Alexandria, Minnesota

==Media==
{{main|Media in Alexandria, Minnesota}}

===Newspaper===
''[[Alexandria Echo Press]]'' is Alexandria's twice-weekly newspaper, owned by the [[Forum Communications Company]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Zaleski|first=Jack|title=Forum Communications Company: A Narrative History 1980-2018|publisher=Forum Communications Company}}</ref>

===Television===
From 1958 until 2012, Alexandria had at least one local television station, either [[KCCO]] or [[KSAX]], and both are still satellites of [[Minneapolis, MN]] television stations. KCCO had a presence, first as KCMT, in 1958, as an NBC and ABC affiliate. It switched to CBS affiliation in 1982. Five years later, KSAX regained ABC's presence as a semi-satellite of [[KSTP-TV]]. In that same year, KCCO was bought out and became a semi-satellite of [[WCCO-TV]]. In 1992, KCCO became a CBS [[Owned-and-operated station|O&O]] when CBS acquired WCCO and its two satellites.

During KCCO and KSAX's time as semi-satellites, they broadcast local news, weather, and sports through ten-minute cut-in segments during their parent station's newscast. In 2002, KCCO removed its local presence and became a full satellite of WCCO. In June 2012, cost-cutting measures at KSAX resulted in the layoff of all but two employees and the ending of local cut-in broadcasts by any Alexandria television station.<ref>{{cite web|title=KSAX-TV Alexandria drops local news programming|url=http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-06-26/ksax-tv-alexandria-drops-local-news-programming|website=brainerddispatch.com|access-date=April 11, 2016|archive-date=March 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312025054/http://www.brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-06-26/ksax-tv-alexandria-drops-local-news-programming|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Alexandria area is also served by [[Selective TV, Inc.]], a non-profit, viewer-supported organization which transmits several cable channels [[free-to-air]] over standard [[UHF]] television frequencies, viewable in any area home without subscription.  Selective TV operates under low power television rules of the FCC and as such was not subject to the analog to digital conversion in 2009. Residents still need a converter box to view KCCO and KSAX on the digital band, though KSAX is still rebroadcast via Selective TV.

===Broadcast===
{| 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:#ccccff;" rowspan="2" |Owner
|-
!style="background:#ffcccc;" | (Virtual)
!style="background:#ffcccc;" | Channel
!style="background:#ffcccc" | Programming
|-
| 4.1
| K33DB-D<br><small>([[WCCO-TV|WCCO]] Translator)</small>
| [[CBS]]
| ''WCCO 4''
| 4.2<br />4.3
| style="text-align:left" | [[Start TV]]<br />[[Dabl]]
| style="text-align:left" | Selective TV, Inc.
|-
| 5.2
| K16CO-D<br><small>([[KSTC-TV|KSTC]] Translator)</small>
| Ind.
| ''45 TV''
| 5.3<br />5.4<br />5.6
| style="text-align:left" | [[Me-TV]]<br />[[Antenna TV]]<br />[[This TV]]
| style="text-align:left" | Selective TV, Inc.
|-
| 9.2
| K30AF-D<br><small>([[WFTC]] Translator)</small>
| Ind.
| ''FOX 9 Plus''
| 9.3<br />9.1
| style="text-align:left" | [[Movies!]]<br />[[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]]
| style="text-align:left" | Selective TV, Inc.
|-
| 9.9
| K32EB-D<br><small>([[KMSP-TV|KMSP]] Translator)</small>
| [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]]
| ''FOX 9''
| 9.4<br />9.5<br />9.6
| style="text-align:left" | [[Buzzr]]<br />[[TheGrio|Light TV]]<br />[[Decades (TV network)|Decades]]
| style="text-align:left" | Selective TV, Inc.
|-
| 10.1
| K27KN-D<br><small>([[Pioneer Public TV|KWCM]] Translator)</small>
| [[PBS]]
| ''Pioneer Public TV''
| 10.2<br />10.3<br />10.4<br />10.5
| style="text-align:left" | [[Create (TV network)|Create]]<br />[[Minnesota Channel]]<br />[[World (TV channel)|World]]<br />[[PBS Kids]]
| style="text-align:left" | Selective TV, Inc.
|-
| 11.1
| K26CL-D<br><small>([[KARE (TV)|KARE]] Translator)</small>
| [[NBC]]
| ''KARE 11''
| 11.2<br />11.3<br />11.4
| style="text-align:left" | [[Court TV]]<br />[[True Crime Network]]<br />[[Quest (TV channel)|Quest]]
| style="text-align:left" | Selective TV, Inc.
|-
| 17.1
| K17NW-D
| [[NASA TV]]
| 
| 
| style="text-align:left" | 
| style="text-align:left" | Selective TV, Inc.
|-
| 18.1
| K18DG-D<br><small>([[KSTP-TV|KSAX]] Translator)</small>
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| ''5 Eyewitness News''
| 
| style="text-align:left" | 
| style="text-align:left" | Selective TV, Inc.
|-
| 20.1
| K20AC-D
| Escape (TV network)|Escape
| 
| 20.2<br />20.3<br />20.4<br />20.5
| style="text-align:left" | [[Newsmax TV]]<br />[[C-SPAN]]<br />[[MSNBC]]<br />[[Bounce TV]] 
| style="text-align:left" | Selective TV, Inc.
|-
| 21.1
| K21GN-D
| KOOL-TV
| 
| 21.2<br />21.3<br />21.4<br />21.5
| style="text-align:left" | [[ReelzChannel|Reelz-TV]]<br />[[Grit (TV network)|Grit]]<br />LALA-TV<br />[[Laff (TV network)|Laff]] 
| style="text-align:left" | Selective TV, Inc.
|-
| 22.1
| K36KH-D<br><small>([[Lakeland PBS|KAWB]] Translator)</small>
| [[PBS]]
| ''Lakeland PBS''
| 22.2<br />22.3<br />22.4<br />22.5<br />22.6
| style="text-align:left" | [[First Nations Experience]]<br />[[PBS Kids]]<br />[[Create (TV network)|Create]]<br />PBS Encore<br />[[Minnesota Channel]]
| style="text-align:left" | Selective TV, Inc.
|-
| 23.1
| K14LZ-D<br><small>([[WUCW]] Translator)</small>
| [[The CW|CW]]
| ''CW 23''
| 23.2<br />23.3<br />23.4
| style="text-align:left" | [[Comet (TV network)|Comet]]<br />[[Charge! (TV network)|Charge!]]<br />[[TBD (TV network)|TBD]]
| style="text-align:left" | Selective TV, Inc.
|-
| 41.1
| K34AF-D<br><small>([[KPXM-TV|KPXM]] Translator)</small>
| [[Ion Television|ION]]
| ''ION''
| 41.2<br />41.3<br />41.4<br /> 41.5<br />41.6
| style="text-align:left" | [[Bounce TV]]<br />[[Grit (TV network)|Grit]]<br />[[Court TV Mystery]]<br />[[QVC]]<br />[[Home Shopping Network|HSN]]
| style="text-align:left" | Selective TV, Inc.
|-
| 42.1
| [[KSTP-TV|KSAX]]<br><small>([[KSTP-TV|KSTP]]/[[KSTC-TV|KSTC]] Satellite)</small>
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| ''5 Eyewitness News''
| 42.2<br />42.3
| style="text-align:left" | 45TV<br />[[MeTV]]
| style="text-align:left" | [[Hubbard Broadcasting]]
|-
| 44.1
| K44GH-D
| [[Three Angels Broadcasting Network|3ABN]]
| 
| 44.2<br />44.4<br />44.5<br />44.6<br />44.7
| style="text-align:left" | 3ABN Proclaim<br />3ABN Spanish<br />3ABN Radio<br />3ABN Radio Spanish<br />[[Radio 74 Internationale|Radio 74]]
| style="text-align:left" | Edge Spectrum, Inc.
|-
|}

