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.plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Austin,_Minnesota" title="Austin, Minnesota">Austin</a>–<a href="/wiki/Rochester,_Minnesota" title="Rochester, Minnesota">Rochester</a>–<a href="/wiki/Albert_Lea,_Minnesota" title="Albert Lea, Minnesota">Albert Lea, Minnesota</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Mason_City,_Iowa" title="Mason City, Iowa">Mason City, Iowa</a></li></ul></div></li><li>United States</li></ul></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/City_of_license" title="City of license">City</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Austin, Minnesota</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Television_channel_frequencies" title="Television channel frequencies">Channels</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Digital_terrestrial_television" title="Digital terrestrial television">Digital</a>: 20 (<a href="/wiki/UHF" class="mw-redirect" title="UHF">UHF</a>)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Virtual_channel" title="Virtual channel">Virtual</a>: 15</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branding</th><td class="infobox-data">KSMQ Public TV</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Programming</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><b>15.1:</b> <a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a></li><li><i>for others, see <a href="#Subchannels">§ Subchannels</a></i></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Ownership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data">KSMQ Public Service Media, Inc.</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">First air date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">October 17, 1972<span class="noprint">; 52 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1972-10-17</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Former call signs</div></th><td class="infobox-data">KAVT-TV (1972–1984)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Former channel number(s)</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><b>Analog:</b> 15 (UHF, 1972–2009)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Call_sign" title="Call sign">Call sign</a> meaning</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Southern Minnesota Quality</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Technical information<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Licensing authority</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/FCC" class="mw-redirect" title="FCC">FCC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Facility_ID" title="Facility ID">Facility ID</a></th><td class="infobox-data">28510</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Effective_radiated_power" title="Effective radiated power">ERP</a></th><td class="infobox-data">319.2 <a href="/wiki/KW" class="mw-redirect" title="KW">kW</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Height_above_average_terrain" title="Height above average terrain">HAAT</a></th><td class="infobox-data">302.7 m (993 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Transmitter coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=KSMQ-TV&params=43_38_34_N_92_31_36_W_type:landmark_scale:2000"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">43°38′34″N</span> <span class="longitude">92°31′36″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">43.64278°N 92.52667°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">43.64278; -92.52667</span></span></span></a></span></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Links</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Public license information </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/tv-profile/KSMQ-TV">Public file</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=28510">LMS</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ksmq.org/">www<wbr />.ksmq<wbr />.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>KSMQ-TV</b> (channel 15) is a <a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a> member <a href="/wiki/Television_station" title="Television station">television station</a> in <a href="/wiki/Austin,_Minnesota" title="Austin, Minnesota">Austin, Minnesota</a>, United States, serving the <a href="/wiki/Rochester_metropolitan_area,_Minnesota" title="Rochester metropolitan area, Minnesota">Rochester–Austin, Minnesota, metropolitan area</a>. The station is locally owned by KSMQ Public Service Media, Inc. KSMQ-TV's studios are located on West Oakland Avenue in Austin, and its transmitter is located in rural east-central <a href="/wiki/Mower_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Mower County">Mower County</a>, northwest of <a href="/wiki/Ostrander,_Minnesota" title="Ostrander, Minnesota">Ostrander</a>. </p><p>Channel 15 went on the air as KAVT-TV in 1972. It was built as part of the Austin schools' vocational-technical training program, a predecessor to what is now <a href="/wiki/Riverland_Community_College" title="Riverland Community College">Riverland Community College</a>, and provided public television programming to Austin and its immediate environs. In 1980, it began regional expansion to the rest of southern Minnesota; with a profusion of cable systems adding the station on different channel numbers, it changed its call sign to KSMQ-TV in 1984. The Austin school system spun KSMQ-TV off in 2004 to a community licensee composed of local organizations, the Austin school board, Riverland Community College, and the cities of Austin and <a href="/wiki/Albert_Lea,_Minnesota" title="Albert Lea, Minnesota">Albert Lea</a>. The station relocated from the Riverland campus to downtown Austin in 2022. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KSMQ-TV&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>KAVT-TV signed on the air on October 17, 1972. It was owned by the Austin school board (Independent School District #492) and formed part of the Austin Area Vocational-Technical Institute (AAVTI).<sup id="cite_ref-Aust871105_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aust871105-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> KAVT-TV's early broadcasts were sporadic and minimal. With no connection to <a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a>, it operated for an hour every weekday during the school year.<sup id="cite_ref-Aust730921_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aust730921-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The station was connected to PBS in 1974 and began year-round and evening operation to comply with new requirements from the <a href="/wiki/Corporation_for_Public_Broadcasting" title="Corporation for Public Broadcasting">Corporation for Public Broadcasting</a> stipulating minimum output. In addition to educational television for local schools,<sup id="cite_ref-Aust740705_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aust740705-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the station began offering <a href="/wiki/University_of_Minnesota_Extension" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Minnesota Extension">University of Minnesota Extension</a> telecourses.<sup id="cite_ref-Aust740919_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aust740919-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Viewers often struggled to tune the station in; it was the only <a href="/wiki/UHF" class="mw-redirect" title="UHF">UHF</a> station on the air in the area at the time, and many viewers believed cable was required to receive it.<sup id="cite_ref-Aust770826_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aust770826-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Students at the Vocational-Technical Institute were involved in program production; despite being Minnesota's smallest public TV station, KAVT-TV by 1981 was the second-largest producer of local programs behind <a href="/wiki/KTCA" class="mw-redirect" title="KTCA">KTCA</a> in the Twin Cities, with an annual local program output of 125 hours.