This guide to news reporting and media outlets in Saint Paul, Minnesota includes newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations, and new media based in the city.
The second largest city in Minnesota, Saint Paul has a population of over 300,000, and it is one of the two primary cities of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area, which accounts for about sixty percent of the state's population.
The city of Saint Paul has one general-interest newspaper, and the region is the 15th largest television market in the United States. Its radio market is 16th in the nation, only slightly lower.
The Twin Cities Pioneer Press is a general-interest newspaper based in Saint Paul. Its circulation is highest in the Twin Cities metro area, which includes Dakota, Ramsey, and Washington counties, as well as western Wisconsin, eastern Minnesota, and Anoka County, Minnesota. The Pioneer Press was formed with the merger of the Minnesota Pioneer and the Saint Paul Dispatch in 1974.
The East Side Review, a weekly newspaper published by Lillie Suburban Newspapers, primarily covers the East Side neighborhood of Saint Paul.
The Villager, previously known as the Highland Villager, and the oldest community newspaper in the Twin Cities, is published twice a month.
Greening Frogtown is published every two months, and circulated in the Frogtown neighborhood of Saint Paul. Other neighborhood newspapers in Saint Paul include the Park Bugle and the West Seventh Community Reporter, both published monthly.
Five television stations broadcast from Saint Paul. Twin Cities Public Television operates both of the PBS member stations in the Twin Cities, KTCA and KTCI. KSTP-TV, an ABC affiliate, and KSTC-TV are both owned by Hubbard Broadcasting. WUCW, a local affiliate of the CW Television Network, is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group.
Based in Saint Paul, Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) is best known for A Prairie Home Companion, and is generally acknowledged as the second most powerful public radio station after National Public Radio.
Newspapers, magazines, or other print media published in Saint Paul are appropriate for this category, as are any radio or television stations broadcasting from the city. Online news media based in Saint Paul, or whose content is focused on the city, may also be listed in this category.
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Published in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the Community Reporter has been in print since 1972 and was previously known as the West Seventh Community Reporter, distributed freely to about thirteen thousand households in the West End, Downtown Saint Paul, and Southwest Highland neighborhoods. Advertising information and contacts are displayed, with a calendar of events, and neighborhood news. Archives are available.
https://www.communityreporter.org/
Published in January, March, May, July, September, and November, the newspaper is delivered door-to-door to households from Lexington Parkway to Interstate 35-E, and from University Avenue to Pierce-Butler Route. Back issues may be viewed online, as far back as 2015, and an introduction to the publication is given. Its circulation, audience, and publication schedules are posted, and advertising information is provided.
http://greeningfrogtown.com/
Broadcast from Saint Paul, Minnesota, the ABC television affiliate is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting Company. Its site offers live and on-demand video, photo galleries, and alerts, as well as its programming schedules, local, regional, and national news, weather reports, sports reporting, traffic reports, and in-depth investigative stories. Readers are encouraged to send tips, and contest rules are posted to the site.
https://kstp.com/
MPR is the public radio network for the state of Minnesota, consisting of its flagship radio station, KNOW-FM, its classical music network, KSJN, and KCMP, also known as The Current, which broadcasts a music format that includes a significant rotation of local artists. Its site highlights these three, as well as a calendar of events, new reports, member information, and an online shopping area.
https://www.mpr.org/
Published by Park Press, and serving the Saint Paul, Minnesota neighborhoods of Como Park and Saint Anthony Park, as well as the cities of Lauderdale and Falcon Heights, the Bugle reports community news, offers news analysis, opinions, and ideas of significance to these communities. Subscription information, its publication schedule, and contacts are posted, and its content may be viewed in PDF format.
http://www.parkbugle.org/
Formerly known as the St. Paul Pioneer Press, the newspaper is based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, but serves the Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul metro region, particularly Ramsey, Dakota, and Washington counties, with additional circulation in western Wisconsin, eastern Minnesota, and Anoka County, Minnesota. Local, national, and international news is featured, along with sports and business coverage, entertainment reports, and opinion columns.
https://www.twincities.com/
Founded by recent University of Minnesota graduates in 1953, the Highland Villager serves the Highland Village neighborhood of Saint Paul, Minnesota. Now known as the Villager, it is freely distributed in the Highland Village and Macalester-Groveland neighborhoods of Saint Paul, and the adjacent Longfellow and Nokomis neighborhoods of Minneapolis. Although its content is not available online, a newsstand map is available, and its editorial schedules are posted.
http://www.myvillager.com/
