-interest newspapers are the Star Tribune in Minneapolis and the Saint Paul Pioneer Press. Mpls.St.Paul Magazine covers arts and culture, shops, and the dining scene in the Twin Cities. The Minnesota Daily serves the University of Minnesota's Twin Cities campus and surrounding neighborhoods. The Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, One Nation News and the Finance and Commerce business daily are published in Minneapolis, as is the Web-based MinnPost.com.
A number of other weekly and monthly publications (most of which are fully supported by advertising) are also available. The most prominent of these is Village Voice Media's City Pages, the alternative weekly. (2002 newcomer The Rake offered some competition in the form of a free monthly, but ceased publication in 2008.[3]) Pulse of the Twin Cities is another weekly which has less advertising and more coverage of local music and activism. La Matraca News is a Spanish Language Weekly print and online publication.
There are also numerous weekly student publications at area colleges, including the University of Minnesota's The Wake student magazine, Macalester College's The Mac Weekly, and St. Thomas' TommieMedia.com, which replaced student newspaper The Aquin that was shuttered in 2009.[4]
Minneapolis community newspapers include the sister publications Downtown Journal, formerly Skyway News, and Southwest Journal, which cover downtown and southwest Minneapolis, respectively, as well as numerous neighborhood papers such as the North News, Seward Profile, Southside Pride, and Whittier Globe.
Only one weekly newspaper is devoted to neighborhood news in either city: St. Paul's East Side Review. Saint Paul also has a monthly, Highland Villager, and a bi-monthly neighborhood newspaper for Frogtown, Greening Frogtown.
Instead of a neighborhood or general-interest news, some periodicals focus on a particular topic, such as the ones covering the Minnesota music scene. Others are audience-specific, such as Lavender Magazine for the state's gay community. The Minnesota Women's Press, one of the few feminist newspapers in the country, serves the local feminist community. Other such periodicals of note include the Asian American Press[5] and The Catholic Spirit.[6]
Television
The only major television station in the Twin Cities with its main studios located in Minneapolis is WCCO-TV, a CBS owned-and-operated station that broadcasts from studios along Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis. Five other stations maintain studios in St. Paul: Twin Cities Public Television operates both of the Twin Cities' PBS member stations, KTCA and KTCI. ABC affiliate KSTP-TV and independent station KSTC-TV are owned by Hubbard Broadcasting. The local affiliate of The CW, WUCW, is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group.
Three other stations serve the Twin Cities from studios in suburban areas. Fox O&O KMSP-TV and MyNetworkTV O&O WFTC are co-owned by Fox Television Stations, with studios located in Eden Prairie. KARE is the NBC affiliate in the Twin Cities, owned by TEGNA and based in Golden Valley.
For much of the last two decades, KARE had the most popular evening newscasts. Since around 2010, however, WCCO has become the most watched station in the market in nearly all time slots. On the other end, KSTP has struggled to maintain ratings on its news programs. KMSP has had a 9 o'clock newscast since at least the early 1990s when it was a UPN affiliate.
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KSTP claims to have been the first station in the country to run a regular nightly newscast. It is the oldest station in the state to still be operating, having first gone on the air in 1948. TV broadcasts first occurred more than a decade earlier during the 1930s when engineers for radio station WDGY (now KFAN) experimented with a mechanical television system. Mechanical TV quickly lost favor, and the station's owner decided to let the license expire in 1938.
Communities in the region have their own Public, educational, and government access (PEG) cable tv channels. One channel, the Metro Cable Network, is available on channel 6 on cable systems across the seven-county region. Minneapolis Telecommunications Network (MTN)[7] has three public-access television cable TV channels and Saint Paul Neighborhood Network (SPNN)[8] has two.
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Area residents of the right age look back fondly on many of the locally produced shows that were on the air for about two decades, from the early days of TV in Minnesota up until the 1970s. WCCO, KSTP, KMSP, and WTCN (now KARE) all had children's shows, though there were a few other notable shows targeting an older audience.