<sup id="cite_ref-Aust810331_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aust810331-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1980, the Austin school board approved the construction of a new, 428-foot (130 m) tower near the institute to expand KAVT-TV's coverage to areas including <a href="/wiki/Rochester,_Minnesota" title="Rochester, Minnesota">Rochester</a> and <a href="/wiki/Blue_Earth,_Minnesota" title="Blue Earth, Minnesota">Blue Earth</a>, receiving a federal grant to pay for part of the project.<sup id="cite_ref-Aust800724_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aust800724-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The station anticipated expanding its coverage from a 14.5-mile (23.3 km) radius to a 33-mile (53 km) radius.<sup id="cite_ref-Aust801023_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aust801023-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new facility, which debuted on August 23, 1981,<sup id="cite_ref-Aust810825_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aust810825-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> also led to expanded cable coverage for KAVT-TV, including in Rochester and <a href="/wiki/Mankato,_Minnesota" title="Mankato, Minnesota">Mankato</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Aust820421_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aust820421-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Aust830331_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aust830331-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>KAVT-TV changed its call sign to KSMQ-TV on August 19, 1984. The new designation, representing Southern Minnesota Quality, was adopted after the increased cable carriage of the early 1980s created brand confusion for the station's channel 15 identity, as cable systems placed the station on different channels.<sup id="cite_ref-Aust840628_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aust840628-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The station began branding as Q-TV after the call sign change.<sup id="cite_ref-Aust850707_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aust850707-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1981 to 1992, the station was co-owned with KAVT-FM 91.3 in Austin, which was transferred to <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_State_University,_Mankato" title="Minnesota State University, Mankato">Minnesota State University, Mankato</a>, in 1992 and became <a href="/wiki/KMSU" title="KMSU">KMSK</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Aust920220_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aust920220-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Austin Public Schools continued as the licensee of KSMQ-TV, even though the vocational-technical institute and even the facilities had become separated from the school board; the AAVTI became the Austin Technical Institute in 1986<sup id="cite_ref-Aust851219_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aust851219-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Austin Technical College in 1989,<sup id="cite_ref-Aust890801_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aust890801-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was split from the school board and merged with similar institutions in Rochester and <a href="/wiki/Faribault,_Minnesota" title="Faribault, Minnesota">Faribault</a> to become Minnesota Riverland Technical College in 1991,<sup id="cite_ref-Aust910303_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aust910303-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and combined with Austin Community College and South Central Technical College of Albert Lea to form <a href="/wiki/Riverland_Community_College" title="Riverland Community College">Riverland Community College</a> in 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-Aust960709_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aust960709-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The school board in August 2004 approved the transfer of KSMQ to a new community licensee known as Southern Minnesota Quality Broadcasting, consisting of Austin Public Schools, Riverland Community College, <a href="/wiki/Rochester_Community_and_Technical_College" title="Rochester Community and Technical College">Rochester Community and Technical College</a> (RCTC), the cities of Austin and Albert Lea, Hiawatha Broadband, and <a href="/wiki/Hormel_Foods" title="Hormel Foods">Hormel Foods</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Aust040810_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aust040810-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the completion of the transfer in May 2005, each member provided financial contributions or donations; for instance, Albert Lea offered legal and technological assistance, while Riverland's contribution consisted of the facilities and utilities expenses.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2009, KSMQ opened a Rochester office on the RCTC campus and began producing programming there.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That same year, the station ceased analog broadcasting and converted to digital.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the early morning of September 5, 2012, the tower housing the <a href="/wiki/Studio_transmitter_link" title="Studio transmitter link">studio transmitter link</a> connecting the KSMQ-TV studio to the Ostrander tower collapsed due to <a href="/wiki/Straight-line_winds" class="mw-redirect" title="Straight-line winds">straight-line winds</a> as severe thunderstorms moved through the Austin area, partially falling onto a building that housed the station's power equipment. There were no injuries, but the station had no way to deliver programs to its transmitter.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The station set up alternate facilities the following evening by installing a microwave dish atop its studios and manually redirecting it at its transmitter near <a href="/wiki/Grand_Meadow" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Meadow">Grand Meadow</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-KSMQ_Collapse_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KSMQ_Collapse-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While insurance covered the costs of constructing a new tower, the station subsequently set up a fund for the construction due to a minimum $7,000 deductible that the station owed.<sup id="cite_ref-KSMQ_Collapse_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KSMQ_Collapse-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a two-year dispute, KSMQ and <a href="/wiki/Hanover_Insurance" title="Hanover Insurance">Hanover Insurance</a>—which had maintained the tower collapse was caused by a loose anchor and not the winds and thus denied the claim—reached a settlement in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> KSMQ began high-definition broadcasting in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>KSMQ approached the Minnesota Legislature in 2018 seeking funds for a new, purpose-built studio facility in Austin. This would enable it to move out of Riverland Community College, where it had been occupying a former woodworking shop in a low-visibility location; props were being stored in trailers for lack of room; and staffers had to exit the KSMQ area to access restrooms.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A groundbreaking was held in October 2021 for a facility dubbed the Broadcast Center at 107 W. Oakland Street in downtown Austin.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The facility was built during the 12-year leadership tenure of Eric Olson, a former reporter and anchor for <a href="/wiki/KARE_(TV)" title="KARE (TV)">KARE</a> in <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a>. Olson departed the station in 2023, after which an audit found that he had spent $49,000 on a KSMQ credit card between 2021 and 2022 but mostly lacked receipts to verify the purchases.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Funding">Funding</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KSMQ-TV&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Funding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In fiscal year 2023, KSMQ had total revenue of $3,549,525. The largest portion came from a $1.5 million bond provided by the state of Minnesota. