- WXXI-TV
Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WXXI-TV
city =
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding = WXXI
analog = 21 (UHF)
digital = 16 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = PBS
network =
founded =
airdate =September 6 ,1966
location =Rochester, New York
callsign_meaning = XXI =Roman numeral 21
former_callsigns = WXXI (1966-1984)
former_channel_numbers =
owner = WXXI Public Broadcasting Council
licensee =
sister_stations =WXXI (AM) ,WXXI-FM
former_affiliations = NET (1966-1970)
effective_radiated_power = 1230 kW (analog)
180 kW (digital)
HAAT = 152 m (analog)
130 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 57274
coordinates = coord|43|8|7.6|N|77|35|1.5|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.wxxi.org/ www.wxxi.org]WXXI is a
public television station which operates on Channel 21 inRochester, New York , and is the PBS member station for that city and the surroundingmetro area . The station is owned by theWXXI 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 ", ' and "Flight to Freedom ". WXXI also produces ', 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 four
digital subchannel s, which include:* WXXI-HD (21-1), the station's
HDTV channel for PBS Digital content, varying between local presentations in the format and PBS-HD's national schedule (also on Time Warner Cable 1011).*
PBS World (21-2, also airs Classic Arts Showcase from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m.), features documentary, public affairs and news programming from public television’s award-winning signature series and acclaimed independent filmmakers. (also on Time Warner Cable 524).* Create/
ThinkBright (21-3), a digital channel that carries two program streams: Create, airing from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., showcases the best cooking, travel, fine living and how-to programming public television has to offer. ThinkBright, broadcasting from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m., is a statewide, education-based channel that airs two hours of commercial-free children’s programming daily at 6 p.m., and hosts thematic programming each day beginning at 8 p.m. (also on Time Warner Cable 433). Theme nights are as follows:**Sundays – Family & Educational Nights
**Mondays – Healthy for Life Nights
**Tuesdays – Arts & Performance Nights
**Wednesday – History & Biography Nights
**Thursdays – Heritage & Diversity Nights
**Fridays – Think Globally Nights
**Saturdays – Science & Nature Nights* WXXI-TV (21-4), a digital
standard definition simulcast of WXXI's analog signal.External links
* [http://www.wxxi.org/ WXXI-AM-FM-TV Website]
*TVQ|WXXI
*BIA|WXXI|TV|TV
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