Editing Mason City, Iowa (section)

==Media==

===Movies and documentaries===
The town is featured prominently in the first episode of the 12-part documentary film ''[[How Democracy Works Now: Twelve Stories|How Democracy Works Now]]''. In the 1989 movie ''[[UHF (film)|UHF]]'' the character Stanley Spadowski (played by Michael Richards) is seen wearing a Mason City t-shirt.

Mason City served as the inspiration for the fictional town of River City, Iowa, in  ''[[The Music Man]]'', a musical that was composed and written by Mason City native son Meredith Willson (although the 1962 film, which had its world premiere in Mason City, was shot entirely at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iapeace.org/Mason_City.html|title=Mason City, Iowa is known as the River City|website=www.iapeace.org|access-date=21 April 2018}}</ref>

===Television===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!style="background:#ccccff;" |Channel
!style="background:#ccccff;" rowspan="2" |Callsign
!style="background:#ccccff;" rowspan="2" |Affiliation
!style="background:#ccccff;" rowspan="2" |Branding
!style="background:#ccccff;" colspan="2" |Subchannels
|-
!style="background:#ffcccc;" | (Virtual)
!style="background:#ffcccc;" | Channel
!style="background:#ffcccc" | Programming
|-
| 3.1
| [[KIMT]]
| [[CBS]]
| ''KIMT 3''
| 3.2<br />3.3<br />3.4<br />3.5<br />3.6
| style="text-align:left" | [[MyNetworkTV]]<br />[[ION Media Networks|ION]]<br />[[Antenna TV]]<br />[[Story Television]]<br />[[Catchy Comedy]]
|-
| 6.1
| [[KAAL]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| ''KAAL 6''
| 6.2<br />6.3<br />6.4<br />6.5
| style="text-align:left" | [[Start TV]]<br />[[ION Plus]]<br />[[Bounce TV]]<br />[[ION Television]]
|-
| 10.1
| [[KTTC]]
| [[NBC]]
| ''KTTC 10''
| 10.2<br />10.3<br />10.4<br />10.5<br />10.6
| style="text-align:left" | [[The CW Plus|CW+]]<br />[[Heroes & Icons]]<br />[[Court TV]]<br />[[True Crime Network]]<br />[[Outlaw]]
|-
| 15.1
| [[KSMQ-TV|KSMQ]]
| [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]]
| ''KSMQ''
| 15.2<br />15.3<br />15.4<br />
| style="text-align:left" | [[MHz Worldview]]<br />[[Create (TV network)|Create]]<br />[[Minnesota Channel]]
|-
| 24.1
| [[Iowa Public Television|KYIN]]
| [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]]
| ''Iowa Public Television''
| 24.2<br />24.3<br/>24.4
| style="text-align:left" | [[PBS Kids]]<br />[[World (TV channel)|World]]<br/>[[Create (TV network)|Create]]
|-
| 47.1
| [[KXLT-TV|KXLT]]
| [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]]
| ''FOX 47''
| 47.2<br />47.3<br />47.4<br />47.5<br />47.6<br />47.7
| style="text-align:left" | [[Me-TV|MeTV]]<br />[[Me-TV Toons]]<br />[[ION Mystery]]<br />[[Quest (U.S. TV network)|Quest]]<br />[[Grit (TV network)|Grit]]<br />[[Laff (TV network)|Laff]]
|-
|}

===Radio===
{| class="wikitable"
!align="center" colspan="5"|'''[[AM radio]] stations'''
|-
!Frequency
!Call sign
!Name
!Format
|-
|970||[[KQAQ]]||Real Presence Radio||[[Christian radio|Catholic]]
|-
|1010||[[KRNI]]||Iowa Public Radio||[[Public Radio]]
|-
|1300||[[KGLO]]|| ||[[Talk radio|News/Talk]]
|-
|1490||[[KRIB]]|| ||[[Oldies]]
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable"
!align="center" colspan="5"|'''[[FM radio]] stations'''
|-
!Frequency
!Call sign
!Name
!Format
|-
|88.5||[[American Family Radio|KBDC]]||American Family Radio||[[Christian radio|Christian]]
|-
|90.7||[[KHKE|K2814BA]]<br><small>([[KHKE]] Translator)</small>|| ||[[Classical music|Classical]]
|-
|91.5||[[KNSM]]||Iowa Public Radio||[[Public radio]]
|-
|92.5||[[KJLY|K223AB]]<br><small>([[KJLY]] Translator)</small>|| ||[[Christian radio|Christian]]
|-
|93.9||[[KIAI]]||The Country Moose||[[Country music|Country]]
|-
|97.9||[[KCMR]]|| ||[[Christian radio|Christian]]
|-
|98.7||[[KSMA-FM|KSMA]]||98.7 KISS Country||[[Country music|Country]]
|-
|99.9||[[KAUS-FM|KAUS]]||US Country 99.9||[[Country music|Country]]
|-
|103.7||[[KLKK]]||103.7 The Fox||[[Classic rock]]
|-
|106.1||[[KLSS-FM|KLSS]]||Star 106||[[Top 40]]
|-
|}

===Newspapers===
* ''[[Globe Gazette]]'' – daily newspaper