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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

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The two major general-interest newspapers are the Star Tribune in Minneapolis and the Saint Paul Pioneer Press. Mpls.St.Paul Magazine[3] 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[4] 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.[5]) 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[6] student magazine, Macalester College's The Mac Weekly, and St. Thomas' TommieMedia.com,[7] which replaced student newspaper The Aquin that was shuttered in 2009.[8]

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.[9]

Instead of neighborhood or general-interest news, some periodicals are topical, such as those covering the Minnesota music scene. Others are audience-specific, such as Lavender Magazine for the state's gay community. The Minnesota Women's Press,[10] one of the few feminist newspapers in the country, serves the local feminist community. Another periodical of note is the Asian American Press.[11]

Television

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KSTP-TV

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.

 
WCCO-TV satellite dishes Minneapolis

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)[12] has three public-access television cable TV channels and Saint Paul Neighborhood Network (SPNN)[13] has two.

 
KARE television broadcast, Minnesota State Fair

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.

Two episodes of Route 66 were made in Minneapolis in the 1960s. The 1970s CBS situation comedy set in Minneapolis, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, won three Golden Globes[14] and 29 Emmy Awards.[15] The show's opening sequences were filmed in the city.[16]

Radio

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Minnesota Public Radio, St. Paul

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).

Movies

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Movies filmed in Minneapolis include Airport (1970),[17] The Heartbreak Kid (1972),[18] Slaughterhouse-Five (1972),[19] Ice Castles (1978),[20] Foolin' Around (1980),[21] Take This Job and Shove It (1981),[22] Purple Rain (1984),[23] That Was Then, This Is Now (1985),[24] The Mighty Ducks (1992),[25] Untamed Heart (1993),[26] Little Big League (1994),[27] Beautiful Girls (1996),[28] Jingle All the Way (1996),[29] Fargo (1996),[30] and Young Adult (2011).[31]

List of newspapers and magazines

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See also: List of newspapers in Minnesota

The following is a list of print publications in the Minneapolis–St. Paul metropolitan area:

Daily

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Weekly

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College

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Other

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  • Bring Me The News
  • CCX Media
  • DUNation
  • Game Informer
  • Minnesota Monthly
  • Mpls.St.Paul Magazine
  • Patch.com
  • Twin Cities Arts Reader
  • Sahan Journal

Neighborhood press

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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:

Special Interest

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List of television stations

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This is a list of television stations in the Minneapolis-St.Paul area.

Broadcast

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Network owned-and-operated stations are highlighted in bold.

Channel Callsign Affiliation Branding Subchannels Owner
(virtual) Channel Programming
2.1 KTCA PBS TPT 2 2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5 		Minnesota Channel
TPT Life
PBS Kids
TPT Now 		Twin Cities PBS
2.1 KTCI
(ATSC 3.0) 		PBS TPT 2 2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5 		Minnesota Channel
TPT Life
PBS Kids
TPT Now
4.1 WCCO CBS WCCO 4 4.2
4.3
4.4
23.3
23.4 		Start TV
Dabl
Fave TV
Charge!
TBD 		Paramount Global
5.1 KSTP ABC 5 Eyewitness News 5.5
5.7
23.1 		TrueReal
H&I
CW (WUCW) 		Hubbard Broadcasting
5.2 KSTC Ind. 45 TV 5.3
5.4
5.6 		MeTV
GetTV
This TV
9.2 WFTC MyNetworkTV FOX 9 Plus 9.1
9.3
9.7
23.2
23.6 		Fox
Movies!
Fox Weather
Comet
Antenna TV 		FOX Television Stations
9.9 KMSP Fox FOX 9 9.4
9.5
9.6
9.8
9.10 		Buzzr
The Grio
Catchy Comedy
Story Television
MyNetworkTV
11.1 KARE NBC KARE 11 11.2
11.3
11.4
11.5
11.7
11.8
23.5 		Court TV
True Crime Network
Quest
Circle
Twist
HSN
Rewind TV 		Tegna, Inc.
14.2 K14RB-D EWTN EWTN 14.1
14.3
14.4 		Program guide
Local programming
EWTN 		St. Michael Broadcasting, Inc.
15.1 KWJM-LD Infomercials Infomercials 15.2
15.3
15.4 		Novelisima
Infomercials
Jewelry TV 		DTV America Corporation
17.1 KMWE-LD Telemundo Telemundo Minnesota 17.3
17.4 		SBN
TeleXitos 		SagamoreHill Broadcasting
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 		Get After It Media
21.1 WUMN-LD Univision Univision Media Vista Group, LLC.
23.1 WUCW
(ATSC 3.0) 		CW CW 23 4.1
5.1
9.1
11.1 		CBS (WCCO)
ABC (KSTP)
Fox (KMSP)
NBC (KARE) 		Sinclair Broadcast Group
25.1 KJNK-LD Telemundo Telemundo Minnesota 25.2
25.3
25.4
25.5
25.6 		SBN
Cozi TV
LX
Evine
GetTV 		DTV America Corporation
33.1 K33LN-D QVC QVC 33.2
33.4
33.5
33.6
33.7
33.8 		HSN
Shop LC
Shop HQ
3ABN
NTD America
Classic Reruns TV
38.1 K28PQ-D Azteca América Azteca América 38.2
38.3
38.4
38.5
 Infomercials
Infomercials
Infomercials
clic
41.1 KPXM Ion Ion 41.2
41.3
41.4
41.5
41.6
41.7 		Bounce TV
Grit
Court TV Mystery
Laff
Defy TV
Newsy 		E. W. Scripps Company
43.1 KMBD-LD beIN Sports Xtra beIN Sports Xtra 43.2
43.3
43.4
43.5
43.6 		Timeless TV
Timeless TV
MMN
Infomercials
RC TV 		DTV America Corporation
49.1 KMQV-LD beIN Sports Xtra beIN Sports Xtra 49.2
49.3
49.4 		Timeless TV
MMN
RC TV
62.1 WDMI-LD Daystar Daystar 62.2
62.3 		Daystar Español

 Word of God Fellowship, Inc.

