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7 unusual facts about WXXI


Mitzie Collins

For ten years, Collins hosted Sounds Like Fun, a children's radio show on WXXI-FM in Rochester, New York.

Sound Bytes

The program originally aired on WXXI in Rochester (the region's principal NPR affiliate) and was created by then-WXXI radio vice president Mark Boardman and original host Bob Smith (who still hosts and produces a daily general-interest talk program on WXXI but has not been connected with Sound Bytes since it left that station during the 2001 holiday season).

WXXI

WXXI-FM, a radio station (91.5 FM) licensed to Rochester, New York, United States

WXXI-TV, a television station (channel 21) licensed to Rochester, New York, United States

WXXI Public Broadcasting Council, organization that owns the above-listed stations

WXXI Public Broadcasting Council

WXXI-TV signed on in September 1966, from studios in the former East High School building in Rochester.

WXXI-TV

WXXI's national public television productions include Warrior in Two Worlds, Echoes from the Ancients, Out of the Fire, Albert Paley: Man of Steel and Flight to Freedom.



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