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Episode 1: Powered for Good: Meet the “Empowered State” roadtrippers: David, Leila, and Julia—three New Yorkers interested in finding their place in the clean energy revolution; then follow along as they explore hydroelectric power’s potential at Niagara Falls and visit Ithaca, one of New York’s greenest cities.
Episode 2: Under the Ground and Through the Air | Empowered State: Air travel currently emits over one billion tons of carbon dioxide each year—but a cleaner choice is coming. In this episode, the roadtrippers climb inside the next generation of electric planes to imagine how battery-powered flight could help save our climate. Plus, they learn how to harness the Earth’s natural power through geothermal energy, and see how sustainable skyscrapers take shape.
Episode 3: A More Equitable Revolution | Empowered State: How can we make sure the clean energy revolution creates a better future for all—without leaving anyone behind? In this episode, the roadtrippers talk to policymakers and activists about the human side of the switch to renewable energy—including a visit to a sustainable community farm and a sitdown with environmental attorney Elizabeth Yeampierre.
Episode 4: We Power New York | Empowered State: As the road trip comes to an end, interviews with clean energy executives and entrepreneurs help the roadtrippers feel empowered to personally take on one of our planet’s biggest, most urgent challenges—and find career fulfillment along their paths.
Watch Empowered State On-Demand (All episodes) Electric planes. Towns powered by waterfalls. Offshore wind farms. This isn’t the far-off future of clean energy—it’s what’s happening right now in New York State. Join three New Yorkers as they explore the clean energy revolution taking place in their backyard.
WXXI DTV
WXXI TV broadcasts four over-the-air channels which are also carried by Spectrum Digital Cable in the Rochester region, all channels can be livestreamed, and viewed on the PBS Player App and the WXXI App.
WXXI’s Designated Market Area, as defined by The Nielsen Company, is the Greater Rochester Metro region encompassing six counties: Monroe, Livingston, Orleans, Ontario, Wayne, and Yates. WXXI-TV can be seen in 11 counties surrounding Rochester. WXXI’s four TV channels are available over the air and through Spectrum Cable. WXXI Television High-Definition programming is also available on DIRECTV and Dish Network.
1) WXXI-HD — Digital Cable 11/1221 / DT21.1 and Live Stream
2) WXXI World — Digital Cable 1275 / DT21.2 and Live Stream
3) WXXI Create — Digital Cable 1276 / DT21.3 and Live Stream
4) WXXI Kids 24/7 –Digital Cable 1277 /DT21.4 and Live Stream
City 12
Offered only on cable within the City of Rochester limits, City 12 is a unique relationship between the City of Rochester and the WXXI Public Broadcasting Council. The goal of this partnership is to bring to Rochester area residents useful and practical life skills information that enhances their daily living tailored to thriving in an urban environment.
WXXI-AM 1370
WXXI-AM is a 24-hour, 5 KW AM radio station, located in Rochester, broadcasting at 1370 Kilohertz. During the hours from local sunrise to local sunset the primary signal covers a circular area with a 40 to 50-mile radius around Rochester. The WXXI-AM signal can be heard across much of the five-county area around Rochester.
From sunset to sunrise WXXI-AM broadcasts on a directional pattern as required by the Federal Communications Commission to protect other stations operating on the same frequency to the west and northeast. WXXI-AM’s night-time signal reaches the City of Rochester and its northern and southeastern suburbs. 1370 AM programming is simulcast during morning on WRUR-FM 88.5 in partnership with the University of Rochester, and on WXXY-FM 90.3 in Houghton. It is also heard simulcast 24/7 on WXXI-FM HD 2.
WXXI-AM 1370 also can be streamed live on WXXINews.org. Downloadable audio and podcasts are also available for many programs, features, and news coverage on the WXXI News site and on your favorite podcast platforms.
WXXI-FM 105.9
WXXI News/NPR can now be heard on a full-powered FM signal. 105.9 WXXI-FM Rochester launched in 2023 as a 24/7 simulcast of AM 1370. All the vital WXXI and NPR news programming that listeners depend upon can now be heard on 105.9 FM. The WXXI-FM 105.9 signal extends 40 miles in all directions from a broadcast tower on Pinnacle Hill in Rochester.
WXXI News will still be heard on AM 1370, as well as streamed on WXXINews.org, and can be accessed on home smart speakers.
WXXO-FM 91.5
The WXXO-FM 91.5 analog and digital 91.5 signals extend 50 miles in all directions from a broadcast tower on Pinnacle Hill in Rochester. WXXI-FM’s classical music programming also can be streamed live on WXXIClassical.org.