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting contributed a $723,000 Community Service Grant and $88,000 from other sources. KSMQ had 1,120 members who contributed a total of $106,548.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_programming">Local programming</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KSMQ-TV&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Local programming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Local content produced by KSMQ includes <i>Off 90</i>, a weekly arts program that began production in 2010;<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>R-Town</i>, a weekly <a href="/wiki/Public_affairs_(broadcasting)" title="Public affairs (broadcasting)">public affairs</a> program focusing on Rochester; and the agricultural education program <i>Farm Connections</i>. The station also airs documentaries and music specials.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Subchannels">Subchannels</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=KSMQ-TV&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Subchannels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The station's signal is <a href="/wiki/Multiplex_(TV)" class="mw-redirect" title="Multiplex (TV)">multiplexed</a>: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Subchannels of KSMQ-TV<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Channel </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Display_resolution" title="Display resolution">Res.</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Aspect_ratio_(image)" title="Aspect ratio (image)">Aspect</a> </th> <th scope="col">Short name </th> <th scope="col">Programming </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">15.1 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/1080i" title="1080i">1080i</a></td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/16:9" class="mw-redirect" title="16:9">16:9</a></td> <td>KSMQ-HD</td> <td><a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">15.2 </th> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/480i" title="480i">480i</a></td> <td>KSMQ-DW</td> <td><a href="/wiki/DW-TV" title="DW-TV">Deutsche Welle</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">15.3 </th> <td>KSMQ-CR</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Create_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Create (TV channel)">Create</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">15.4 </th> <td>KSMQ-MN</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Channel" title="Minnesota Channel">Minnesota Channel</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span 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colspan="2"><div> <dl><dd>This region includes the following cities: <a href="/wiki/Rochester,_Minnesota" title="Rochester, Minnesota">Rochester</a>/<a href="/wiki/Austin,_Minnesota" title="Austin, Minnesota">Austin</a>/<a href="/wiki/Albert_Lea,_Minnesota" title="Albert Lea, Minnesota">Albert Lea, MN</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Mason_City,_Iowa" title="Mason City, Iowa">Mason City, IA</a><br />Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with <a href="/wiki/Cable_television" title="Cable television">cable television</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Rochester,_MN" class="mw-redirect" title="Rochester, MN">Rochester</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KAAL" title="KAAL">KAAL</a> (6.1 <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>, 6.2 <a href="/wiki/Start_TV" title="Start TV">Start</a>, 6.3 <a href="/wiki/Ion_Plus" title="Ion Plus">Ion+</a>, 6.4 <a href="/wiki/Bounce_TV" title="Bounce TV">Bounce</a>, 6.5 <a href="/wiki/Ion_Television" title="Ion Television">Ion</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTTC" title="KTTC">KTTC</a> (10.1 <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>, 10.2 <a href="/wiki/The_CW_Plus" title="The CW Plus">CW+</a>, 10.3 <a href="/wiki/Heroes_%26_Icons" title="Heroes & Icons">H&I</a>, 10.4 <a href="/wiki/Court_TV" title="Court TV">Court</a>, 10.5 <a href="/wiki/True_Crime_Network" title="True Crime Network">Crime</a>, 10.6 <a href="/wiki/Outlaw_(TV_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="Outlaw (TV network)">Outlaw</a>)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">KSMQ-TV</a> (15.1 <a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a>, 15.2 <a href="/wiki/DW-TV" title="DW-TV">DW-TV</a>, 15.3 <a href="/wiki/Create_(TV_network)" title="Create (TV network)">Create</a>, 15.4 <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Channel" title="Minnesota Channel">MN Ch.</a>)</li> <li>KXSH-LD (35.1 <a href="/wiki/Telemundo" title="Telemundo">TMD</a>, 35.2 <a href="/wiki/Bounce_TV" title="Bounce TV">Bounce</a>, 35.3 <a href="/wiki/QVC" title="QVC">QVC</a>, 35.4 <a href="/wiki/TeleXitos" title="TeleXitos">TXO</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KXLT-TV" title="KXLT-TV">KXLT-TV</a> (47.1 <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a>, 47.2 <a href="/wiki/MeTV" title="MeTV">MeTV</a>, 47.3 <a href="/wiki/MeTV_Toons" title="MeTV Toons">MeTV Toons</a>, 47.4 <a href="/wiki/Ion_Mystery" title="Ion Mystery">Mystery</a>, 47.5 <a href="/wiki/Quest_(American_TV_network)" title="Quest (American TV network)">Quest</a>, 47.6 <a href="/wiki/Grit_(TV_network)" title="Grit (TV network)">Grit</a>, 47.7 <a href="/wiki/Laff_(TV_network)" title="Laff (TV network)">Laff</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Three_Angels_Broadcasting_Network_affiliates#Minnesota" title="List of Three Angels Broadcasting Network affiliates">K25NK-D</a> (58.1 <a href="/wiki/Three_Angels_Broadcasting_Network" title="Three Angels Broadcasting Network">3ABN</a>, 58.2 3ABN Proclaim, 58.4 3ABN Latino, 58.5 3ABN Radio, 58.6 3ABN Radio Latino, 58.7 <a href="/wiki/Radio_74_Internationale" title="Radio 74 Internationale">Radio 74</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mason_City,_IA" class="mw-redirect" title="Mason City, IA">Mason City</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KIMT" title="KIMT">KIMT</a> (3.1 <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a>, 3.2 <a href="/wiki/MyNetworkTV" title="MyNetworkTV">MNT</a>, 3.3 <a href="/wiki/Ion_Television" title="Ion Television">Ion</a>, 3.4 <a href="/wiki/Antenna_TV" title="Antenna TV">ANT</a>, 3.5 <a href="/wiki/Story_Television" title="Story Television">Story</a>, 3.6 <a href="/wiki/Catchy_Comedy" title="Catchy Comedy">Catchy</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KAAL" title="KAAL">KAAL-DRT 33</a> (6.1 <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>, 6.2 <a href="/wiki/Start_TV" title="Start TV">Start</a>, 6.3 <a href="/wiki/Ion_Plus" title="Ion Plus">Ion+</a>, 6.4 <a href="/wiki/Bounce_TV" title="Bounce TV">Bounce</a>, 6.5 <a href="/wiki/Scripps_News" title="Scripps News">Scripps News</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iowa_PBS" title="Iowa PBS">KYIN</a> (24.1 <a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a>, 24.2 <a href="/wiki/PBS_Kids" title="PBS Kids">PBS Kids</a>, 24.3 <a href="/wiki/World_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="World (TV channel)">World</a>, 24.4 <a href="/wiki/Create_(TV_network)" title="Create (TV network)">Create</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <dl><dt>See also</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:MSP_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:MSP TV">Twin Cities TV</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Mankato_TV" title="Template:Mankato TV">Mankato TV</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Des_Moines_TV" title="Template:Des Moines TV">Des Moines TV</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Cedar_Rapids_TV" title="Template:Cedar Rapids TV">Cedar Rapids TV</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Eau_Claire_TV" title="Template:Eau Claire TV">Eau Claire-La Crosse TV</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /></div><div role="navigation" 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KEYC-TV" title="KEYC-TV">KEYC-TV</a> (12.1 <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a>, 12.2 <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a>, 12.3 <a href="/wiki/Ion_Television" title="Ion Television">Ion</a>, 12.4 WX, 12.5 <a href="/wiki/Oxygen_(TV_network)" title="Oxygen (TV network)">Oxygen</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Low-power_broadcasting#Television" title="Low-power broadcasting">Low-powered stations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Twin_Cities_PBS" title="Twin Cities PBS">K26CS-D/K29IE-D</a> (2.1 <a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a>, 2.2 <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Channel" title="Minnesota Channel">MN Ch.