Several television programs originating in the Twin Cities have been aired nationally on terrestrial and cable TV networks. KTCA created the science program Newton's Apple and distributes a children's program today. A few unusual comedic shows also originated in the area. In the 1980s, KTMA (now WUCW) created a number of low-budget shows, including the cult classic Mystery Science Theater 3000 (which later aired on The Comedy Channel/Comedy Central from 1989 to 1996 and the Sci-Fi Channel from 1997 to 2004). The short-lived Let's Bowl (which aired on Comedy Central) started on KARE, and the PBS series Mental Engineering originated on the St. Paul public-access television network.
Radio
Most of the major TV and radio transmitters are located in Shoreview, Minnesota, and backup facilities for some are maintained atop the IDS Center in downtown Minneapolis (though a few low-power broadcasters use the IDS as their primary transmitter location).
List of newspapers and magazines
The following is a list of print publications in the Minneapolis–St. Paul metropolitan area:
Daily
- Finance and Commerce (Minneapolis)
- MinnPost.com (Minneapolis)
- St. Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul)
- Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
- Twin Cities Daily Planet (Minneapolis)
Weekly
- Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal (Minneapolis)
- Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder (Minneapolis)
- La Matraca News (Spanish/Latino newspaper)
- One Nation News
College
- The Echo (Augsburg University student newspaper)
- The Mac Weekly (Macalester College student newspaper)
- The Minnesota Daily (University of Minnesota student newspaper)
- TommieMedia (University of St. Thomas student news website)
- The Wake (University of Minnesota student magazine)
- The Clarion (Bethel University student newspaper and magazine)
- The Oracle (Hamline University student newspaper)
Other
- DUNation
- Game Informer
- Minnesota Monthly
- Mpls.St.Paul Magazine
- Patch.com
- Twin Cities Arts Reader
Neighborhood press
In Minneapolis:
- Bryn Mawr Bugle, published monthly
- Camden Community News, published monthly
- Longfellow Nokomis Messenger, published monthly
- North News, published monthly
- Northeast Beat, online only
- Northeaster, published bimonthly
- Seward Profile, published monthly
- Southside Pride, published monthly
- Whittier Globe, published monthly
In St. Paul:
- East Side Review, published weekly
- Midway-Como-North End Monitor, published monthly
- Park Bugle, published monthly
- Villager, published twice-monthly
- West Seventh Community Reporter, published monthly
Special Interest
- Asian American Press
- La Matraca News in Spanish for Minnesota's Latino community
- Catholic Spirit
- Lavender Magazine, for Minnesota's LGBT community
- The Minnesota Women's Press, feminist newspaper
- Profane Existence, the world's largest circulating anarcho-punk magazine
- Whistling Shade, a Twin Cities literary journal
List of television stations
This is a list of Television Stations in the Minneapolis-St.Paul area.
Broadcast
Channel | Callsign | Affiliation | Branding | Subchannels | Owner | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(Virtual) | Channel | Programming | ||||
2.1 | KTCA | PBS | TPT 2 | 2.4 2.5 |
PBS Kids TPT Now |
Twin Cities Public Television |
