WXXO (FM)

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WXXO (91.5 FM) is a public, listener-supported classical music radio station in Rochester, New York. Owned by the WXXI Public Broadcasting Council, it is part of a family that includes WXXI-TV and news/information stations WXXI (AM 1370) and WXXI-FM (105.9). WXXO’s programming can also be heard on WXXY (90.3 FM) in Houghton and on its HD Radio subchannels (HD2: simulcast of WXXI AM–FM; HD3: news and information). The station broadcasts at 45,000 watts from Pinnacle Hill in Brighton, and it signs on December 23, 1974. WXXO’s schedule features classical music, plus live broadcasts from the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and programs like With Heart and Voice. In drive time, WXXY airs NPR news programming in simulcast with WXXI.

History highlights: the station began as WXXI-FM, the FM sister to WXXI-TV, with a mixed format of classical, folk, jazz, news and talk. After WBFB swapped to all-news in 1975, WXXI-FM became mostly classical. In 1984, most NPR news programs moved to WXXI (AM 1370). WXXO adopted HD Radio in 2007, adding HD2 and HD3 services. On May 10, 2023, the call sign changed to WXXO, and the WXXI-FM call sign moved to 105.9 FM as it relaunched as an FM simulcast of WXXI, though WXXO continues to be branded as WXXI Classical.