</a>, 2.3 <a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a>/tptLIFE, 2.4 <a href="/wiki/PBS_Kids" title="PBS Kids">PBS Kids</a>, 2.5 WX)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCCO-TV" title="WCCO-TV">K35KI-D</a> (4.1 <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a>, 4.2 <a href="/wiki/Start_TV" title="Start TV">Start</a>, 4.3 <a href="/wiki/Dabl" title="Dabl">Dabl</a>, 4.4 <a href="/wiki/Fave_TV" title="Fave TV">Fave</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KSTP-TV" title="KSTP-TV">K30FN-D</a> (5.1 <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>, 5.5 <a href="/wiki/Ion_Plus" title="Ion Plus">Ion+</a>, 5.7 <a href="/wiki/Heroes_%26_Icons" title="Heroes & Icons">H&I</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KSTC-TV" title="KSTC-TV">K14KE-D</a> (5.2 <a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">Ind.</a>, 5.3 <a href="/wiki/MeTV" title="MeTV">MeTV</a>, 5.4 <a href="/wiki/Get_(TV_network)" title="Get (TV network)">Get</a>, 5.6 <a href="/wiki/MeTV_Toons" title="MeTV Toons">MeToons</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KMNF-LD" title="KMNF-LD">KMNF-LD</a> (7.1 <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>, 7.2 <a href="/wiki/The_CW_Plus" title="The CW Plus">CW+</a>, 7.3 <a href="/wiki/Free_TV_Networks" title="Free TV Networks">365BLK</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFTC" title="WFTC">K23MF-D</a> (9.1 <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a> UHF simulcast, 9.2 <a href="/wiki/MyNetworkTV" title="MyNetworkTV">MNTV</a>, 9.3 <a href="/wiki/Movies!" title="Movies!">Movies!</a>, 9.7 <a href="/wiki/Fox_Weather" title="Fox Weather">Fox WX</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KMSP-TV" title="KMSP-TV">K16CG-D</a> (9.4 <a href="/wiki/Buzzr" title="Buzzr">Buzzr</a>, 9.5 <a href="/wiki/TheGrio" title="TheGrio">Grio</a>, 9.6 <a href="/wiki/Catchy_Comedy" title="Catchy Comedy">Catchy</a>, 9.8 <a href="/wiki/Story_Television" title="Story Television">Story</a>, 9.9 <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a>, 9.10 <a href="/wiki/MyNetworkTV" title="MyNetworkTV">MNTV</a> VHF simulcast)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KARE_(TV)" title="KARE (TV)">K32GX-D</a> (11.1 <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>, 11.2 <a href="/wiki/Court_TV" title="Court TV">Court</a>, 11.3 <a href="/wiki/True_Crime_Network" title="True Crime Network">Crime</a>, 11.4 <a href="/wiki/Quest_(American_TV_network)" title="Quest (American TV network)">Quest</a>, 11.5 <a href="/wiki/The_Nest_(TV_network)" title="The Nest (TV network)">Nest</a>, 11.7 Confess, 11.8 <a href="/wiki/HSN" title="HSN">HSN</a>)</li> <li>K31KV-D (16.1 CTV <a href="/wiki/Public-access_television" title="Public-access television">(local access)</a>, 16.2 N/A, 16.3 N/A, 16.4 <a href="/wiki/Independent_station_(North_America)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent station (North America)">Ind.</a>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=K18NE-D&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="K18NE-D (page does not exist)">K18NE-D</a> (18.1 <a href="/wiki/Bloomberg_Television" title="Bloomberg Television">Bloomberg</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WUCW" title="WUCW">K34JX-D</a> (23.1 <a href="/wiki/The_CW" title="The CW">CW</a>, 23.2 <a href="/wiki/Comet_(TV_network)" title="Comet (TV network)">Comet</a>, 23.3 <a href="/wiki/Charge!_(TV_network)" title="Charge! (TV network)">Charge!</a>, 23.4 <a href="/wiki/TBD_(TV_network)" title="TBD (TV network)">TBD</a>, 23.5 <a href="/wiki/Rewind_TV" title="Rewind TV">REW</a>, 23.6 <a href="/wiki/Antenna_TV" title="Antenna TV">ANT</a>, 23.10 <a href="/wiki/Comet_(TV_network)" title="Comet (TV network)">Comet</a> <a href="/wiki/ATSC_standards#H.264/MPEG-4_AVC" title="ATSC standards">H.264</a> simulcast)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KJNK-LD" title="KJNK-LD">K28OH-D</a> (25.1 <a href="/wiki/Telemundo" title="Telemundo">TMD</a>, 25.2 <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Swaggart#Television" title="Jimmy Swaggart">SBN</a>, 25.3 <a href="/wiki/Cozi_TV" title="Cozi TV">Cozi</a>, 25.4 American Crimes, 25.5 <a href="/wiki/Infomercial" title="Infomercial">Ads</a>, 25.6 <a href="/wiki/Get_(TV_network)" title="Get (TV network)">Get</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KPXM-TV" title="KPXM-TV">K20LP-D</a> (41.1 <a href="/wiki/Ion_Television" title="Ion Television">Ion</a>, 41.2 <a href="/wiki/Bounce_TV" title="Bounce TV">Bounce</a>, 41.3 <a href="/wiki/Grit_(TV_network)" title="Grit (TV network)">Grit</a>, 41.4 <a href="/wiki/Ion_Mystery" title="Ion Mystery">Mystery</a>, 41.5 <a href="/wiki/Laff_(TV_network)" title="Laff (TV network)">Laff</a>, 41.6 <a href="/wiki/Scripps_News" title="Scripps News">Scripps</a>, 41.7 <a href="/wiki/Jewelry_Television" title="Jewelry Television">JTV</a>, 41.8 <a href="/wiki/QVC" title="QVC">QVC</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cable_television" title="Cable television">Local cable channels</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_CW_Plus" title="The CW Plus">KWYE</a>" (<a href="/wiki/The_CW_Plus" title="The CW Plus">CW+</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <dl><dt>see also</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_Minnesota" title="List of television stations in Minnesota">List of television stations in Minnesota</a></dd></dl> <div class="navbox-styles"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Broadcast_television_stations_by_affiliation_in_the_state_of_Minnesota246" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Minnesota_TV" title="Template:Minnesota TV"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Minnesota_TV" title="Template talk:Minnesota TV"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Minnesota_TV" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Minnesota TV"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div 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href="/wiki/WDAZ-TV" title="WDAZ-TV">WDAZ-TV 8</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Fargo_TV" title="Template:Fargo TV">Fargo/Devils Lake, ND</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDIO-DT" title="WDIO-DT">WDIO-DT 10 / WIRT-DT 13</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Duluth_TV" title="Template:Duluth TV">Duluth/Hibbing</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KSFY-TV" title="KSFY-TV">KSFY-TV 13</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Sioux_Falls_TV" title="Template:Sioux Falls TV">Sioux Falls, SD</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WQOW" title="WQOW">WQOW 18</a> / <a href="/wiki/WXOW" title="WXOW">WXOW 19</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Eau_Claire_TV" title="Template:Eau Claire TV">Eau Claire/La Crosse, WI</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KIMT" title="KIMT">KIMT 3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:RMCA_TV" title="Template:RMCA TV">Mason City, IA</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCCO-TV" title="WCCO-TV">WCCO-TV 4 / KCCW-TV 12</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:MSP_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:MSP TV">Minneapolis/Walker</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KBJR-TV" title="KBJR-TV">KBJR-DT 6.2 / KRII-DT 11.