2.2 | KTCI | PBS | Minnesota Channel | 2.3 2.6 |
TPT Life Minnesota Channel |
Twin Cities Public Television |
4.1 | WCCO | CBS | WCCO 4 | 4.2 4.3 4.4 |
Start TV Dabl Fave TV |
CBS Corporation |
5.1 | KSTP | ABC | 5 Eyewitness News | 5.5 5.7 |
KSTC H&I |
Hubbard Broadcasting |
5.2 | KSTC | Ind. | 45 TV | 5.3 5.4 5.6 |
MeTV Antenna TV This TV |
Hubbard Broadcasting |
9.2 | WFTC | Ind. | FOX 9 Plus | 9.3 9.1 |
Movies! Fox |
FOX Television Stations |
9.9 | KMSP | Fox | FOX 9 | 9.4 9.5 9.6 |
Buzzr The Grio Decades |
FOX Television Stations |
11.1 | KARE | NBC | KARE 11 | 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 |
Court TV True Crime Network Quest Circle |
Tegna, Inc. |
14.2 | K14RB-D | EWTN | EWTN | 14.1 14.3 14.4 14.5 |
Program guide Local programming EWTN EWTN |
St. Michael Broadcasting, Inc. |
15.1 | KWJM-LD | Court TV | Court TV | 15.2 15.3 15.4 |
Laff Grit Jewelry TV |
DTV America Corporation |
19.1 | KKTW-LD | Heartland | Heartland | 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.5 |
Retro Television Network Rev'n The Action Channel The Family Channel |
Luken Communications |
21.1 | WUMN-LD | Univision | Univision | Media Vista Group, LLC. | ||
23.1 | WUCW | CW | CW 23 | 23.2 23.3 23.4 |
Comet Charge! TBD |
Sinclair Broadcast Group |
25.1 | KJNK-LD | Telemundo | Telemundo Minneapolis | 25.2 25.3 25.4 25.5 25.6 |
SBN Cozi TV LX Evine GetTV |
DTV America Corporation |
33.1 | K33LN-D | Bounce | Bounce | 33.2 33.4 33.5 33.6 |
Court TV Mystery Shop LC Infomercials 3ABN |
DTV America Corporation |
38.1 | K28PQ-D | Azteca América | Azteca América | 38.2 38.3 38.4 38.5 |
Infomercials Infomercials Infomercials clic |
DTV America Corporation |
43.1 | KMBD-LD | Bounce | Bounce | DTV America Corporation | ||
41.1 | KPXM | Ion | Ion | 41.2 41.3 41.4 41.5 41.6 |
Qubo Ion Plus Ion Shop QVC HSN |
ION Media Networks |
49.1 | KMQV-LD | Infomercials | Infomercials | 49.2 49.3 49.4 |
Timeless TV Infomercials Infomercials |
DTV America Corporation |
62.1 | WDMI-LD | Daystar | Daystar | Word of God Fellowship, Inc. | ||
Cable
- Metro Cable Network Cable channel 6
- Minneapolis Telecommunications Network (MTN)
- Fox Sports Net North (FSN)
List of radio stations
AM
AM radio stations | ||||
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Frequency | Call sign | Name | Format | Owner |
630 | WREY | El Rey | Regional Mexican | Borgen Broadcasting |
690 | KFXN | Hmong | Minority Media and Telecommunications Council | |
740 | WDGY | 74 WDGY | Oldies | Borgen Broadcasting |
770 | KUOM | Radio K | College | University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
830 | WCCO | News/Talk 830 WCCO | News/Talk | CBS Radio |
900 | KTIS | Faith 900 | Christian | University of Northwestern - St. Paul |
950 | KTNF | Progressive Talk | JR Broadcasting | |
980 | KKMS | 980 The Mission | Christian Talk | Salem Media Group |
1030 | WCTS | Christian | Central Baptist Theological Seminary of Minneapolis | |
1130 | KTLK | News/Talk 1130 | News/Talk | Clear Channel |
1280 | WWTC | 1280 The Patriot | Conservative Talk | Salem Media Group |
1330 | WLOL | Relevant Radio | Catholic | Relevant Radio |
1400 | KMNV | La Raza | Regional Mexican | Santamaria Broadcasting, Inc. |
1440 | KYCR | Business 1440 | Business Talk | Salem Media Group |
1470 | KMNQ | La Raza | Regional Mexican | Santamaria Broadcasting, Inc. |
