Editing Minneapolis–Saint Paul (section)

==Culture==
{{See also|Culture of Minnesota}}

===Fine and performing arts===

[[File:Guthrie-North.jpg|thumb|right|[[Guthrie Theater]] on the [[Mississippi River]] in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]]]]
The Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area [[fine art]] museums include the [[Minneapolis Institute of Art]], the [[Walker Art Center]], the [[Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum]], [[Minnesota Museum of American Art]] and [[The Museum of Russian Art]]. Other museums include [[American Swedish Institute]], [[Science Museum of Minnesota]], [[Minnesota Children's Museum]], [[Bell Museum of Natural History|Bell Museum]] (natural history and planetarium) and [[The Bakken|The Bakken Museum]] (science and technology). The [[Minnesota Orchestra]] and the [[Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra]] are full-time professional [[musical ensemble]]s. The [[Guthrie Theater]] is a world-class regional theater overlooking the Mississippi River. The [[Minnesota Fringe Festival]] is an annual celebration of [[theatre]], [[dance]], [[improvisation]], [[puppetry]], kids' shows, [[visual art]], and musicals.<ref>{{cite web| title = How to fringe | publisher = Minnesota Fringe Festival | url = http://www.fringefestival.org/new.cfm| access-date = 2006-11-22 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061114023612/http://www.fringefestival.org/new.cfm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2006-11-14}}</ref>

The Twin Cities is also the home of [[Minnesota Public Radio|Minnesota Public Radio (MPR)]], the nation's second-largest public radio station. It has both a [[KSJN|classical station]] and a contemporary station, [[KCMP|The Current]], which plays music from regional and other contemporary artists. The [[Minnesota Public Radio|MPR]] program ''[[A Prairie Home Companion]]'', hosted by Minnesota native [[Garrison Keillor]], aired live for many years from the [[Fitzgerald Theater]] in [[Saint Paul, Minnesota|Saint Paul]]. The show ended its run in 2016, with its successor ''[[Live from Here]]'' also airing from the same venue. This radio program was the basis of the 2006 film [[A Prairie Home Companion (film)|''A Prairie Home Companion'']].

[[Brave New Workshop|The Brave New Workshop Comedy Theater]] is a sketch and improvisational comedy theater in Minneapolis. It is the nation's oldest comedy theater.

[[KCMP|The Current]] and the [[Walker Art Center]] host the annual music festival [[Rock the Garden]], which features nationally recognized and local artists. The festival has been held annually since 2008 and has featured artists such as [[Lizzo]], [[Hippo Campus]], [[Chance the Rapper]], [[Bon Iver]], [[The Flaming Lips]], [[Wilco]] and [[Sonic Youth]].<ref>{{cite web| title =Rock the Garden| url = https://rockthegardenfestival.com/ |website=rockthegardenfestival.com |url-status=unfit |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221208221307/http://www.rockthegardenfestival.com/ |archive-date= Dec 8, 2022 }}</ref>

The [[Basilica of Saint Mary (Minneapolis)|Basilica of Saint Mary]] in Minneapolis hosts the annual [[Basilica Block Party]], another music festival, which has featured nationally recognized artists such as [[Weezer]], [[Andy Grammer]], [[Death Cab for Cutie]] and [[Panic! at the Disco]]. The festival is used as a fundraiser for the restoration of the basilica.<ref>{{cite web| title =Basilica Block Party to rise again: Here's the '18 lineup| url = http://www.citypages.com/music/basilica-block-party-to-rise-again-heres-the-18-lineup/478853043 |date=April 5, 2018 |first1=Jay |last1=Boller |website=City Pages |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029222140/http://www.citypages.com/music/basilica-block-party-to-rise-again-heres-the-18-lineup/478853043 |archive-date= Oct 29, 2020 }}</ref> The event draws about 25,000 people to the downtown area.

