WXXI-FM

WXXI-FM (91.5) is a public radio station in Rochester, New York. The station airs a classical music format. Its programs can also be heard in Houghton on WXXY (formerly WJSL) 90.3 FM and WXXI-TV subchannel 22.7 .

"WXXY" redirects here. For previous uses, see WXXY (disambiguation).
WXXI-FM
CityRochester, New York
Frequency91.5 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingWXXI Classical
Programming
FormatClassical music
SubchannelsHD2: WXXI (AM) simulcast
HD3: News and information
Ownership
OwnerWXXI Public Broadcasting Council
WXXI, WXXI-TV
History
First air date
December 23, 1974
Technical information
Facility ID74218
ClassB
ERP45,000 watts (horizontal and vertical)
HAAT134 meters (440 ft) (horizontal and vertical)
Repeater(s)90.3 WXXY (Houghton)
Links
Websitewww.wxxiclassical.org

They are owned by the WXXI Public Broadcasting Council, which also owns WXXI-TV, WRUR-FM and news/information-formatted AM station WXXI.

History

WXXI-FM signed on December 23, 1974, from the new WXXI studios at 280 State Street in Rochester, with a transmitter located on Pinnacle Hill in Brighton, Monroe County, New York.

While its initial format was a mixture of classical music, folk music, jazz, news and talk, WXXI-FM became a predominantly classical station after the 1975 format change of WBFB 92.5 from classical to all-news. WBFB donated its classical music library to WXXI, and WBFB program director Simon Pontin soon joined WXXI-FM as its morning host.

On July 2, 1984, WXXI shifted most of its news programming, including "All Things Considered," to its new second service, WXXI (AM) 1370. With the exception of some weekend and evening specialty programming, WXXI-FM became a full-time classical music service.

WXXY originally signed on in 1979 as WJSL, the college radio station of Houghton College. Houghton sold the station to WXXI in the late 1990s.[1]

In 2007, WXXI-FM added HD Radio service, offering a simulcast of WXXI (AM) on its HD2 channel and a third service of news and information on its HD3 channel.

Programming
Headquarters in Rochester, New York

WXXI-FM originates broadcasts of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, hosted by Brenda Tremblay. WXXI-FM also originates the national programs With Heart and Voice, hosted first by the late Richard Gladwell and then by Peter DuBois, and Fascinatin' Rhythm, hosted by Michael Lasser, as well as local live music broadcasts Live from Hochstein and Backstage Pass.

References
  1. Site of the Week 7/9/2021: Wellsville and Alfred, NY. Retrieved July 9, 2021.

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