Minnesota Legislative Television Coverage & Channel Guide

MINNESOTA LEGISLATIVE TELEVISION COVERAGE

The Minnesota Legislature provides statewide broadcast, cable and satellite television

coverage of legislative proceedings live from the Minnesota State Capitol. Coverage is

provided during legislative sessions each year, Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.,

with extended evening and weekend coverage available for debates on high-profile

issues. Legislative television coverage is created and produced as a public service by the

Minnesota Legislature.

Coverage is delivered statewide on the Minnesota Channel, which is carried by

Minnesota’s six independent public television stations. Coverage is also available to

adjacent areas in Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota and Iowa. The Minnesota

Channel is distributed through a variety of ways, including broadcast, cable and satellite.

All programming distributed on the Minnesota Channel is closed-captioned.

For viewers using over-the-air antennas, legislative television coverage is available on

the Minnesota Channel, which is broadcast by your local public television station.

For cable subscribers, legislative television coverage is available if your local cable

system carries the Minnesota Channel. Check the list below, your local TV listings,

contact your cable provider or call your local public television station to find the

Minnesota Channel on your cable system.

Check the list below, your local TV listings, contact your satellite service provider or call

your local public television station to find the Minnesota Channel on your satellite

television service.

MINNESOTA LEGISLATIVE TELEVISION COVERAGE CHANNEL GUIDE

TPT (St. Paul and Minneapolis)

Broadcast: Channel 2‐2

Cable: Comcast channel 202 in Minneapolis and Channel 243 in St. Paul;

Mediacom Channel 102; Charter Channel 396; Midco Channel 15

Fiber: Centurylink 3 and Frontier 51

At Twin Cities PBS, the signal also will be carried on the following cable channels:

Albert Lea – Channel 196

Alexandria – Channel 199

Bemidji – Channel 598

Brainerd – Channel 199

Buffalo – Channel 199

Faribault – Channel 199

Fergus Falls – Channel 194

New Ulm – Channel 202

Northfield – Channel 199

North Mankato – Channel 196

Owatonna – Channel 199

Saint Cloud – Channel 199

Sartell – Channel 199

Sauk Rapids – Channel 143

Willmar – Channel 199

Pioneer Public Television (Appleton)

Broadcast: Appleton Channel 10‐3

Mediacom Cable: Channel 82

KSMQ (Austin)

Broadcast: Channel 15‐4

At KSMQ, the signal also will be carried on the following cable channels:

Adams ‐ Charter – Channel 120

Albert Lea ‐ Charter – Channel 199

Austin ‐ Charter – Channel 199

Chatfield ‐ Charter – Channel 120

Dodge Center ‐ Charter – Channel 120

Faribault ‐ Charter – Channel 189

Melrose ‐ Charter – Channel 189

Owatonna ‐ Charter – Channel 189

Rochester ‐ Charter – Channel 199

Rochester ‐ Shorewood Senior Campus – Channel 7.3

Rushford ‐ Mediacom – Channel 120

Lakeland Public Television (Bemidji)

Broadcast: Northern MN area: KAWE Channel 9‐6

Cable carriage is on both Midco and Paul Bunyan Communications

Midco Cable: Lakeland MN Channel ‐ Channel 598

Paul Bunyan Communications Cable: Lakeland MN Channel ‐ Channel 175

Lakeland Public Television (Brainerd)

Broadcast: Central MN area: KAWB Channel 22‐6

Cable carriage is provided by Charter Communications

Charter Communications: Lakeland MN Channel ‐ Channel 396

At Lakeland Public Television, the signal also will be carried on the following cable channels:

Aitkin ‐ Charter – Channel 396

Akeley ‐ Paul Bunyan Communications – Channel 175

Backus ‐ Paul Bunyan Communications – Channel 175

Badger ‐ Sjoberg Cable – Channel 502

Ball Club ‐ Paul Bunyan Communications – Channel 175

Bass Brook ‐ Paul Bunyan Communications – Channel 175

Baudette ‐ Sjoberg Cable – Channel 502

Bemidji ‐ Paul Bunyan Communications – Channel 175

Bemidji ‐ Midco – Channel 598

Big Falls ‐ Paul Bunyan Communications – Channel 175

Big Fork ‐ Paul Bunyan Communications – Channel 175

Blackduck ‐ Paul Bunyan Communications – Channel 175

Bovey ‐ Paul Bunyan Communications – Channel 175

Brainerd / Baxter ‐ Charter – Channel 396

Breezy Point ‐ Charter – Channel 396

Calumet ‐ Paul Bunyan Communications – Channel 175

Cass Lake ‐ Paul Bunyan Communications – Channel 175

Cass Lake ‐ Midco – Channel 598

Chickamow Beach ‐ Paul Bunyan Communications – Channel 175

Coleraine ‐ Paul Bunyan Communications – Channel 175

Crosslake ‐ Cross Lake Communications – Channel 56

Deer River ‐ Paul Bunyan Communications – Channel 175

Deerwood ‐ Charter – Channel 396

East Gull Lake ‐ Paul Bunyan Communications – Channel 175

Emily ‐ Cross Lake Communications – Channel 56

Fifty Lakes ‐ Charter – Channel 396

Fosston ‐ Paul Bunyan Communications – Channel 175

Grand Rapids ‐ Paul Bunyan Communications – Channel 175

Greenbush ‐ Sjoberg Cable – Channel 502

Hackensack ‐ Paul Bunyan Communications – Channel 175

Hackensack ‐ Charter – Channel 396

Irondale ‐ Paul Bunyan Communications – Channel 175

Jenkins ‐ Cross Lake Communications – Channel 56

Keliher ‐ Paul Bunyan Communications – Channel 175

LaPorte ‐ Paul Bunyan Communications – Channel 175

LaPrairie ‐ Paul Bunyan Communications – Channel 175

(Lakeland Public Television cable continued)

