MINNEAPOLIS RADIO SCHOOL ALTERNATIVE. DJ - Talk Show Host - Sportscaster Programming Director - Promotions Weather Reporter - Voiceovers

MINNEAPOLIS, MN is probably best known for the Mall of America, the huge 4.2 million square-foot mall that is complete with an indoor amusement park that features Camp Snoopy. Minneapolis is also home to many attractions including art museums, a zoo, sculpture gardens and a science museum. The Malcolm E. Willey House is was designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in the 1930s, now part of the National Register of Historic Places.


Sports fans should be sure to see a game at the Metrodome, home to the Vikings, Twins and University of Minnesota Gopher's football team. The Minneapolis-St. Paul area is also renowned for its theater; catching a children's show is a must with the Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis, while the Minneapolis Aquatennial is a hip summer festival with more than 70 events including milk carton boat races and the famous Torchlight Parade, the third week of July every year. And during the last week in August the Minnesota Fringe Festival features hundreds of music, dance and theater performances. The Mary Tyler Moore Show is a famous American television sitcom that was filmed in Minnespolis.


Even though the Twin Cities may not have as much of a nightlife as New York or Los Angeles, the Minneapolis bars are pretty cool, including the famous Nye's Bar & Polonaise Room in the heart of Minneapolis, featuring Polish food, live polka music, glittering gold booths and 1960s décor have made this bar popular for anyone in their 20s to 120s. And then there is always Lyle's Bar and Restaurant which has been nicknamed "Liquor Lyle's," because this place is here to get patrons rip-roaring drunk.  Some great radio stations are located in the twin cities including: Radio K, KDWB FM 101.3, KTTB-FM B96.3 and WFMP FM 107.


For anyone who wants to be a radio announcer, Minneapolis is a good place to start because the city is  number 16 on the Arbitron ratings list of the top 50 radio stations nationwide, and there are plenty of radio stations there for students interested in learning how to be a DJ.  For many years WCCO radio was the most popular broadcaster in the region but it was eventually pushed down by KQRS, a classic rock station with a popular morning show. KTIS 98.5 has recently leaped onto the morning show scene with over 250,000 listeners, and the station is number 5 overall in the Twin Cities market.