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Duluth_TV" title="Template:Duluth TV">Superior, WI/Chisholm</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKBT-DT" title="WKBT-DT">WKBT-DT 8</a> / <a href="/wiki/KQEG-CD" title="KQEG-CD">KQEG-CD 8</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Eau_Claire_TV" title="Template:Eau Claire TV">La Crescent/La Crosse, WI</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KELO-TV" title="KELO-TV">KELO-TV 11</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Sioux_Falls_TV" title="Template:Sioux Falls TV">Sioux Falls, SD</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KEYC-TV" title="KEYC-TV">KEYC-TV 12</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Mankato_TV" title="Template:Mankato TV">Mankato</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KXJB-LD" title="KXJB-LD">KXJB-LD 30</a> / <a href="/wiki/KVLY-TV" title="KVLY-TV">KVLY-DT 11.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Fargo_TV" title="Template:Fargo TV">Horace/Fargo, ND</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KMSP-TV" title="KMSP-TV">KMSP-TV 9.9</a> / <a href="/wiki/WFTC" title="WFTC">WFTC-DT 9.1 / KFTC 26</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:MSP_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:MSP TV">Minneapolis/Bemidji</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KEYC-TV" title="KEYC-TV">KEYC-DT 12.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Mankato_TV" title="Template:Mankato TV">Mankato</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KVRR" title="KVRR">KVRR 15 / KNRR 12 / KBRR 10</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Fargo_TV" title="Template:Fargo TV">Fargo/Pembina, ND/Thief River Falls</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KQDS-TV" title="KQDS-TV">KQDS-TV 21 / K20NR-D 21</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Duluth_TV" title="Template:Duluth TV">Duluth/International Falls</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLAX" title="WLAX">WLAX 25 / WEUX 48</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Eau_Claire_TV" title="Template:Eau Claire TV">La Crosse/Chippewa Falls, WI</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KDLT-TV" title="KDLT-TV">KDLT-DT 46.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Sioux_Falls_TV" title="Template:Sioux Falls TV">Sioux Falls, SD</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KXLT-TV" title="KXLT-TV">KXLT-TV 47</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:RMCA_TV" title="Template:RMCA TV">Rochester</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KBJR-TV" title="KBJR-TV">KBJR-TV 6 / KRII 11</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Duluth_TV" title="Template:Duluth TV">Superior, WI/Chisholm</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KMNF-LD" title="KMNF-LD">KMNF-LD 7</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Mankato_TV" title="Template:Mankato TV">Mankato</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTTC" title="KTTC">KTTC 10</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:RMCA_TV" title="Template:RMCA TV">Rochester</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KARE_(TV)" title="KARE (TV)">KARE 11 / K19HZ-D 11.4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:MSP_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:MSP TV">Minneapolis</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KVLY-TV" title="KVLY-TV">KVLY-TV 11 / K21NF-D 11</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Fargo_TV" title="Template:Fargo TV">Fargo, ND/Roseau, MN</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WEAU" title="WEAU">WEAU 13 / WECX-LD 13.10</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Eau_Claire_TV" title="Template:Eau Claire TV">Eau Claire, WI</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KDLT-TV" title="KDLT-TV">KDLT-TV 46</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Sioux_Falls_TV" title="Template:Sioux Falls TV">Sioux Falls, SD</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/The_CW" title="The CW">The CW</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KDLH" title="KDLH">KDLH 3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Duluth_TV" title="Template:Duluth TV">Duluth</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KMNF-LD" title="KMNF-LD">KMNF-LD 7.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Mankato_TV" title="Template:Mankato TV">Mankato</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTTC" title="KTTC">KTTC-DT 10.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:RMCA_TV" title="Template:RMCA TV">Rochester</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KSFY-TV" title="KSFY-TV">KSFY-DT 13.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Sioux_Falls_TV" title="Template:Sioux Falls TV">Sioux Falls, SD</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WEAU#WECX-LD" title="WEAU">W34FC-D (WECX-LD) 14.1</a> / <a href="/wiki/WEAU" title="WEAU">WEAU 14.10</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Eau_Claire_TV" title="Template:Eau Claire TV">La Crosse/Eau Claire, WI</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WUCW" title="WUCW">WUCW 23</a><sub><a href="/wiki/ATSC_3.0" title="ATSC 3.0">ATSC 3.0</a></sub> (<a href="/wiki/Template:MSP_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:MSP TV">Minneapolis</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KXJB-LD" title="KXJB-LD">KXJB-LD 30.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Fargo_TV" title="Template:Fargo TV">Horace, ND</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/MyNetworkTV" title="MyNetworkTV">MyNetworkTV</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KIMT" title="KIMT">KIMT-DT 3.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:RMCA_TV" title="Template:RMCA TV">Mason City, IA</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KBJR-TV" title="KBJR-TV">KBJR-DT 6.3 / KRII-DT 11.3</a><sub>Secondary</sub> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Duluth_TV" title="Template:Duluth TV">Superior, WI/Chisholm</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKBT-DT" title="WKBT-DT">WKBT-DT 8.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Eau_Claire_TV" title="Template:Eau Claire TV">La Crosse, WI</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFTC" title="WFTC">WFTC 9.2 / KFTC-DT 26.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:MSP_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:MSP TV">Minneapolis/Bemidji</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KELO-TV" title="KELO-TV">KELO-DT 11.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Sioux_Falls_TV" title="Template:Sioux Falls TV">Sioux Falls, SD</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ion_Television" title="Ion Television">Ion Television</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KIMT" title="KIMT">KIMT-DT 3.3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:RMCA_TV" title="Template:RMCA TV">Mason City, IA</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDAY-TV" title="WDAY-TV">WDAY-DT 6.4</a> / <a href="/wiki/WDAZ-TV" title="WDAZ-TV">WDAZ-DT 8.4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Fargo_TV" title="Template:Fargo TV">Fargo/Devils Lake, ND</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KMNF-LD" title="KMNF-LD">KMNF-LD 7.3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Mankato_TV" title="Template:Mankato TV">Mankato</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKBT-DT" title="WKBT-DT">WKBT-DT 8.3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Eau_Claire_TV" title="Template:Eau Claire TV">La Crosse, WI</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDIO-DT" title="WDIO-DT">WDIO-DT 10.3 / WIRT-DT 13.3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Duluth_TV" title="Template:Duluth TV">Duluth/Hibbing</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KELO-TV" title="KELO-TV">KELO-DT 11.3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Sioux_Falls_TV" title="Template:Sioux Falls TV">Sioux Falls, SD</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KPXM-TV" title="KPXM-TV">KPXM-TV 41</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:MSP_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:MSP TV">St. Cloud</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Template:MSP_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:MSP TV">Minneapolis–St. Paul</a> market</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Twin_Cities_PBS" title="Twin Cities PBS">KTCA-TV 2.1 / KTCI-TV 2.3</a><sub><a href="/wiki/ATSC_3.0" title="ATSC 3.0">ATSC 3.0</a></sub> (<a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul,_Minnesota" title="Saint