The Twin Cities area has a number of venues where artists come to perform. Minneapolis is home to [[First Avenue (nightclub)|First Avenue]]. First Avenue is known for being the starting venue for many famous artists and bands from the area, including [[Prince (musician)|Prince]], [[The Replacements (band)|The Replacements]], [[Atmosphere (music group)|Atmosphere]], and [[Manny Phesto]]. It became one of the most recognizable venues in Minnesota after the release of the Prince movie [[Purple Rain (film)|Purple Rain]], in which it is featured.

===Outdoors===

[[File:Bounce-Saint Paul-2006-05-11.jpg|thumb|left|A Saint Paul Bouncing Team aerialist exhibition in [[Saint Paul, Minnesota|St. Paul]]]]
There are numerous lakes in the region, and some cities in the area have extensive park systems for recreation. Organized recreation includes the [[Great River Energy bicycle festival]], the [[Twin Cities Marathon]], and the U.S. [[pond hockey]] championships. Some studies have shown that area residents take advantage of this, and are among the most physically fit in the country, but others have disputed that. Medicine is a major industry in the region and the southeasterly city of [[Rochester, Minnesota|Rochester]], as the [[University of Minnesota]] has joined other colleges and hospitals in doing significant research, and major [[medical device]] manufacturers started in the region (the most prominent is [[Medtronic]]).{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}} Technical innovators have brought important advances in computing, including the [[Cray]] line of [[supercomputers]].

Many Twin Cities residents own or share cabins and other properties along lakes and forested areas in central and northern Minnesota, and weekend trips "up North" happen in the warmer months. [[Ice fishing]] is a major winter pastime, although overambitious fishers sometimes find themselves in danger when they venture onto the ice too early or too late. Hunting, snowmobiling, [[All-terrain vehicle|ATV]] riding and other outdoor activities are also popular. This connection to the outdoors also brings a strong sense of [[environmentalism]] to many Minnesotans.

In 2011 and 2012, the [[American College of Sports Medicine]] named Minneapolis–Saint Paul the nation's healthiest metropolitan area.<ref>{{cite web|title=ACSM American Fitness Index™ Health and Community Fitness Status of the 50 Largest Metropolitan Areas |url=http://www.americanfitnessindex.org/docs/reports/2011_afi_report_final.pdf|year=2011|publisher=American College of Sports Medicine|access-date=May 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130908154409/http://www.americanfitnessindex.org/docs/reports/2011_afi_report_final.pdf|archive-date=September 8, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanfitnessindex.org/docs/reports/2012_afi_report_final.pdf|publisher=American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) American Fitness Index|year=2012|title=Health and Community Fitness Status of the 50 Largest Metropolitan Areas|access-date=June 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903122215/http://www.americanfitnessindex.org/docs/reports/2012_afi_report_final.pdf|archive-date=September 3, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Sports===

{{Main|Sports in Minneapolis–Saint Paul|Sports in Minnesota}}
[[File:Minneapolis Millers 1905.jpg|thumb|right|300px|upright=2|The 1905 [[Minneapolis Millers]] baseball team]]

The Twin Cities is one of [[U.S. cities with teams from four major league sports|12 American metropolitan areas]] with teams in all four [[Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada|major professional sports]]—baseball (MLB), football (NFL), basketball (NBA) and ice hockey (NHL). Including Major League Soccer (MLS), it is one of 11 metro areas with five major professional sports teams. To avoid favoring either city, most teams based in the area use only the word "Minnesota" in their names, rather than "Minneapolis" or "St. Paul".

Minneapolis was the site of two [[Super Bowl]]s—[[Super Bowl XXVI]] in 1992 and [[Super Bowl LII]] in 2018. It is the farthest north that a Super Bowl has ever been played. The [[Minnesota Vikings]] have played in four Super Bowls—[[Super Bowl IV|IV]] in 1970, [[Super Bowl VIII|VIII]] in 1974, [[Super Bowl IX|IX]] in 1975 and [[Super Bowl XI|XI]] in 1977.

