KSTP TV is an ABC affiliate that broadcasts on Channel 5. The station claims that it is the upper Midwest's first commercial television station. Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc. owns the station.
KARE 11 is an NBC-affiliated station that broadcasts on Channel 11. KARE 11 began broadcasting as a radio station in 1925, affiliated with one of NBC's two radio networks. KARE 11 also operates WxNOW, a 24-hour weather station. It broadcasts on KARE 11 digital Channel 2 and several cable TV services. The Gannett Corporation, which also owns the USA Today, owns KARE 11.
WCCO, a CBS-owned-and-affiliated station, broadcasts on digital channel 32. It claims the area's first investigative news staff. The news team has won several awards, including du-Pont Columbia, Edward R. Murrow, National and Regional Emmy’s and the George Foster Peabody award.
KMSP, also branded as Fox9, is a Fox-owned-and-operated television station that broadcasts on Channel 9. According to Twin Cities TV Source, the Fox9 news team is the highest rated in the Twin Cities.
WUCW, a CW-affiliated television station in Minneapolis, broadcasts on digital Channel 23. The cult-classic Mystery Science Theater 3000 television show started as a local broadcast show on this station when it was branded KTMA. The Sinclair Broadcast Group currently owns WUCW.