Editing Austin, Minnesota (section)

==Media==
===AM Radio===
{| class="wikitable"
!align="center" colspan="5"|'''[[AM radio]] stations'''
|-
!Frequency
!Call sign
!Name
!Format
|-
|970||[[KQAQ]]||Real Presence Radio||[[Christian radio|Catholic]]
|-
|1450||[[KATE]]|| ||[[Talk radio|News/Talk]]
|-
|1480||[[KAUS (AM)|KAUS]]|| ||[[Talk radio|News/Talk]]
|}

===FM Radio===
{| 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]]
|-
|90.1||[[KNSE]]||MPR News||[[NPR]]
|-
|91.3||[[KMSU|KMSK]]||The Maverick||[[Public radio]]
|-
|96.1||[[KQPR]]||Power 96||[[Classic hits]]
|-
|99.9||[[KAUS-FM|KAUS]]||US Country 99.9||[[Country music|Country]]
|-
|102.7||[[KYTC (FM)|KYTC]]||Super Hits 102.7||[[Classic Hits]]
|-
|103.3||[[KLSE (FM)|K233AD]]<br><small>([[KLSE (FM)|KLSE]] Translator)</small>||Classical MPR||[[Classical music|Classical]]
|-
|103.9||[[KCMP|K280EF]]<br><small>([[KCMP]] Translator)</small>||The Current||[[Adult Album Alternative|AAA]]
|-
|104.3||[[KFNL-FM]]||Fun 104.3||[[Classic hits]]
|-
|105.3||[[KYBA]]||Y105||[[Adult Contemporary|AC]]
|-
|106.9||[[KROC-FM|KROC]]|| ||[[Contemporary hit radio|CHR]]
|-
|}

===Television===
Austin is part of Nielsen's Rochester-Mason City-Austin designated market area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvb.org/media/file/2015-2016-dma-ranks.pdf |title=Local Television Market Universe Estimates |website=Nielsen |access-date=March 22, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412161129/http://www.tvb.org/media/file/2015-2016-dma-ranks.pdf |archive-date=April 12, 2016}}</ref> Austin has two television studios, [[KAAL]] channel 6 ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]), and [[KSMQ-TV]] channel 15  ([[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]]). Other stations in the area include [[Rochester, Minnesota|Rochester]] stations [[KTTC]] channel 10 ([[NBC]]) and [[KXLT-TV]] channel 47, plus [[KIMT]] Channel 3 ([[CBS]]) from [[Mason City, Iowa]].

{| 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
3.5

3.6
| style="text-align:left" | [[MyNetworkTV]]<br />[[Ion Television|ION]]<br />[[Antenna TV]]
[[Story Television]]

[[Catchy Comedy]]
|-
| 6.1
| [[KAAL]]
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| ''KAAL 6''
| 6.2
6.3

6.4

6.5
| style="text-align:left" | [[Start TV]]
[[Ion Plus]]

[[Bounce TV]]

[[Ion Television|ION]]
|-
| 10.1
| [[KTTC]]
| [[NBC]]
| ''KTTC 10''
| 10.2<br />10.3<br />10.4<br />10.5
10.6
| style="text-align:left" | [[The CW Plus|CW+]]<br />[[Heroes & Icons]]<br />[[Court TV]]<br />[[True Crime Network]]
[[Outlaw (TV network)|Outlaw]]
|-
| 15.1
| [[KSMQ]]
| [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]]
| ''KSMQ''
| 15.2<br />15.3<br />15.4
| style="text-align:left" | [[Deutsche Welle]]<br />[[Create (TV network)|Create]]<br />[[Minnesota Channel]]
|-
| 24.1
| [[Iowa Public Television|KYIN]]
| [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]]
| ''Iowa PBS''
| 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
47.7
| style="text-align:left" | [[Me-TV|MeTV]]
[[MeTV Toons]]<br />[[Ion Mystery]]<br />[[Quest (U.S. TV network)|Quest]]

[[Grit (TV network)|Grit]]

[[Laff (TV network)|Laff]]
|-
|}

===Newspapers===
A daily newspaper, the ''[[Austin Daily Herald]]'', serves the community and has a circulation of approximately 7,000. ''Austin Living'' is a bimonthly magazine featuring culture and lifestyle stories about Austin.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.austindailyherald.com/2016/01/herald-staff-take-home-mna-awards-austin-living-takes-third-staff-notches-5-awards/ |title=Herald staff take home MNA awards |author=<!--not stated--> |date=January 29, 2016 |publisher=Austin Daily Herald |access-date=March 24, 2016}}</ref> The ''[[Post-Bulletin]]'', a daily newspaper from Rochester, is also widely read and distributed in Austin.

The documentary film ''[[American Dream (film) | American Dream]]'' was filmed in Austin during the 1985–86 Hormel strike. It was released in 1990 and won Best Documentary Feature at the 63rd Annual [[Academy Awards]].<ref name="americandream" />