Twin Cities Public Television, also known as Twin Cities PBS or TPT, is a privately owned nonprofit organization headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. Founded in 1957, the organization employs approximately 270 individuals and specializes in broadcast media production and distribution. The company operates the Twin Cities' two PBS member television stations, KTCA-TV (channel 2.1) and KTCI-TV (channel 2.3), both licensed to Saint Paul. Twin Cities PBS produces programs for local, regional, and national television broadcast, in addition to operating numerous websites and producing rich media content for Web distribution.
Twin Cities Public Television (TPT) is celebrating 20 years of providing educational resources, with more than seven million teachers relying on its materials and community since its inception, founded on the realization that teachers sharing ideas improves student learning. Earlier, Twin Cities PBS announced on August 24, 2026, its plan to rebrand as Minnesota PBS on September 1, which will extend regional and national PBS programming to nearly 350,000 new viewers across southern Minnesota, including Austin, Rochester, and Winona, through the addition of KSMQ. This rebranding follows the August 19, 2026, announcement that Twin Cities PBS (KTCA and KTCI) and KSMQ would become official sister stations under the "PBS Minnesota" name. The name change stems from recent federal funding cuts that put KSMQ, which has broadcast in southern Minnesota for over 50 years, at risk of going off the air, as explained by President and CEO Sylvia Strobel in a message to supporters on August 18, 2026.
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