Media in Rochester, Minnesota

Media in the Rochester, Minnesota area includes:

Print

The city newspaper is the Post-Bulletin, an afternoon paper which publishes Monday through Saturday. The city magazine is the monthly Rochester Magazine.^[1]

A weekly newspaper is the Olmsted County Journal , which covers city council, school board and county council meetings for every community in Olmsted County.

Radio

FM

• 88.7 KMSE [1] Adult Album Alternative "89.3 The Current" (Minnesota Public Radio)
• 89.9 KRPR "Classic Rock Without The Talk" Classic rock (Rochester Public Radio, Inc.)
• 90.7 KLSE [2] News & Talk (Minnesota Public Radio)
• 91.7 KZSE [3] Classical music (Minnesota Public Radio)
• 92.9 KFSI[4] Christian
• 96.5 KWWK[5] "Quick country 96.5" Classic country
• 97.5 KNXR Easy Listening
• 98.9 KNLW [6] Christian
• 101.7 KRCH[7] "Laser 101.7" Classic rock
• 102.5 KMFX-FM[8] "102.5 The Fox" Country
• 103.9 KLCX[9] "Classic Hits 103.9" Classic Hits
• 104.3 KVGO "The True Oldies Channel" Classic rock/Oldies - based in Spring Valley.
• 104.9/105.3 KYBA[10] "Y105" Adult Contemporary
• 106.9/106.3 KROC[11] Top 40
• 107.7 KDZZ [12] Active Rock

AM

• 1270 KFAN [13] Sports/Sports Talk, The Fan (KFAN) network
• 1340 KROC[14] News/Talk
• 1520 KOLM Sports/Sports Talk, ESPN Radio network

NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards

• 162.475 Mhz (ch. 4) WXK41 (ERP: 1,000 watts). The Olmsted County SAME # is 027109.

Internet Radio

• Classic Hits Radio [15] A hybrid of classic rock and classic pop
• Modern Rock Classics [16] Active Rock

Television

There are two television stations based in Rochester: KTTC channel 10 (NBC) and KXLT-TV channel 47 (Fox). The stations share studios as part of a special agreement between Quincy Newspapers and Segamorehill Broadcasting. KIMT channel 3 (CBS) in Mason City, Iowa, KAAL channel 6 (ABC) in Austin, Minnesota, channel 15 KSMQ (PBS) in Austin and channel 24 KYIN (PBS) in Mason City are among the stations that serve the market. The Rochester stations focus on Rochester area news, while KAAL and KIMT emphasize Austin and Mason City news, respectively. The city also has a CW television station.

Rochester is on the fringe of the broadcast area of many Twin Cities radio and television stations, as well as the La Crosse and Eau Claire markets.^[2]

The Rochester area is served by cable company Charter Communications.

• 3 KIMT (CBS) digital Ch. 42 - based in Mason City, Iowa broadcasting weather and myNetworkTV on digital channel 3.2
• 6 KAAL (ABC) digital Ch. 33 - based in Austin, Minnesota
• 10.1 KTTC (NBC) digital Ch. 36, The CW broadcast on digital channel 10.2
• 15.1-4 KSMQ (PBS) digital Ch. 20 - based in Austin, Minnesota Broadcasting 4 digital subchannels (15.1 KSMQ, 15.2 Mhz Worldview, 15.3 Create and 15.4 (PBS) MN Channel)
• 24.1-3 KYIN (PBS) digital Ch. 18 - based in Mason City, Iowa Broadcasting 3 digital subchannels (IPTV Plus 24.1, IPTV Digital 24.2, IPTV 24.3)
• 47.1 KXLT (Fox) digital Ch. 46. Broadcasting MeTV on Channel 47.2.
• 56 K56HW (TBN)
• 58 K58GC (3ABN)

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