The [[World Series]] has been played in the Twin Cities three times—1965, 1987 and 1991—as have three [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game]]s—1965, 1985 and 2014. [[National Hockey League|NHL]] All-Star games were hosted in 1972 and 2004, [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] All-Star game in 1994, [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]] All-Star game in 2018 and [[Major League Soccer|MLS]] All-Star game in 2022.

The [[Stanley Cup Finals]] have been played in the Twin Cities twice, in 1981 and 1991. The [[NHL Stadium Series]] had a game in the Twin Cities in 2016, and the [[NHL Winter Classic]] was played at [[Target Field]] in 2022.

The [[NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|Final Four]] Men's National College Athletics Association (NCAA) basketball tournament has been hosted by Minneapolis four times—1951, 1992, 2001 and 2019—and the Women's twice, in 1995 and 2022.

The [[NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament|Frozen Four]] Men's NCAA hockey tournament has been hosted by the Twin Cities nine times—1958, 1966, 1989, 1991, 1994, 2002, 2011, 2018 and 2024.

[[File:Mnrg0301 195840.jpg|thumb|left|Over 3,700 fans attend the opening bout of the 2007 [[Minnesota RollerGirls]] season]]

Major golf tournaments hosted in the Twin Cities include: [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]—1916, 1930, 1970, 1991; [[U.S. Women's Open]]—1966, 1977, 2008; [[PGA Championship]]—1932, 1954, 2002, 2009; [[Women's PGA Championship]], 2019; [[Walker Cup]], 1957; [[Solheim Cup]], 2002; and the [[Ryder Cup]], 2016. The Ryder Cup is scheduled to return in 2028.

The 1998 [[World Figure Skating Championships]] were held at the [[Target Center]] in Minneapolis.

The [[X Games Minneapolis 2017|2017]], [[X Games Minneapolis 2018|2018]] and 2019 X Games were held in Minneapolis. The 2020 X Games were canceled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].

The Twin Cities host three nationally competing [[Roller Derby]] leagues: the [[Minnesota Roller Derby]] of the [[Women's Flat Track Derby Association]] Division 1, the [[North Star Roller Derby]] of WFTDA Division 2, and Minnesota Men's Roller Derby, a league of the [[Men's Roller Derby Association]]. MNRD and NSRD have four home teams each: the Dagger Dolls, Garda Belts, Rockits, and Atomic Bombshells of MNRD and the Banger Sisters, Delta Delta Di, Kilmores, and Violent Femmes of NSRD, as well as two traveling teams each. MMRD has three home teams: The Gentlemen's Club, Destruction Workers, and Thunderjacks, and two traveling teams.

The annual [[Twin Cities Marathon]] is held in the fall with a course running through Minneapolis and Saint Paul. Minneapolis was the birthplace of [[Rollerblade]] and is a center for [[inline skating]], as well as home to the most golfers per capita of any U.S. city.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.50states.com/facts/minnesota.htm |title=Minnesota Facts and Trivia |access-date=December 16, 2018 |last1=Douglas |first1=Phil |first2=Ward |last2=Blumer |work=50States.com }}</ref> Additionally, [[water skiing]] got its start on [[Lake Pepin]], a lake southeast of the metropolitan area, in the Mississippi River about {{convert|50|mi|km}} downstream from Saint Paul.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usa-wwf.org/history-of-water-skiing |work=USA Water Ski & Wake Sports Foundation |access-date=December 16, 2018 |title=A Look Back |quote=1922: Ralph Samuelson designed the first water skis from two pine boards and successfully skied on Lake Pepin in Lake City, MN. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217062814/https://www.usa-wwf.org/history-of-water-skiing |archive-date=December 17, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Some other sports teams gained their names from being in Minnesota before relocating. The [[Los Angeles Lakers]] get their name from once being based in Minneapolis, the City of Lakes. The [[Dallas Stars]] also derived their name from their tenure as a Minnesota team, the [[Minnesota North Stars]].