Paul, Minnesota">St. Paul</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/KAWE" title="KAWE">KAWE 9 / KAWB 22</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bemidji,_Minnesota" title="Bemidji, Minnesota">Bemidji</a>/<a href="/wiki/Brainerd,_Minnesota" title="Brainerd, Minnesota">Brainerd</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/KWCM-TV" title="KWCM-TV">KWCM-TV 10</a> (<a href="/wiki/Appleton,_Minnesota" title="Appleton, Minnesota">Appleton</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/PBS_Wisconsin" title="PBS Wisconsin">WHWC 28</a> (<a href="/wiki/Menomonie,_Wisconsin" title="Menomonie, Wisconsin">Menomonie, WI</a>)</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Template:Duluth_TV" title="Template:Duluth TV">Duluth</a> market</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/WDSE_(TV)" title="WDSE (TV)">WDSE 8 / WRPT 31</a> (<a href="/wiki/Duluth,_Minnesota" title="Duluth, Minnesota">Duluth</a>/<a href="/wiki/Hibbing,_Minnesota" title="Hibbing, Minnesota">Hibbing</a>)</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Template:Sioux_Falls_TV" title="Template:Sioux Falls TV">Sioux Falls, SD</a> market</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/KWCM-TV" title="KWCM-TV">KSMN 20</a> (<a href="/wiki/Worthington,_Minnesota" title="Worthington, Minnesota">Worthington</a>)</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Template:Fargo_TV" title="Template:Fargo TV">Fargo–Grand Forks, ND</a> market</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Prairie_Public_Television" title="Prairie Public Television">KGFE 2 / KFME 13 / KCGE-DT 16</a> (<a href="/wiki/Grand_Forks,_North_Dakota" title="Grand Forks, North Dakota">Grand Forks</a>/<a href="/wiki/Fargo,_North_Dakota" title="Fargo, North Dakota">Fargo</a>/<a href="/wiki/Crookston,_Minnesota" title="Crookston, Minnesota">Crookston</a>)</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Template:RMCA_TV" title="Template:RMCA TV">Rochester–Mason City–Austin</a> market</dt> <dd><a class="mw-selflink selflink">KSMQ-TV 15</a> (<a href="/wiki/Austin,_Minnesota" title="Austin, Minnesota">Austin</a>)</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KRDK-TV" title="KRDK-TV">KRDK-TV 4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cozi_TV" title="Cozi TV">Cozi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Fargo_TV" title="Template:Fargo TV">Valley City, ND</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KSTC-TV" title="KSTC-TV">KSTC-TV 5.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">Ind.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:MSP_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:MSP TV">Minneapolis</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDAY-TV" title="WDAY-TV">WDAY-DT 6.3</a> / <a href="/wiki/WDAZ-TV" title="WDAZ-TV">WDAZ-DT 8.3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">Ind.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Fargo_TV" title="Template:Fargo TV">Fargo/Devils Lake</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTTW" title="KTTW">KTTW 7</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tri-State_Christian_Television" title="Tri-State Christian Television">TCT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Sioux_Falls_TV" title="Template:Sioux Falls TV">Sioux Falls, SD</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCMN-LD" title="WCMN-LD">WCMN-LD</a><sub><a href="/wiki/ATSC_3.0" title="ATSC 3.0">ATSC 3.0</a></sub> (13.1 <a href="/wiki/Religious_broadcasting" title="Religious broadcasting">Rel.</a> <a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">Ind.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:MSP_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:MSP TV">St. Cloud–Sartell</a>)</li> <li>K31KV 16 (CTV, <a href="/wiki/Template:Mankato_TV" title="Template:Mankato TV">Mankato</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WUMN-LD" title="WUMN-LD">WUMN-LD 17</a> (<a href="/wiki/Univision" title="Univision">UNI</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:MSP_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:MSP TV">Minneapolis</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KJNK-LD" title="KJNK-LD">KJNK-LD 25</a> (<a href="/wiki/Telemundo" title="Telemundo">TMD</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:MSP_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:MSP TV">Minneapolis</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KCWV" title="KCWV">KCWV 27</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tri-State_Christian_Television" title="Tri-State Christian Television">TCT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Duluth_TV" title="Template:Duluth TV">Duluth</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KNGF" title="KNGF">KNGF 27</a> (<a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">Ind.</a>/Sports, <a href="/wiki/Template:Fargo_TV" title="Template:Fargo TV">Grand Forks, ND</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KSFL-TV" title="KSFL-TV">KSFL-TV 36</a> (<a href="/wiki/Retro_TV" title="Retro TV">Retro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Sioux_Falls_TV" title="Template:Sioux Falls TV">Sioux Falls, SD</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WCCO-TV" title="WCCO-TV">KCCO-TV 7</a> (<a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>/<a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>/<a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:MSP_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:MSP TV">Alexandria</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KDUL-LP" title="KDUL-LP">KDUL-LP 12</a> (<a href="/wiki/UPN" title="UPN">UPN</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Duluth_TV" title="Template:Duluth TV">Duluth</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KCPM_(TV)" title="KCPM (TV)">KCPM 27</a> (<a href="/wiki/MyNetworkTV" title="MyNetworkTV">MNTV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Fargo_TV" title="Template:Fargo TV">Grand Forks, ND</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFTV_(Duluth)" class="mw-redirect" title="WFTV (Duluth)">WFTV 38</a> (<a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>/<a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>/<a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a>/<a href="/wiki/DuMont_Television_Network" title="DuMont Television Network">DuMont</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Duluth_TV" title="Template:Duluth TV">Duluth</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Broadcast_television_stations_by_affiliation_in_the_state_of_Minnesota246" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse 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href="/wiki/WDIO-DT" title="WDIO-DT">WDIO-DT 10 / WIRT-DT 13</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Duluth_TV" title="Template:Duluth TV">Duluth/Hibbing</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KSFY-TV" title="KSFY-TV">KSFY-TV 13</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Sioux_Falls_TV" title="Template:Sioux Falls TV">Sioux Falls, SD</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WQOW" title="WQOW">WQOW 18</a> / <a href="/wiki/WXOW" title="WXOW">WXOW 19</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Eau_Claire_TV" title="Template:Eau Claire TV">Eau Claire/La Crosse, WI</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KIMT" title="KIMT">KIMT 3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:RMCA_TV" title="Template:RMCA TV">Mason City, IA</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCCO-TV" title="WCCO-TV">WCCO-TV 4 / KCCW-TV 12</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:MSP_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:MSP TV">Minneapolis/Walker</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KBJR-TV" title="KBJR-TV">KBJR-DT 6.2 / KRII-DT 11.