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PBS member station in Rochester, New York
WXXI-TV (channel 21) is a PBS member television station in Rochester, New York , United States. It is owned by the WXXI Public Broadcasting Council alongside NPR members WXXI (1370 AM), WXXI-FM (105.9), and WXXO (91.5 FM). The three outlets share studios at 280 State Street near downtown Rochester; WXXI-TV's transmitter is located on Pinnacle Hill on the border between Rochester and Brighton .
Programming [ edit ]
National productions [ edit ]
WXXI-TV's national public television productions include A Warrior in Two Worlds , Echoes from the Ancients , Out of the Fire Albert Paley: Man of Steel Biz Kid$ Flight to Freedom Assignment: The World , a weekly current-events program for schools, which aired on approximately 100 public television stations nationwide, and was the nation's longest-running instructional television program. Due to funding cuts, it was canceled and its last episode aired on May 23, 2013.
Former programming [ edit ]
Headquarters in Rochester, New York
ThinkBright , broadcast from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. on 21.3 until the digital transition.
Technical information [ edit ]
Subchannels [ edit ]
WXXI-TV entered the digital era in September 2003 when it signed on with Rochester's first full-power digital television signal.
The station's signal is multiplexed :
Broadcast on behalf of another station
Channel 21.4, now PBS Kids since February 1, 2016, was originally a digital standard definition simulcast of WXXI-TV's analog signal.
Analog-to-digital conversion [ edit ]
WXXI-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 21, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 16,[4] virtual channel 21.
As part of the SAFER Act ,[5] digital television transition through a loop of public service announcements from the National Association of Broadcasters . WXXI-TV 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.[6]
References [ edit ]
^ RabbitEars TV Query for WXXI
^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF) . Retrieved March 24, 2012 .
^ "UPDATED List of Participants in the Analog Nightlight Program" (PDF) . Federal Communications Commission. June 12, 2009. Retrieved June 4, 2012 .
^ "WXXI Awarded Digital Television Contract | interactive.wxxi.org" . interactive.wxxi.org . Archived from the original on February 12, 2009.
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WROC-TV (8.1 CBS , 8.2 Bounce , 8.3 Laff , 8.4 Mystery )
WHEC-TV (10.1 NBC , 10.2 MeTV , 10.3 Start , 10.4 Ion , 10.5 H&I , 10.6 Grit , 10.7 Defy )
WHAM-TV (13.1 ABC , 13.2 CW Charge! )
WXXI-TV (21.1 PBS , 21.2 World , 21.3 Create , 21.4 PBS Kids )
WUHF (31.1 Fox , 31.2 ANT , 31.3 Comet , 31.4 TBD )
Low power
WGCE-CD (6.1 Court , 6.2 Grit , 6.3 Get , 6.4 Cozi , 6.5 Buzzr , 6.6 LX
WAWW-LD (30.1 HSN , 30.2 Story )
WNIB-LD (42.1 TCT , 42.2 SBN , 42.3 Blank, 42.4 LC
WBGT-CD (46.1 MNTV , 46.2 This , 46.4 Dabl , 46.5 Catchy , 46.6 QVC , 46.7 Movies! , 46.8 Grio )
ATSC 3.0
Cable
Defunct
Binghamton
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Elmira
