Editing Minneapolis–Saint Paul (section)

====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).