Vineeta Sawkar, part of KSTP's morning team
In June, KSTP news director Lindsay Radford told us that her station had no plans in the immediate future to join WCCO and KSMP and start their morning news broadcasts at 4:30 a.m. Turns out "immediate future" is less than two months. The station announced today that they will start at 4:30 a.m. beginning Aug. 30.
"This is a reflection of changing lifestyles as people are going to bed earlier and getting up earlier," Radford said. "A few years ago no one would have thought there was an audience at 5:30 a.m. but now there is."