1500 | KSTP | SKOR North | Sports | Hubbard Broadcasting |
1530 | KQSP | Talk radio | Nevada Radio, LLC | |
1570 | KDIZ | Freedom 1570 | Talk radio | Salem Media Group |
1600 | KPNP | Minority Radio 1600 AM | World Music | Self Retire, Inc. |
FM
FM radio stations | ||||
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Frequency | Call sign | Name | Format | Owner |
88.5 | KBEM | Jazz 88 | Jazz | Minneapolis Public Schools |
89.3 89.3 HD-2 | KCMP | 89.3 The Current Local Current | Adult Album Alternative Adult Album Alternative | Minnesota Public Radio |
89.9 | KMOJ | Urban Contemporary/Talk | Center For Communication & Development | |
90.3 | KFAI | Fresh Air Radio | Talk/Music | Fresh Air, Inc. |
90.7 | K214DF (KTIS-AM Translator) | Faith 900 | Christian | University of Northwestern - St. Paul |
91.1 91.1 HD-2 91.1 HD-3 | KNOW | MPR News Radio Heartland BBC World Service | News/Talk Folk Music News/Talk | Minnesota Public Radio |
91.5 | K218DK (WJRF Translator) | Life 97.3 | Contemporary Christian | Refuge Media Group |
91.7 | WMCN (5 watt Class D station) | College | Macalester College | |
91.9 | K220JP (KSJN Translator) | Classical MPR | Classical | Minnesota Public Radio |
92.1 | W221BS (WDGY-AM Translator) | 74 WDGY | Oldies | Borgen Broadcasting |
92.1 | K221ES (KTCZ-FM HD-2 Translator) | Air1 | Contemporary Christian | Clear Channel |
92.5 92.5 HD-2 | KQRS | 92 KQRS The Bear | Classic Rock Classic Country | Cumulus Broadcasting |
92.9 | W225AP (KTCZ-FM HD-2 Translator) | Air1 | Contemporary Christian | Clear Channel |
93.3 | W227BF (KQQL HD-2 translator) | ALT 93.3 | African American oriented All-news radio | iHeartMedia |
93.7 93.7 HD-2 | KXXR | 93X The Machine | Active Rock Adult Top 40 | Cumulus Broadcasting |
94.1 | WFNU (LPFM) | Frogtown Community Radio | Community radio | Frogtown Neighborhood Association |
94.5 94.5 HD-2 | KSTP | KS95 SKOR North | Hot AC Sports | Hubbard Broadcasting |
94.9 | W235CT (WREY-AM Translator) | Radio Rey | Regional Mexican | Borgen Broadcasting |
95.3 | KZGO | GO 95.3 | Modern Hip Hop | Northern Lights Broadcasting |
95.7 | K239CJ (KMNV-AM Translator) | La Raza | Regional Mexican | Santamaria Broadcasting, Inc. |
95.9 | WLKX | The Big Q | oldies | Lakes Broadcasting Company, Inc. |
96.3 96.3 HD-2 | KQGO | GO 96.3 PraiseLive | Alternative Contemporary worship music | Northern Lights Broadcasting |
96.7 | K244FE (KQQL HD-3 Translator) | KFAN+ | Sports | iHeartMedia |
97.1 97.1 HD-2 97.1 HD-3 | KTCZ-FM | Cities 97.1 Air1 Hot 102.5 | Modern AC Contemporary Christian Mainstream Urban | iHeartMedia |
97.5 | KPPS (LPFM) | Park Public Radio | ||
97.5 | W248CU (KTIS-AM Translator) | Faith 900 | Christian | University of Northwestern - St. Paul |
97.7 | K249ED (KTCZ-FM HD-2 Translator) | Air1 | Contemporary Christian | Clear Channel |
97.9 | KQEP (LPFM) | Chinese | New Culture Center in the Midwest | |
97.9 | KEFE (LPFM) | Christian | Rios de Agua Viva Church of God | |
97.9 | K250BY (WCTS-AM Translator) | Christian | Central Baptist Theological Seminary of Minneapolis | |
98.1 | KENL (LPFM) | Christian | Enlance Adventista | |
98.5 98.5 HD-2 98.5 HD-3 98.5 HD-4 | KTIS | Life 98.5 Faith 900 Legacy The Remnant | Contemporary Christian Christian Talk Classic CCM Contemporary worship music | University of Northwestern - St. Paul |
98.9 | KRSM (LPFM) | Community Radio | Southside Media Project | |
