WXXI-FM (91.5 MHz) is a public, listener-supported radio station in Rochester, New York, airing a

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radio format. Its programs can also be heard in Houghton on WXXY 90.3 FM and also on a

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of WXXI-TV on 22.7. They are owned by the WXXI Public Broadcasting Council, which also owns

WXXI-TV 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) and WXXI-FM (91.5). The three outlets share studios at 280 S ...

, WRUR-FM and news/information-formatted AM station WXXI

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. WXXI-FM holds periodic fundraisers on the air to support the station. WXXI-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 45,000 watts. The transmitter is located on Pinnacle Hill in

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. It is co-located with the towers for several Rochester FM and TV stations.

History

On , the station

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the air. It broadcast from the new WXXI studios at 280 State Street in Rochester. 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

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92.5 from classical to

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. WBFB donated its classical music library to WXXI-FM, 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 NPR's '' Morning Edition'' and '' All Things Considered'', to its new second service, WXXI

. With the exception of some weekend and evening specialty programming, WXXI-FM became a full-time classical music service. The station that is now WXXY originally signed on in 1979 as WJSL. It was the

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station of Houghton College. Houghton sold the station to WXXI in the late 1990s.Site of the Week 7/9/2021: Wellsville and Alfred, NY
Retrieved July 9, 2021. In 2007, WXXI-FM added

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service, offering a simulcast of

WXXI (AM) WXXI (1370 AM) is a National Public Radio member station in Rochester, New York, broadcasting news, talk and informational programming on a 24-hour daily schedule. Its programs can also be heard on WXXI-FM's HD Radio signal. History WXXI date ...

on its HD2 channel and a third service of news and information on its HD3 channel.

Programming

* WXXI-FM originates broadcasts of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, hosted by Brenda Tremblay. * WXXI-FM also originates the national program ''With Heart and Voice'', hosted first by the late Richard Gladwell and currently by Peter DuBois. It features sacred choral and organ music. * Local live music broadcasts include ''Live from Hochstein'' and ''Backstage Pass''.

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