====Professional sports teams in Minneapolis–Saint Paul====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Club
!Sport
!League
!Venue
!City
!Since
!Titles
|-
|[[Minnesota Twins]]
|[[Baseball]]
|[[American League]], [[Major League Baseball]]
|[[Target Field]]
| Minneapolis
|1961
| [[1987 World Series|1987]], [[1991 World Series|1991]]
|-
|[[St. Paul Saints]]
|[[Baseball]]
|[[International League]], [[Minor League Baseball]]
|[[CHS Field]]
| St. Paul
|1993
|2019 {{small|([[American Association of Professional Baseball|AA]])}}<br/>1993, 1995, 1996, and 2004 {{small|([[Northern League (baseball, 1993–2010)|NL]])}} 
|-
|[[Minnesota Vikings]]
|[[American football]]
|[[National Football League]]
|[[U.S. Bank Stadium]]
| Minneapolis
|1961
| [[1969 NFL Championship Game|1969]] {{small|(Not [[Super Bowl]])}}
|-
|[[Minnesota Vixen]]
|[[American football]]
|[[Women's Football Alliance]]
|[[Sea Foam Stadium]]
|St. Paul
|1999
|
|-
|[[Minnesota Timberwolves]]
|[[Basketball]]
|[[National Basketball Association]]
|[[Target Center]]
| Minneapolis
|1989
|
|-
|[[Minnesota Lynx]]
|[[Basketball]]
|[[Women's National Basketball Association]]
|[[Target Center]]
| Minneapolis
|1999
| 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
|-
|[[Minnesota Wild]]
|[[Ice hockey]]
|[[National Hockey League]]
|[[Xcel Energy Center]]
| St. Paul
|2000
|
|-
|[[PWHL Minnesota|Minnesota Frost]]
|[[Ice hockey]]
|[[Professional Women's Hockey League]]
|[[Xcel Energy Center]]
| St. Paul
|2023
|2024
|-
|[[Minnesota United FC]]
|[[Association football|Soccer]]
|[[Major League Soccer]]
|[[Allianz Field]]
| St. Paul                          
|2015
|2011 {{small|([[North American Soccer League (2011–2017)|NASL]])}}
|-
|[[Minnesota Aurora FC]]
|[[Association football|Soccer]]
|[[USL W League]]
|[[TCO Stadium]]
| Eagan
|2021
|
|}

The Twin Cities are also home of the [[University of Minnesota Golden Gophers]] who play in the [[Big Ten]] Conference.

===Media===
{{Main|Media in Minneapolis–Saint Paul}}

====Print====
The Twin Cities have two major daily newspapers: ''[[The Minnesota Star Tribune]]'' and the ''[[Saint Paul Pioneer Press]]''. The ''[[Minnesota Daily]]'' serves the [[University of Minnesota system|University of Minnesota]]'s Twin Cities campus and surrounding neighborhoods. There is one general-interest neighborhood weekly newspaper still in the cities: The ''[[East Side Review]]'', devoted to the 90,000 residents in St. Paul's eastern third. Other weekly papers are devoted to specific audiences/demographics, including (until 2020) ''[[City Pages]]''.