99.1 | KPJT (LPFM) | MG Community Broadcasting | ||
99.5 99.5 HD-2 | KSJN | Classical MPR Classical 24 | Classical Classical | Minnesota Public Radio |
99.9 | K260BA (KFXN HD-3 Translator) | K-Love | Contemporary Christian | iHeartMedia |
100.3 100.3 HD-2 100.3 HD-3 | KFXN | The Fan News/Talk 1130 K-Love | Sports News/Talk Contemporary Christian | iHeartMedia |
100.7 | W264BR (KUOM-AM Translator) | Radio K | College | University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
101.3 101.3 HD-2 101.3 HD-3 | KDWB | Pride Radio Minnesota State Fair Radio | Top-40 (CHR) LGBT-oriented Top-40 Variety hits | iHeartMedia |
101.7 | KALY (LPFM) | Somalian | Somali American Community | |
102.1 102.1 HD-2 102.1 HD-3 | KEEY | K102 K102 New The Breeze | Country Modern Country Soft AC | iHeartMedia |
102.5 | K273BH (KTCZ-FM HD-3 Translator) | Hot 102.5 | Mainstream Urban | Educational Media Foundation (operated by iHeartMedia) |
102.9 102.9 HD-2 102.9 HD-3 | KMNB | 102-9 The Wolf WCCO-AM CBS Sports Radio | Country News/Talk Sports radio | Entercom |
103.5 | K278BP (KTLK-AM Translator) | News Talk 1130 | News/Talk | iHeartMedia |
103.7 | W279DD (WDGY-AM Translator) | 74 WDGY | Oldies | Borgen Broadcasting |
104.1 104.1 HD-2 | KZJK | Jack FM | Adult Hits Adult Contemporary | Entercom |
104.5 | K283BG (KUOM-AM Translator) | Radio K | College | University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
104.7 | WEQY (LPFM) | The Voice of the East Side | Community radio | Dayton's Bluff Community Council |
105.1 | WGVX (WWWM-FM simulcast) | LOVE 105 | Soft AC/Oldies | Cumulus Broadcasting |
105.3 | WLUP (WWWM-FM simulcast) | LOVE 105 | Soft AC/Oldies | Cumulus Broadcasting |
105.5 | K288GR (KFXN-FM-HD3 translator) | Air1 | Contemporary Christian | Clear Channel |
105.7 | WWWM-FM | LOVE 105 | Soft AC/Oldies | Cumulus Broadcasting |
106.1 106.1 HD-2 106.1 HD-3 | KLCI | Bob FM Hope The Big Q | Classic Country Contemporary Christian Music Oldies | Milestone Radio |
106.5 | KUOM (6 watt Class D station) | Radio K | College | University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
106.7 | K294AM (KFAI Translator) | Fresh Air Radio | Talk/Music | Fresh Air, Inc. |
107.1 107.1 HD-2 | KTMY | myTalk 107.1 74 WDGY | Female-Oriented Talk Oldies | Hubbard Broadcasting |
107.5 | K298CS (WWTC-AM Translator) | 1280 The Patriot | Conservative Talk | Salem Media Group |
107.9 107.9 HD-2 107.9 HD-3 | KQQL | Kool 108 BIN 93.3 KFAN Plus | Classic Hits African American oriented All-news radio Sports | iHeartMedia |
External links
- NorthPine.com: Upper Midwest broadcasting
- Radiotapes.com - historical recordings, photos and documents from Twin Cities radio stations dating to 1924
- TwinCitiesRadioAirchecks.com - historical recordings and photos of Twin Cities radio stations
- Eastern Minnesota television stations
- Twin Cities media discussion forum
- Your Midwest Media: radio and TV station listings, news and information
References
- "Local Television Market Universe Estimates" (PDF). Nielsen. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
- "Market Survey Schedule and Population Rankings" (PDF). Nielsen Audio. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
- "About Us". Rake Magazine. Retrieved 23 Oct 2016.
- Kitzmann, Shane (6 Jan 2010). "Still Miss The Aquin?". University of Minnesota Newsroom. Retrieved 23 Oct 2016.