 On January 10, 2014, WXXI began simulcasting on 101.1 FM through translator W266CL, which moved to 107.5 FM on October 4, 2016 and changed the callsign to W298CH.The WXXI news and public affairs department produces local newscasts seven days a week and local talk programming every weekday, along with NPR news programming and locally produced documentary and specialty offerings.It currently operates from modern digital studios in the downtown Public Broadcasting Center, and upgraded transmitting facilities at the Brighton location first brought on line by Gordon Brown in 1946.