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Duluth_TV" title="Template:Duluth TV">Superior, WI/Chisholm</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKBT-DT" title="WKBT-DT">WKBT-DT 8</a> / <a href="/wiki/KQEG-CD" title="KQEG-CD">KQEG-CD 8</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Eau_Claire_TV" title="Template:Eau Claire TV">La Crescent/La Crosse, WI</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KELO-TV" title="KELO-TV">KELO-TV 11</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Sioux_Falls_TV" title="Template:Sioux Falls TV">Sioux Falls, SD</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KEYC-TV" title="KEYC-TV">KEYC-TV 12</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Mankato_TV" title="Template:Mankato TV">Mankato</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KXJB-LD" title="KXJB-LD">KXJB-LD 30</a> / <a href="/wiki/KVLY-TV" title="KVLY-TV">KVLY-DT 11.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Fargo_TV" title="Template:Fargo TV">Horace/Fargo, ND</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KMSP-TV" title="KMSP-TV">KMSP-TV 9.9</a> / <a href="/wiki/WFTC" title="WFTC">WFTC-DT 9.1 / KFTC 26</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:MSP_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:MSP TV">Minneapolis/Bemidji</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KEYC-TV" title="KEYC-TV">KEYC-DT 12.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Mankato_TV" title="Template:Mankato TV">Mankato</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KVRR" title="KVRR">KVRR 15 / KNRR 12 / KBRR 10</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Fargo_TV" title="Template:Fargo TV">Fargo/Pembina, ND/Thief River Falls</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KQDS-TV" title="KQDS-TV">KQDS-TV 21 / K20NR-D 21</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Duluth_TV" title="Template:Duluth TV">Duluth/International Falls</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLAX" title="WLAX">WLAX 25 / WEUX 48</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Eau_Claire_TV" title="Template:Eau Claire TV">La Crosse/Chippewa Falls, WI</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KDLT-TV" title="KDLT-TV">KDLT-DT 46.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Sioux_Falls_TV" title="Template:Sioux Falls TV">Sioux Falls, SD</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KXLT-TV" title="KXLT-TV">KXLT-TV 47</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:RMCA_TV" title="Template:RMCA TV">Rochester</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KBJR-TV" title="KBJR-TV">KBJR-TV 6 / KRII 11</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Duluth_TV" title="Template:Duluth TV">Superior, WI/Chisholm</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KMNF-LD" title="KMNF-LD">KMNF-LD 7</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Mankato_TV" title="Template:Mankato TV">Mankato</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTTC" title="KTTC">KTTC 10</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:RMCA_TV" title="Template:RMCA TV">Rochester</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KARE_(TV)" title="KARE (TV)">KARE 11 / K19HZ-D 11.4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:MSP_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:MSP TV">Minneapolis</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KVLY-TV" title="KVLY-TV">KVLY-TV 11 / K21NF-D 11</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Fargo_TV" title="Template:Fargo TV">Fargo, ND/Roseau, MN</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WEAU" title="WEAU">WEAU 13 / WECX-LD 13.10</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Eau_Claire_TV" title="Template:Eau Claire TV">Eau Claire, WI</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KDLT-TV" title="KDLT-TV">KDLT-TV 46</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Sioux_Falls_TV" title="Template:Sioux Falls TV">Sioux Falls, SD</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/The_CW" title="The CW">The CW</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KDLH" title="KDLH">KDLH 3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Duluth_TV" title="Template:Duluth TV">Duluth</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KMNF-LD" title="KMNF-LD">KMNF-LD 7.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Mankato_TV" title="Template:Mankato TV">Mankato</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTTC" title="KTTC">KTTC-DT 10.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:RMCA_TV" title="Template:RMCA TV">Rochester</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KSFY-TV" title="KSFY-TV">KSFY-DT 13.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Sioux_Falls_TV" title="Template:Sioux Falls TV">Sioux Falls, SD</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WEAU#WECX-LD" title="WEAU">W34FC-D (WECX-LD) 14.1</a> / <a href="/wiki/WEAU" title="WEAU">WEAU 14.10</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Eau_Claire_TV" title="Template:Eau Claire TV">La Crosse/Eau Claire, WI</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WUCW" title="WUCW">WUCW 23</a><sub><a href="/wiki/ATSC_3.0" title="ATSC 3.0">ATSC 3.0</a></sub> (<a href="/wiki/Template:MSP_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:MSP TV">Minneapolis</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KXJB-LD" title="KXJB-LD">KXJB-LD 30.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Fargo_TV" title="Template:Fargo TV">Horace, ND</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/MyNetworkTV" title="MyNetworkTV">MyNetworkTV</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KIMT" title="KIMT">KIMT-DT 3.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:RMCA_TV" title="Template:RMCA TV">Mason City, IA</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KBJR-TV" title="KBJR-TV">KBJR-DT 6.3 / KRII-DT 11.3</a><sub>Secondary</sub> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Duluth_TV" title="Template:Duluth TV">Superior, WI/Chisholm</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKBT-DT" title="WKBT-DT">WKBT-DT 8.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Eau_Claire_TV" title="Template:Eau Claire TV">La Crosse, WI</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFTC" title="WFTC">WFTC 9.2 / KFTC-DT 26.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:MSP_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:MSP TV">Minneapolis/Bemidji</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KELO-TV" title="KELO-TV">KELO-DT 11.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Sioux_Falls_TV" title="Template:Sioux Falls TV">Sioux Falls, SD</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ion_Television" title="Ion Television">Ion Television</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KIMT" title="KIMT">KIMT-DT 3.3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:RMCA_TV" title="Template:RMCA TV">Mason City, IA</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDAY-TV" title="WDAY-TV">WDAY-DT 6.4</a> / <a href="/wiki/WDAZ-TV" title="WDAZ-TV">WDAZ-DT 8.4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Fargo_TV" title="Template:Fargo TV">Fargo/Devils Lake, ND</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KMNF-LD" title="KMNF-LD">KMNF-LD 7.3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Mankato_TV" title="Template:Mankato TV">Mankato</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKBT-DT" title="WKBT-DT">WKBT-DT 8.3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Eau_Claire_TV" title="Template:Eau Claire TV">La Crosse, WI</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDIO-DT" title="WDIO-DT">WDIO-DT 10.3 / WIRT-DT 13.3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Duluth_TV" title="Template:Duluth TV">Duluth/Hibbing</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KELO-TV" title="KELO-TV">KELO-DT 11.3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Sioux_Falls_TV" title="Template:Sioux Falls TV">Sioux Falls, SD</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KPXM-TV" title="KPXM-TV">KPXM-TV 41</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:MSP_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:MSP TV">St. Cloud</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Template:MSP_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:MSP TV">Minneapolis–St. Paul</a> market</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Twin_Cities_PBS" title="Twin Cities PBS">KTCA-TV 2.1 / KTCI-TV 2.3</a><sub><a href="/wiki/ATSC_3.0" title="ATSC 3.0">ATSC 