WRUR-FM 88.5
WRUR-FM 88.5 is a broadcast partnership of the University of Rochester and WXXI that provides NPR news and eclectic music programming to the Rochester community and beyond. The signal reaches eastern Orleans and Genesee counties, Livingston County north of Dansville, the majority of Ontario and western Wayne counties, as well as northwest Wyoming and northeast Yates counties. WRUR-FM also can be streamed live on WRUR.org.
WXXY-FM 90.3
WXXY-FM 90.3, located in Houghton, broadcasts to Allegheny County and portions of the Southern Tier. The station broadcasts a combination of classical music and NPR News programs such as Morning Edition and All Things Considered. The signal reaches Mount Morris, Dansville, Hornell, Alfred, Friendship, Cuba, Ischua, Franklinville, Lime Lake, Arcade (northern and central Allegany County, western Steuben County, northwestern Potter County, east central Cattaraugus County and southern Wyoming County).
WEOS-FM 89.5 / 90.3
WEOS-FM 89.5/90.3, located in Geneva, is an NPR station and partnership between WXXI and Hobart and William Smith Colleges, provides 24 hours of NPR news programs and eclectic entertainment to the Finger Lakes area. The signal reaches Honeoye Lake on the west, Otisco Lake on the east, north to Lyons, and south to Dundee. WEOS-FM also can be streamed live on WEOS.org.
WITH-FM 90.1
WITH-FM 90.1 is a new public radio station serving Ithaca and the surrounding areas. It is operated jointly between WEOS and WXXI and offers a mix of eclectic music programs along with alternative news programs. The signal reaches the southern Finger Lakes area, including Ithaca and Watkins Glen, from Ovid to south of Ithaca, west of Seneca Lake and near Cortland to the east. WITH-FM also provides, via the HD2 signal, a 24- hour classical music service. WITH-FM also can be streamed live on WITHradio.org.
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WXXI Public Television is a state of the art video and audio production/post-production facility featuring one of the largest studios in upstate New York. WXXI is the only station in the region with a specially equipped HD uplink studio to partner with major US and World networks like ABC, CNN, NBC, MSNBS, FOX-TV, Bloomberg Television, Al Jazeera-TV in the US and Great Britain.
WXXI’s creative and technical personnel are award-winning professionals with experience in local and national television and radio programs, live and recorded studio broadcasts and on-location recordings.
Client services include:
Satellite KU band uplinks throughout the world.
Studio Production
The studio can also be used for social events and videoconferences. Seating accommodates up to 150 people.
On-location, multi-camera performance and event recording using:
Video Production – One or multiple videographers for video and audio capture:
Post production – 8 AVID Media Composer/Adobe Premiere edit stations complete with Adobe Creative Suite.
Audio Production
Samantha takes viewers on a discovery of the emotional heart of travel by highlighting the people who are changing, challenging and strengthening a destination to deliver a decidedly refreshing and enriching travel experience.
Samantha Brown’s Places to Love airs Saturdays at 3:30 p.m. on WXXI-TV
In each episode, Samantha seeks out the little-known spots and haunts where innovators and disrupters are creating a brand new travel experience. Whether it’s through food and drink, art and design, culture or adventure, at the end of each episode viewers will have a well-curated list of new experiences that focus on not just how to visit a destination, but how to fully immerse in it. Season 7 encourages the viewer to experience the passion of people and the soul of a place in a way that only traveling can do.
Photo: Samantha eating Laksa noodle soup at Mindi Beach night market in Darwin, Australia • Provided by APT
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Father Brown fans will love this light-hearted murder mystery series starring a Vespa driving, crime solving Catholic nun: Sister Boniface.
Sister Boniface Mysteries airs Saturdays at 8 p.m. on WXXI-TV
It’s the 1960s and police forensics are rudimentary. Luckily the residents of Great Slaughter have a secret weapon. Sister Boniface. If there’s evidence to be found, Boniface will find it, with a little help from dashing DI Sam Gillespie and buttoned-up Bermudan DS Felix Livingstone.
Photo: Sister Boniface Credit: BBC
Based on the novel by the English writer Daphne Du Maurier, this gripping mystery tells the story of Mary Yellan, a woman who is forced to move into the ominous Jamaica Inn with her aunt and uncle.
Jamaica Inn, a three-part series airs Thursdays, January 4-18 at 10 p.m. on WXXI-TV
Mary must uncover the secrets of a local group of smugglers while also managing her growing attraction to the mysterious Jem Merlyn.
Photo: Jamaica Inn cast Credit: PBS