====Television====
[[File:KARE-TV-MN State Fair 20060826.jpg|thumb|left|[[KARE (TV)|KARE]] television broadcast, [[Minnesota State Fair]]]]
The region is the 15th-largest television market, according to Nielsen Media Research. Three [[Duopoly (broadcasting)|duopolies]] exist in the Twin Cities: [[Twin Cities PBS]] operates [[Twin Cities PBS|KTCA and KTCI]] (channels 2.1 and 2.4),{{efn|KTCI formerly transmitted on UHF channel 17 from its May 1965 sign-on until February 2009, when both stations unified their respective digital channels as virtual subchannels of KTCA (mapped to 2.x, corresponding to the latter's existing virtual channel and former analog VHF allocation), while continuing to operate on separate physical channels (16 and 34, respectively).}} Saint Paul-based [[Hubbard Broadcasting]] (founded by [[Stanley E. Hubbard]]) owns [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate [[KSTP-TV]] (channel 5) and [[Independent station (North America)|independent station]] [[KSTC-TV]] (channel 5.2),{{efn|KSTC formerly transmitted on UHF channel 45 from its June 1994 sign-on (as KVBM) until October 2011, when both stations unified their respective digital channels as virtual subchannels of KSTP (mapped to 5.x, corresponding to the latter's existing virtual channel and former analog VHF allocation), while continuing to operate on separate physical channels (45 and 30, respectively).}} and [[Fox Television Stations]] operates [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] [[owned-and-operated station]] [[KMSP-TV]] (channel 9) and [[MyNetworkTV]] O&O [[WFTC]] (channel 9.2).{{efn|WFTC formerly transmitted on UHF channel 29 from its October 1982 sign-on (as WFBT) until June 2014, when both stations unified their respective digital channels as virtual subchannels of KMSP (mapped to 9.x, corresponding to the latter's existing virtual channel and former analog VHF allocation), while continuing to operate on separate physical channels (29 and 9, respectively).}} Diversified from radio, KSTP-TV was the first television station to operate in the region and the 17th to sign on in the U.S., initially reaching 3,000 sets when Hubbard signed on the station in April 1948.<ref>{{cite web|website=Minneapolis Public Library |title=A History of Minneapolis: Radio and Television |url=http://www.mpls.lib.mn.us/history/nm2.asp |year=2001 |access-date=2007-05-10 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070419090008/http://www.mpls.lib.mn.us/history/nm2.asp |archive-date=2007-04-19 }}</ref>

[[File:Transmitters-downtown-Minneapolis.jpg|thumb|[[WCCO-TV]] building in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]].]]
Two local television stations in the area operate their main studios in Minneapolis: [[CBS]] O&O [[WCCO-TV]] (channel 4) and [[The CW|CW]] affiliate [[WUCW]] (channel 23, owned by [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]]). Saint Paul is home to KSTP/KSTC and KTCA/KTCI. The other major television stations are based in nearby suburban areas: [[NBC]] affiliate [[KARE (TV)|KARE]] (channel 11, owned by [[Tegna, Inc.|Tegna]]) operates a broadcasting complex in [[Golden Valley, Minnesota|Golden Valley]], while KMSP/WFTC operates from a facility in [[Eden Prairie, Minnesota|Eden Prairie]].

For much of the last two decades, WCCO and KARE have had the most popular evening newscasts in the area, while KSTP has struggled to maintain decent ratings on its news programs. Since becoming an independent station in 1979, after losing the ABC affiliation to KSTP in a three-station affiliation swap that resulted in NBC moving from KSTP to then-independent WTCN (now KARE), KMSP has carried a nightly prime time newscast (originally airing at 9:30&nbsp;p.m. before moving to 9:00&nbsp;p.m. upon trading time slots with the now-canceled ''[[Independent Network News (TV program)|Independent Network News]]'' in 1982). It remained the top-rated newscast in the 9:00 hour long after it gained competition from then-Fox affiliate WFTC (which launched a standalone news department in April 2001, later absorbed into KMSP's existing news operation after Fox acquired both stations that year from [[iHeartMedia|Clear Channel Television]] and [[BHC Communications|United Television]], respectively) and independent KSTC (which began airing a newscast produced by sister station KSTP in 2001).

Communities in the region have their own [[public, educational, and government access]] (PEG) [[cable television]] channels. One, the Metro Cable Network, is available on channel 6 on cable systems across the seven-county region.

