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WXXI company history timeline

1965

Included in the 1965-66 budget was a $250,000 capital grant toward an ETV station in Rochester and funds to establish a statewide ETV network by the State University.

1966

In January 1966, all cash and pledges were raised.

1989

Originally broadcast August 1989, this special encore broadcast airs 25 years after Baldwin’s death and 50 years after the historic March on Washington and publication of his best-selling essay The Fire Next Time.

2000

2000 people attend the 10th Anniversary party on State Street.

2003

FCC mandates that all public television stations must begin digital broadcasting by May 1, 2003.

2005

Enabled and AudioFile, two programs produced by WXXI’s 24-hour reading radio service, Reachout Radio, receives the 2005 Program of the Year Award from the International Association of Audio Information Services.

2016

Later, the series is updated as “Different Radio presents The Little Concert Series,” and an extended lineup is announced for 2016.

2017

Classical 91.5 serves as Media Sponsor for the 2017 Gateways Music Festival and hosts its first Bachtoberfest.

2019

CPB funded the expansion of Move to Include to five additional public media stations in 2019 in a one-year pilot.

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