Cable

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List of radio stations

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AM

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AM radio stations
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 Audacy, Inc.
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
1570 KDIZ Freedom 1570 Conservative Talk Salem Media Group

FM

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FM radio stations
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
89.9 HD-2
89.9 HD-3		 KMOJ 89.9 KMOJ
The Ice
KVSC		 Urban Contemporary/Talk
Mainstream Urban
College radio		 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
(KJGT Translator)		 Kinship Christian Radio Christian radio 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 iHeartMedia
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 iHeartMedia
93.3 W227BF
(KQQL HD-2 translator)		 BIN 93.3 African American oriented All-news radio
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 KNOF PraiseLive Contemporary worship music Educational Media Foundation
(operated by Christian Heritage Broadcasting)
95.7 K239CJ
(KMNV-AM Translator)		 La Raza Regional Mexican Santamaria Broadcasting, Inc.
95.9 WLKX Bob FM Classic Country Lakes Broadcasting Company, Inc.
96.3 KMWA Air1 Contemporary worship music Educational Media Foundation
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
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 iHeartMedia
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 MEL: Media Entertainment Lab
 Contemporary Christian
Christian Talk
Classic CCM
Hip-Hop/Singer-Songwriter/Pop Rock
 University of Northwestern - St. Paul
98.9 KRSM (LPFM) Community Radio Southside Media Project
99.1 KPJT (LPFM) Religious MG Community Broadcasting
99.1 WVIC (LPFM) Music (various) Victoria Theatre Project
99.5
99.5 HD-2		 KSJN YourClassical 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
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		 Audacy, Inc.
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
Lite FM
 Adult Hits
Adult Contemporary		 Audacy, Inc.
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)
105.5 K288GR
(KFXN-FM-HD3 translator)		 Air1 Contemporary Christian iHeartMedia
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
(WIXK-AM Translator)		 Hmong Radio 1590 Hmong cultural Talk/Music Hmong Radio Broadcast, LLC
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

References

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  1. ^ "Local Television Market Universe Estimates" (PDF). Nielsen. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "Market Survey Schedule and Population Rankings" (PDF). Nielsen Audio. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  3. ^ Mpls.St.Paul Magazine
  4. ^ One Nation News
  5. ^ "About Us". Rake Magazine. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
  6. ^ The Wake
  7. ^ TommieMedia.com
  8. ^ Kitzmann, Shane (January 6, 2010). "Still Miss The Aquin?". University of Minnesota Newsroom. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
  9. ^ Greening Frogtown
  10. ^ The Minnesota Women's Press
  11. ^ "Asian American Press". aapress.com.
  12. ^ "Minneapolis: The Network". mtn.org.
  13. ^ "Homepage + Playlists". www.spnn.org.
  14. ^ "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". HFPA. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  15. ^ "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". Television Academy. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  16. ^ "5 Minneapolis Locations Made Famous by Mary Tyler Moore". Meet Minneapolis. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  17. ^ Jones, Will (December 19, 1968). "After Last Night". Minneapolis Tribune. p. 28. Retrieved January 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ "Movie cameras roll again in Cities". Minneapolis Tribune. March 8, 1972. p. 2B. Retrieved January 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ "Watch out for that driver". Picture Magazine. Minneapolis Tribune. May 9, 1971. pp. 22–27. Retrieved January 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ Schneck, Joshua J. (March 15, 1978). "Film makers on thin ice, so they hurry". Minneapolis Star. p. 1B. Retrieved January 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ^ Ebert, Roger (April 22, 1980). "Foolin' Around". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  22. ^ Jones, Will (November 9, 1980). "After Last Night". TV Week. Minneapolis Tribune. pp. 3, 34. Retrieved January 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. ^ "Minneapolis' Starring Role In 'Purple Rain' (1984)". NPR.org. NPR. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  24. ^ "'That Was Then ... This Is Now'". Hennepin County Public Library. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  25. ^ "5 FILMS (AND 1 TV SHOW) SHOT IN MINNEAPOLIS PARKS". mplsparksfoundation.org. February 4, 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  26. ^ "Horst bakes Plans". Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  27. ^ Holden, Stephen (June 29, 1994). "FILM REVIEW; When a 12-Year-Old Fan Inherits a Baseball Team". New York Times. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  28. ^ "Beautiful Girls". bryantlakebowl.com. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  29. ^ "Can you spot the Twin Cities locations in 'Jingle All the Way'?". Pioneer Press. December 8, 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  30. ^ "20 years ago, 'Fargo' put Minnesota on the map, doncha know". Pioneer Press. March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  31. ^ "Random Question: What movie(s) have been filmed in your area?". flixchatter.net. October 6, 2010. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
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