Minnesota Public Television Association

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The Minnesota Public Television Association (MPTA), also commonly known as Minnesota Public Television, is a not-for-profit trade organization of public television stations in the state of Minnesota that operates an interconnecting statewide educational television network serving residents of Minnesota. The MPTA network is two-way; distributing programming to and from each member station. It also tries to keep state funding for public television in the Minnesota budget.

Member stations, in addition to Twin Cities Public Television, include Pioneer Public Television in Appleton, Minnesota, KSMQ in Austin, Lakeland Public Television serving Bemidji and Brainerd, WDSE in Duluth, and North Dakota-based Prairie Public Television, whose stations KFME Fargo, KGFE Grand Forks and KCGE-DT Crookston serve the northwestern part of Minnesota.