Alexandria, Minnesota

===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.