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Syracuse
Utica
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See also
Toronto
Ontario
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Batavia cable television
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WGRZ (2.1 NBC , 2.2 ANT , 2.3 Crime , 2.4 Quest , 2.5 Nosey [soon] )
WIVB-TV (4.1 CBS , 4.2 QVC )
WKBW-TV (7.1 ABC , 7.2 Bounce , 7.3 Grit , 7.4 Mystery , 7.5 HSN )
WNED-TV (17.1 PBS , 17.2 Create , 17.3 PBS Kids , 43.10 WNED-FM /WBFO )
WNLO (23.1 CW REW )
WNYB (26.1 TCT , 26.2 SBN , 26.3 Grio )
WUTV (29.1 Fox , 29.2 TBD , 29.3 Charge! )
WNYO-TV (49.1 MNTV , 49.2 Nest , 49.3 Comet , 49.4 Get )
WPXJ-TV (51.1 Ion , 51.2 Court , 51.3 Grit , 51.4 Laff , 51.5 Defy , 51.6 Scripps , 51.7 JTV , 51.8 QVC , 51.9 LC
WBBZ-TV (67.1 MeTV /Ind. , 67.2 H&I , 67.3 Story , 67.4 Daystar , 67.5 Dabl , 67.6 Start , 67.7 Catchy , 67.8 Movies! )
Low-power
WBNF-CD (15.1 Spanish Catholic, 15.2 JTV , 15.3 Rare Collectibles, 15.4 Retro , 15.5 Unknown)
WWHC-LD (20.4 The365 , 20.5 Outlaw )
WBUO-LD (30 unknown)
WVTT-CD (34.1 Ads , 34.2 NTD , 34.3 ShopLC , 34.4 Magnificent Movies, 34.5 NBC LX , 34.6 Oxygen )
WBXZ-LD (56.1 NewsNet , 56.2 Sports News Highlights)
ATSC 3.0
Cable
Defunct
WBUF-TV 17
WNYP-TV 26
WDTB-LD (39.1 Daystar )
WFHW-LP 58
WBES-TV 59
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Erie TV
Elmira TV
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Ithaca cable television
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WETM-TV (18.1 NBC , 18.2 ANT , 18.3 Laff , 18.4 Mystery )
WSKA (30.1 PBS , 30.2 Kids , 30.3 Create , 30.4 World )
WENY-TV (36.1 ABC , 36.2 CBS , 36.3 CW+ , 36.4 Ion )
WYDC (48.1 Fox , 48.2 MNTV , 48.3 MeTV , 48.4 Grit , 48.5 Bounce , 48.6 Scripps News , 48.7 Defy )
Low power
WJKP-LD (39.1 MNTV )
Outlying areas
W20CP-D (20.1 PBS , 20.2 Kids , 20.3 Create )
W26CV-D (26.1 ABC , 26.2 ANT , 26.3 True Crime )
Cable
MSG Sportsnet
MSG Western New York
Spectrum News Southern Tier
SportsNet New York
YES
Defunct
WECT 18 (NBC )
WTVE 24 (DuMont , CBS , ABC , NBC )
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Rome cable television or over-the-air television
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WSTM-TV (3.1 NBC , 3.2 CW Comet )
WTVH (5.1 CBS , 5.2 Charge! , 5.3 TBD )
WSYR-TV (9.1 ABC , 9.2 ANT , 9.3 Bounce , 9.4 Laff )
WCNY-TV (24.1 PBS , 24.2 Create , 24.3 World , 24.4 PBS Kids )
WSYT (43.1 MNTV , 43.2 Dabl , 68.1 Fox , 68.2 Cozi )
WNYI (52.1 Daystar )
WSPX-TV (56.1 Ion , 56.2 Court , 56.3 Grit , 56.4 Mystery , 56.5 Defy , 56.6 Scripps , 56.7 JTV , 56.8 HSN , 56.9 QVC )
Low-power
WVOA-LD (6.1 Ind. )
WONO-CD (11.1 AMGTV, 11.2 This , 11.3 NewsNet , 11.4 HSN2 , 11.5 QVC )
WZLH-LD (16.1 Ind. )
WTVU-CD (22.1 CTVN , 22.2 HSN , 22.3 H&I , 22.4 Start , 22.5 Catchy , 22.6 Movies! )
WWLF-LD 35 (AMGTV)
WDSS-LD (38.1 Daystar (HD SD
WMJQ-CD (40.1 MeTV , 40.2 Buzzr , 40.3 CTVN , 40.4 QVC2 )
WBLZ-LD (49.1 CTVN , 49.2 HSN , 49.3 Ind. )
WHSU-CD (51.1 Walk, 51.2 Story , 51.3 JTV , 51.4 NASA , 51.5 F24 , 51.6 ARTS)
ATSC 3.0
Cable
Defunct
See also
Binghamton TV
Elmira TV
Rochester TV
Utica TV
Watertown TV
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