Several television programs that originated in the Twin Cities have aired nationally on broadcast and cable 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 (later KLGT and KMWB, now WUCW) created a number of low-budget shows, including ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'', a satirical [[B-movie]] showcase that achieved [[cult following|cult classic]] status during its 1989–96 national cable run on [[Comedy Central]]. The short-lived ''[[Let's Bowl]]'' started on KARE and later ran on KLGT and [[St. Cloud, Minnesota|St. Cloud]]-licensed KXLI-TV (channel 41, now [[Ion Television|Ion]] O&O [[KPXM-TV]]), before airing on Comedy Central from 2001 to 2002; it was a panel discussion featuring critical and humorous analysis of TV commercials. The advertising-focused panel discussion series ''[[Mental Engineering]]'' originated on the Saint Paul Neighborhood Network (SPNN) cable access channel in 1997 before being syndicated nationally to PBS member stations from 2001 to 2008.

From 1984 to 2002, Hubbard Broadcasting and [[Viacom (1952–2005)|Viacom]] operated CONUS Communications, a [[electronic news gathering|satellite news gathering]] and news video-sharing service for local television stations throughout the nation. In 1989, the venture launched [[All News Channel]] (ANC), a syndicated television news service that operated from the company's St. Paul broadcast facility and used some on-air staff previously employed by KSTP. Similar in format to then-competitor CNN Headline News (now [[HLN (TV network)|HLN]]), ANC produced rolling half-hour national newscasts that were syndicated to local stations (most of which, as KSTP did throughout its existence, aired them as overnight filler programming); Hubbard shut down most of CONUS's operations and ANC in 2002, citing the dominance of network-run affiliate wire services (such as [[CNN|CNN Newsource]]), but it maintains a digital archive of its news library.<ref>{{cite web|title=CONUS to close operations|url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/conus-close-operations-93926|author=Dan Trigoboff|magazine=Broadcasting & Cable|publisher=Reed Business Information|date=September 20, 2002}}</ref>

In 1994, Hubbard launched [[United States Satellite Broadcasting]] (USSB), a [[satellite television]] provider offering premium channels from [[Home Box Office, Inc.]] and [[Showtime Networks]], pay-per-view movies and events, a limited selection of basic cable channels (mainly those in which Viacom held full or partial ownership interest, such as [[MTV]], [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] and [[Nickelodeon]]), and All News Channel. Founded in 1981 by then-Hubbard President [[Stanley S. Hubbard]], USSB and competitor [[DirecTV]] used the [[Digital Satellite Service|Digital Satellite System]] (DSS) infrastructure, allowing customers to optionally subscribe to both services. Hubbard sold USSB's assets to then-DirecTV parent [[Hughes Electronics]] in 1999, leading the latter provider to add USSB's remaining channels. (Viacom moved its basic channels over to DirecTV the previous year.)<ref>{{cite news|title=DirecTV Agrees to Acquire USSB in $1.3-Billion Stock-Cash Deal|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-dec-15-fi-54374-story.html|author=Sallie Hofmeister|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=December 15, 1998}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Basic cablers exit USSB for DirecTV|url=https://variety.com/1998/tv/news/basic-cablers-exit-ussb-for-directv-1117434328/|author=John Dempsey|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=Cahners Business Information|date=January 6, 1998}}</ref>

====Radio====
The Twin Cities radio market was ranked 15th by Nielsen in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ratings.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/arb_menu_001 |title=Nielsen Audio Ratings |work=Radio, Online |year=2018 |access-date=December 18, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.radiodiscussions.com/forumdisplay.php?599-Top-20-US-Radio-Markets |title=Forum: Top 20 US Radio Markets |access-date=December 16, 2018 }}</ref> In November 2018, the area's top five morning radio shows were all FM stations: [[KSTP-FM|KSTP]] (94.5), [[KFXN-FM|KFXN]] (100.3), [[KQQL]] (107.9), [[KDWB-FM|KDWB]] (101.3), and [[KXXR]] (93.7).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ratings.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/arb027 |title=#15 Minneapolis-St. Paul November 2018 Portable People Meter Ratings |date=November 29, 2018 |access-date=December 16, 2018}}</ref> Three of those stations are owned by iHeartRadio. Most stations broadcast on air and online, as livestreams from their websites.

