Editing Rochester, Minnesota (section)

==Media==
{{See also|Media in Rochester, Minnesota}}
The city newspaper is the ''[[Post-Bulletin]]'', an afternoon paper which publishes Monday through Saturday.  The Post-Bulletin company also publishes ''Rochester Magazine'', a monthly features periodical.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.rochestermagazine.com/| title=Rochester Magazine| website=Post-Bulletin Company}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.postbulletin.com/news/austin/| title=Austin P-B| website=Post-Bulletin Company| date=October 17, 2019| access-date=October 11, 2021}}</ref>

There are four television stations based in Rochester: [[KTTC]] channel 10.1 ([[NBC]]), [[KTTC]]-([[The CW Television Network|CW]]) channel 10.2, and [[KXLT-TV]] channel 47 ([[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]) are a virtual duopoly. The stations share studios as part of a special agreement between [[Gray Television]] and [[SagamoreHill Broadcasting]]. [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate [[KAAL]] (channel 6) and [[CBS]] affiliate [[KIMT]] (channel 3) are also based in Rochester. Channel 15 [[KSMQ-TV|KSMQ]] ([[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]]) in Austin and channel 24 [[KYIN]] ([[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]]) in [[Mason City, Iowa|Mason City]] are among the stations that serve the market. KAAL is [[city of license|licensed]] to Austin and KIMT is licensed to Mason City, but have a studios in Rochester. KIMT opened a studio in Rochester in late 2017, which now serves as the main setting for their newscasts.

The Rochester area is provided cable service by [[Charter Communications]], which holds a monopoly in the area. Indiana-based Metronet is currently in the process of developing the [[fiber-optic network]] to provide cable service to Rochester.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.medcitybeat.com/news-blog/2019/metronet-franchise-agreement-city-of-rochester| title=MetroNet to challenge Charter in Rochester| website=MedCity Beat| date=February 4, 2019}}</ref>