3.0</a></sub> (<a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul,_Minnesota" title="Saint Paul, Minnesota">St. Paul</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/KAWE" title="KAWE">KAWE 9 / KAWB 22</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bemidji,_Minnesota" title="Bemidji, Minnesota">Bemidji</a>/<a href="/wiki/Brainerd,_Minnesota" title="Brainerd, Minnesota">Brainerd</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/KWCM-TV" title="KWCM-TV">KWCM-TV 10</a> (<a href="/wiki/Appleton,_Minnesota" title="Appleton, Minnesota">Appleton</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/PBS_Wisconsin" title="PBS Wisconsin">WHWC 28</a> (<a href="/wiki/Menomonie,_Wisconsin" title="Menomonie, Wisconsin">Menomonie, WI</a>)</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Template:Duluth_TV" title="Template:Duluth TV">Duluth</a> market</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/WDSE_(TV)" title="WDSE (TV)">WDSE 8 / WRPT 31</a> (<a href="/wiki/Duluth,_Minnesota" title="Duluth, Minnesota">Duluth</a>/<a href="/wiki/Hibbing,_Minnesota" title="Hibbing, Minnesota">Hibbing</a>)</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Template:Sioux_Falls_TV" title="Template:Sioux Falls TV">Sioux Falls, SD</a> market</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/KWCM-TV" title="KWCM-TV">KSMN 20</a> (<a href="/wiki/Worthington,_Minnesota" title="Worthington, Minnesota">Worthington</a>)</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Template:Fargo_TV" title="Template:Fargo TV">Fargo–Grand Forks, ND</a> market</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Prairie_Public_Television" title="Prairie Public Television">KGFE 2 / KFME 13 / KCGE-DT 16</a> (<a href="/wiki/Grand_Forks,_North_Dakota" title="Grand Forks, North Dakota">Grand Forks</a>/<a href="/wiki/Fargo,_North_Dakota" title="Fargo, North Dakota">Fargo</a>/<a href="/wiki/Crookston,_Minnesota" title="Crookston, Minnesota">Crookston</a>)</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Template:RMCA_TV" title="Template:RMCA TV">Rochester–Mason City–Austin</a> market</dt> <dd><a class="mw-selflink selflink">KSMQ-TV 15</a> (<a href="/wiki/Austin,_Minnesota" title="Austin, Minnesota">Austin</a>)</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KRDK-TV" title="KRDK-TV">KRDK-TV 4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cozi_TV" title="Cozi TV">Cozi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Fargo_TV" title="Template:Fargo TV">Valley City, ND</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KSTC-TV" title="KSTC-TV">KSTC-TV 5.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">Ind.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:MSP_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:MSP TV">Minneapolis</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDAY-TV" title="WDAY-TV">WDAY-DT 6.3</a> / <a href="/wiki/WDAZ-TV" title="WDAZ-TV">WDAZ-DT 8.3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">Ind.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Fargo_TV" title="Template:Fargo TV">Fargo/Devils Lake</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTTW" title="KTTW">KTTW 7</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tri-State_Christian_Television" title="Tri-State Christian Television">TCT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Sioux_Falls_TV" title="Template:Sioux Falls TV">Sioux Falls, SD</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCMN-LD" title="WCMN-LD">WCMN-LD</a><sub><a href="/wiki/ATSC_3.0" title="ATSC 3.0">ATSC 3.0</a></sub> (13.1 <a href="/wiki/Religious_broadcasting" title="Religious broadcasting">Rel.</a> <a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">Ind.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:MSP_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:MSP TV">St. Cloud–Sartell</a>)</li> <li>K31KV 16 (CTV, <a href="/wiki/Template:Mankato_TV" title="Template:Mankato TV">Mankato</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WUMN-LD" title="WUMN-LD">WUMN-LD 17</a> (<a href="/wiki/Univision" title="Univision">UNI</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:MSP_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:MSP TV">Minneapolis</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KJNK-LD" title="KJNK-LD">KJNK-LD 25</a> (<a href="/wiki/Telemundo" title="Telemundo">TMD</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:MSP_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:MSP TV">Minneapolis</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KCWV" title="KCWV">KCWV 27</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tri-State_Christian_Television" title="Tri-State Christian Television">TCT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Duluth_TV" title="Template:Duluth TV">Duluth</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KNGF" title="KNGF">KNGF 27</a> (<a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">Ind.</a>/Sports, <a href="/wiki/Template:Fargo_TV" title="Template:Fargo TV">Grand Forks, ND</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KSFL-TV" title="KSFL-TV">KSFL-TV 36</a> (<a href="/wiki/Retro_TV" title="Retro TV">Retro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Sioux_Falls_TV" title="Template:Sioux Falls TV">Sioux Falls, SD</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WCCO-TV" title="WCCO-TV">KCCO-TV 7</a> (<a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>/<a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>/<a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:MSP_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:MSP TV">Alexandria</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KDUL-LP" title="KDUL-LP">KDUL-LP 12</a> (<a href="/wiki/UPN" title="UPN">UPN</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Duluth_TV" title="Template:Duluth TV">Duluth</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KCPM_(TV)" title="KCPM (TV)">KCPM 27</a> (<a href="/wiki/MyNetworkTV" title="MyNetworkTV">MNTV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Fargo_TV" title="Template:Fargo TV">Grand Forks, ND</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFTV_(Duluth)" class="mw-redirect" title="WFTV (Duluth)">WFTV 38</a> (<a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>/<a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>/<a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a>/<a href="/wiki/DuMont_Television_Network" title="DuMont Television Network">DuMont</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Duluth_TV" title="Template:Duluth TV">Duluth</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Austin,_Minnesota364" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link 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navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Austin,_Minnesota#History" title="Austin, Minnesota">History</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Industry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hormel" class="mw-redirect" title="Hormel">Hormel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Recreation and attractions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Theater_(Austin,_Minnesota)" title="Paramount Theater (Austin, Minnesota)">Historic Paramount Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hormel_Historic_Home" title="Hormel Historic Home">Hormel Historic Home</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_C._Hormel_Nature_Center" title="Jay C. Hormel Nature Center">Jay C. Hormel Nature Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Augustine%27s_Church_(Austin,_Minnesota)" title="St. Augustine's Church (Austin, Minnesota)">St. Augustine's Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spam_Museum" title="Spam Museum">Spam Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sola_Fide_Observatory" title="Sola Fide Observatory">Sola Fide Observatory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hormel_Institute" title="Hormel Institute">Hormel Institute</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Education</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Primary<br />& secondary</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Austin_High_School_(Minnesota)" 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