===Radio===
{| class="wikitable"
!align="center" colspan="5"|'''[[AM radio]] stations'''
|-
!Frequency
!Call sign
!Name
!Format
!Owner
|-
|1490||[[KXRA (AM)|KXRA]]|| ||[[Talk radio|News/Talk]]||Paradis Broadcasting Inc.
|}

{| class="wikitable"
!align="center" colspan="5"|'''[[FM radio]] stations'''
|-
!Frequency
!Call sign
!Name
!Format
!Owner
|-
|90.9||[[KSJR-FM|K215BL]]<br><small>([[KSJR-FM|KSJR]] Translator)</small>||Classical MPR||[[Classical music|Classical]]||Minnesota Public Radio
|-
|91.7||[[WJFM|K219FA]]<br><small>([[WJFM]] Translator)</small>||SonLife Radio||[[Christian radio|Christian]]||Jimmy Swaggart Ministries
|-
|92.3||[[KXRA-FM|KXRA]]||KX92||[[Classic rock]]||Paradis Broadcasting Inc.
|-
|94.3||[[KULO]]||Cool 94.3||[[Oldies]]||[[Hubbard Broadcasting]]
|-
|97.3||[[KRVY-FM|KRVY]]||97.3 The River||[[Adult Contemporary]]||Iowa City Broadcasting Company, Inc.
|-
|98.5||[[KLKX-LP|KLKX]]||K-Lakes 98.5||[[Adult Standards]]|| Alexandria Community Radio Educational Organization, Inc.
|-
|99.3||[[KXRZ]]||Z-99||[[Hot Adult Contemporary|Hot AC]]||Paradis Broadcasting Inc.
|-
|100.3||[[KXRA (AM)|K262AT]]<br><small>([[KXRA (AM)|KXRA-AM]] Translator)</small>|| ||[[Talk radio|News/Talk]]||Paradis Broadcasting Inc.
|-
|100.7||[[KIKV-FM|KIKV]]||KIK FM 100.7||[[Country music|Country]]||[[Hubbard Broadcasting]]
|-
|}

===Other forms===
The city's unofficial mascot "Big Ole" is featured on the cover of the debut album of the National Beekeepers Society.