[[File:MPR-2006-12-19.jpg|thumb|[[Minnesota Public Radio]] in [[Saint Paul, Minnesota|St. Paul]]]]
In addition to owning KSTP television, Hubbard Broadcasting also operates two radio stations that share call letters (which reference their shared [[city of license|licensed city]], St. Paul) with its co-owned television outlet: [[KSTP (AM)|KSTP]] (1500 AM) maintains a sports radio format as an [[ESPN Radio]] affiliate, and KSTP-FM maintains a [[pop music]] format. In 1985, Hubbard—valued at $400 million—was one of the nation's larger corporate media companies; in 2005, valued at $1.2 billion, Hubbard was a fairly small major-market media operation.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}

The Twin Cities have a mix of commercial and non-commercial radio stations. The market is dominated by [[iHeartMedia]], which operates seven stations (including [[contemporary hit radio|contemporary hits]] outlet KDWB, [[sports radio]] outlet KFXN, [[classic hits]] outlet KQQL, and news/talk station [[KTLK]]). Multiple small, independent stations are award winners, including [[KUOM]] (770 AM; relayed in St. Paul on 100.7 FM and in Minneapolis on 104.5 FM), operated by the [[University of Minnesota]], [[community radio]] outlet [[KFAI]] (90.3) in [[Cedar-Riverside, Minneapolis|Cedar–Riverside]],<ref>{{cite web |website=iBiquity|title=HD Radio – Minnesota |year=2007 |url=http://www.ibiquity.com/hd_radio/hdradio_find_a_station/MN/StnMarket#stationlist |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927211015/http://www.ibiquity.com/hd_radio/hdradio_find_a_station/MN/StnMarket |archive-date=September 27, 2007 }} and {{cite web |title=Independent Public Radio |url=http://www.ampers.org/station-awards.shtml |year=2006 |access-date=2007-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629175047/http://www.ampers.org/station-awards.shtml |archive-date=2007-06-29 |url-status = dead}}</ref> and African American-oriented community station [[KMOJ]] (89.9 FM) in North Minneapolis.<ref>{{cite news |title=KMOJ’s Freddie Bell named ‘Broadcaster of the Year’ |url=https://spokesman-recorder.com/2020/07/28/kmojs-freddie-bell-named-broadcaster-of-the-year/ |access-date=17 January 2025 |work=Minnesota Spokesman Recorder |date=July 28, 2020}}</ref>

[[Minnesota Public Radio]] (MPR)—a regional public radio network that transmits on 46 affiliate stations across the state—broadcasts on three stations in the area, each with distinct programming formats: [[KNOW-FM|KNOW]] (91.1 FM) serves as the flagship station of MPR's news and information service, MPR News, featuring locally produced and [[NPR]]-distributed news and talk programs; [[KSJN]] (99.5 FM) serves as the flagship of MPR's [[classical music]] service, "YourClassical MPR"; and [[Northfield, Minnesota|Northfield]]-licensed [[KCMP]] (89.3 FM) maintains an [[adult album alternative]] format branded as "The Current". (In addition to being relayed on MPR stations in [[Duluth, Minnesota|Duluth]] and [[Rochester, Minnesota|Rochester]], KCMP's "Current" programming is also carried in the Los Angeles market on an [[HD Radio|HD]] subchannel of educational FM station [[KPCC-FM|KPCC]].) MPR was first nationally known for the variety show ''[[A Prairie Home Companion]]'', which ceased production in 2016.<ref name=guardian2016>{{cite news |date=July 2, 2016 |title=Garrison Keillor Hosts Final A Prairie Home Companion Episode |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/jul/02/garrison-keillor-final-prairie-home-companion-episode |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=December 16, 2018 }}</ref> Doing business as [[American Public Media]], the company is the second-largest producer of NPR content, after National Public Radio (of which MPR is an affiliate).

====Independent media====
The Twin Cities is home to many independent media organizations, including [[The UpTake]] and ''[[MinnPost]]''.