Lakeshore ‐ Paul Bunyan Communications – Channel 175

Little Falls ‐ Paul Bunyan Communications – Channel 175

Little Falls ‐ Charter – Channel 396

Longville ‐ Paul Bunyan Communications – Channel 175

Manhattan Beach ‐ Cross Lake Communications – Channel 56

Menahga ‐ Charter – Channel 396

Motley ‐ Paul Bunyan Communications – Channel 175

Nevis ‐ Paul Bunyan Communications – Channel 175

Nisswa ‐ Charter – Channel 396

Park Rapids ‐ Paul Bunyan Communications – Channel 175

Pequot Lakes ‐ Charter – Channel 396

Pequot Lakes ‐ Cross Lake Communications – Channel 56

Pillager ‐ Paul Bunyan Communications – Channel 175

Pine River ‐ Paul Bunyan Communications – Channel 175

Remer ‐ Paul Bunyan Communications – Channel 175

Roseau ‐ Sjoberg Cable – Channel 502

Solway ‐ Paul Bunyan Communications – Channel 175

Staples ‐ Charter – Channel 396

Tenstrike ‐ Paul Bunyan Communications – Channel 175

Wadena ‐ Charter – Channel 396

Walker ‐ Paul Bunyan Communications – Channel 175

Zemple ‐ Paul Bunyan Communications – Channel 175

Pioneer Public Television (Chandler‐Worthington)

Broadcast: Chandler‐Worthington channel 20‐3

Prairie Public Television (Crookston)

Broadcast: KCGE channel 16‐3

WDSE (Duluth)

Broadcast: Northern Eastern MN area: WDSE 8.4

Spectrum Cable: DSAET Channel – Channel 195

Mediacom Cable: DSAET Channel – Channel 102 DSAET Channel 8

Dish Network: DSAET Channels 8 and 7580

Prairie Public Television (Fargo/Moorhead)

Broadcast: KFME channel 13‐3

Dish Network for Fargo DMA ‐ Channel 19

At Prairie Public Television, the signal also will be carried on the following cable channels:

Alvarado – Channel 502

Argyle – Channel 502

Barnesville – Channel 214

Breckenridge – Channel 597

(Prairie Public Television cable continued)

Climax – Channel 205

Crookston – Channel 597

East Grand Forks – Channel 597

Fergus Falls – Channel 393

Halstad – Channel 205

Holt – Channel 502

Karlstad – Channel 502

Kennedy – Channel 502

Lake Bronson – Channel 502

Lancaster – Channel 502

Middle River – Channel 502

Moorhead – Channel 597

Newfolden – Channel 502

Oslo – Channel 597

Red Lake Falls – Channel 502

Sabin – Channel 597

Shelly – Channel 205

Stephen – Channel 502

Thief River Falls – Channel 502

Viking – Channel 502

Warren – Channel 502

* Most cable systems in ND also carry the Minnesota channel.

Pioneer Public Television (Fergus Falls)

Broadcast: Channel 49‐3

At Pioneer Public Television, the signal also will be carried on the following cable channels:

Alexandria – Channel 396

Austin – Channel 396

Brainerd – Channel 396

Buffalo – Channel 396

Deerwood – Channel 56

Eagle Lake – Channel 133

Ellendale – Channel 133

Emily – Channel 56

Faribault – Channel 133

Fifty Lakes – Channel 56

Grand Rapids – Channel 175

International Falls – Channel 150

Lake Crystal – Channel 133

Little Falls – Channel 396

Lowry – Channel 396

Manhattan Beach – Channel 56

Mankato – Channel 133

Minnesota Lake – Channel 84

New Richland – Channel 133

North Mankato – Channel 133

(Prairie Public Television cable continued)

Owatonna – Channel 396

Pequot Lakes – Channel 56

Rochester – Channel 396

St. Clair – Channel 133

St. Cloud – Channel 396

Prairie Public Television (Grand Forks)

Broadcast: KGFE channel 2.3

WRPT (Hibbing)

Broadcast: Northern Eastern MN area: WRPT 31.4

Mediacom Cable: DSAET Channel – Channel 102

At WDSE/WRPT, the signal also will be carried on the following cable channels:

Aurora – Channel 102

Barnum – Channel 102

Biwabik – Channel 102

Buhl – Channel 102

Carlton – Channel 102

Chisholm – Channel 102

Cloquet – Channel 102

Cohasset – Channel 102 / 175

Coleraine – Channel 150

Duluth – Channel 195

Deer River – Channel 175

Ely – Channel 150

Esko – Channel 102

Eveleth – Channel 102

Grand Marais – Channel 102

Grand Rapids – Channel 102 / 175

Hermantown – Channel 102

Hibbing – Channel 102

Holyoke – Channel 195

International Falls – Channel 150

Kelly Lake – Channel 102

Kinney – Channel 102

Keewatin – Channel 102

Little Fork – Channel 150

Moose Lake – Channel 102

Mountain Iron – Channel 102

Nashwauk – Channel 102

Proctor – Channel 102

Silver Bay – Channel 102

Sturgeon Lake – Channel 102

Two Harbors – Channel 102

Virginia – Channel 102