WXXI-TV

WXXI-TV
Rochester, New York

Branding	WXXI
Channels	Digital: 16 (UHF) Virtual: 21 (PSIP)
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	WXXI Public Broadcasting Council
First air date	September 6, 1966
Call letters' meaning	XXI = Roman numeral 21 (virtual channel)
Sister station(s)	WXXI (AM), WXXI-FM
Former channel number(s)	21 (UHF analog, 1966-2009)
Former affiliations	NET (1966-1970)
Transmitter power	180 kW (digital)
Height	130 m (digital)
Facility ID	57274
Transmitter coordinates	43°8′7″N 77°35′3″W / 43.13528°N 77.58417°W / 43.13528; -77.58417
Website	www.wxxi.org

WXXI is a public television station which operates on Channel 21 in Rochester, New York, and is the PBS member station for that city and the surrounding metro area. The station is owned by the WXXI Public Broadcasting Council group, which also operates WXXI-AM (1370), WXXI-FM (91.5), and Reachout Radio, a service for those with visual impairments or blindness.

WXXI's national public television productions include Warrior in Two Worlds, Echoes from the Ancients, Out of the Fire, Albert Paley: Man of Steel and Flight to Freedom. WXXI also produces Assignment: The World, a weekly current-events program for schools, which airs on approximately 100 public television stations nationwide, and is the nation's longest-running instructional television program.

Digital television

WXXI entered the digital era in September 2003 when WXXI-DT signed on with Rochester’s first full-power digital television signal. The digital channel is subdivided into three digital subchannels, which include:

Channel	Call Sign	Programming
21.1	WXXI-HD	Main WXXI Programming / PBS
21.2	WXXI-W	PBS World
21.3	WXXI-C	Create (Also airs PBS Kids programs (not part of Create) from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.)

Former Programming

ThinkBright, broadcast from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. on 21-3 until the digital transition.

WXXI-TV (21-4) was originally a digital standard definition simulcast of WXXI's analog signal but is not currently transmitting, as 21-1 is identical.

WXXI broadcasts are digital-only, effective June 12, 2009. WXXI had been awarded a $202,498 federal contract for an outreach initiative to help Rochester's over-the-air viewers prepare for the digital transition.^[1]

A Warrior in Two Worlds (2004) PBS

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References

^ http://interactive.wxxi.org/highlights/wxxi-awarded-digital-television-grant

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External links

v t e Television Stations viewable in the Greater Rochester, New York area

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Local stations	WROC (8.1 CBS, 8.2 Bounce TV) WHEC (10.1 NBC, 10.2 Me-TV, 10.3 WX) WHAM (13.1 ABC, 13.2 CW) WXXI (21.1 PBS, 21.2 World, 21.3 Create) WUHF (31.1 Fox) WBGT-CD (40.1 MNTV, 40.2 This TV) W42CO-D (42.1 TCT, 42.2 TCT HD, 42.3 TCT Family) WPXJ (51.1 ION, 51.2 qubo, 51.3 ION Life)

Cable-only stations	YNN Rochester YES MSG Network

Adjacent locals	Buffalo WGRZ (2.1 NBC, 2.2 Antenna TV) WIVB (4.1 CBS) WKBW (7.1 ABC) WNED (17.1 PBS-HD, 17.2 PBS, 17.3 ThinkBright) WNLO (23.1 CW) WUTV (29.1 Fox, 29.2 TCN) WNYO (49.1 MNTV) WBBZ (67.1 Me-TV, 67.2 This, 67.4 Daystar) Syracuse WSTM (3.1 NBC, 3.2 The CW, 3.3 WX) WTVH (5.1 CBS) WSYR (9.1 ABC, 9.2 WSYR-DT2) WCNY (24.1 PBS, 24.2 YourTV, 24.3 World, 24.4 WCNY-HD) WNYS (43.1 MNTV, 43.2 TheCoolTV) WSPX (56.1 ION, 56.2 qubo, 56.3 ION Life) WSYT (68.1 Fox, 68.2 TCN)

New York State television Albany/Schenectady Binghamton Buffalo Burlington/Plattsburgh Elmira New York City Rochester Syracuse Utica Watertown See also Toronto Ontario

v t e PBS Member Stations in the state of New York

WNET 13 (New York City) WPBS 16 / WNPI 18 (Watertown / Norwood) WMHT 17 (Schenectady) WNED 17 (Buffalo) WLIW 21 (Garden City / Long Island) WXXI 21 (Rochester) WCNY 24 / W59AU 59 (Syracuse / Utica) WSKG 46 (Binghamton) WCFE 57 (Plattsburgh)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox ION MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in New York

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