City 12
Available only within city limits on Spectrum Cable, City 12 provides city residents with 14 hours a day of interesting, informative and entertaining new programming. City 12 provides a variety information vital to daily living.
About City 12
WXXI-TV and the City of Rochester provide city residents with 14 hours a day of interesting, informative and entertaining new programming. The creation of a television station dedicated to providing City residents with information vital to daily living was the goal of this first-of-a kind partnership.
Every day you’ll find:
- Helpful hints about city services, programs and events
- Important news about City, State and World issues
- Programs that teach reading, math, cooking, healthy eating, child rearing, coping with pressures and fighting substance abuse
- Useful information about public service agencies and programs
- Interesting subjects for women, minorities and senior citizens
- Movies, music, literature, exercise and popular shows, award-winning news commentators and children’s programs.
Viewed only within city limits on Time Warner Cable, City 12 is a milestone in television history helping you learn more about your City, your government and yourself.
Visit the City 12 pages at the City of Rochester site for more information.
City 12 Schedule
TIME | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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9:00a | Let's Learn | Let's Learn | Let's Learn | Let's Learn | Let's Learn | Let's Learn | Let's Learn |
9:30 | |||||||
10:00 | Super Why | Super Why | Super Why | Super Why | Super Why | Super Why! | Super Why! |
10:30 | Alma's Way | Alma's Way | Alma's Way | Alma's Way | Alma's Way | Alma's Way | Alma's Way |
11:00 | It’s Sew Easy | It’s Sew Easy | It’s Sew Easy | It’s Sew Easy | It’s Sew Easy | It’s Sew Easy | It's Sew Easy |
11:30 | Sit and Be Fit | Sit and Be Fit | Sit and Be Fit | Sit and Be Fit | Sit and Be Fit | Growing a Greener World | Garden Smart |
12:00p | Classical Stretch By Essentrics | Classical Stretch By Essentrics | Classical Stretch By Essentrics | Classical Stretch By Essentrics | Wai Lana Yoga | Second Opinion | Samantha Brown's Places to Love |
12:30 | Market Flavors | Sara's Weeknight Meals | Kevin Belton's Cookin' Louisiana | Pati's Mexican Table | Jazzy Vegetarian | Second Opinion | Weekends with Yankee |
1:00 | Second Opinion | America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston | Austin City Limits | History Detectives/Legacy List with Matt Paxton | The Great American Recipie | A Chef's Life | Fit 2 Stitch |
1:30 | Second Opinion | America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston | Table for All with Buki Elegbede | Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi | |||
2:00 | Love and Respect with Killer Mike | By the River | Consuelo Mack Wealthtrack | Market Flavors | Make48 | Start Up | A Craftsman's Legacy |
2:30 | Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum | Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museums | Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum | Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum | Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum | Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum | Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum |
3:00 | Hero Elementary | Hero Elementary | Hero Elementary | Hero Elementary | Hero Elementary | Hero Elementary | Hero Elementary |
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4:00 | Maya and Miguel | Maya and Miguel | Maya and Miguel | Maya and Miguel | Maya and Miguel | Maya and Miguel | Maya and Miguel |
4:30 | Nature Cat | Nature Cat | Nature Cat | Nature Cat | Nature Cat | Nature Cat | Nature Cat |
5:00 | Arthur | Arthur | Arthur | Arthur | Arthur | Arthur | Arthur |
5:30 | WordGirl | WordGirl | WordGirl | WordGirl | WordGirl | WordGirl | WordGirl |
6:00 | Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr | Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr | Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr | Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr | Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr | Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr | Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr |
6:30 | Yoga in Practice | Yoga in Practice | Yoga in Practice | Yoga in Practice | Yoga in Practice | Yoga in Practice | Dropping Back In |
7:00 | Documentary | Documentary | Documentary | Documentary | Documentary | The Kate | New York Now |
7:30 | The Chavis Chronicles | ||||||
8:00 | The Kate | Home Diagnosis | Second Opinion | Second Opinion | To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe | History Detectives | Austin City Limits |
8:30 | This Old House | This Old House | This Old House | This Old House | |||
9:00 | PBS NewsHour | PBS NewsHour | PBS NewsHour | PBS NewsHour | PBS NewsHour | PBS NewsHour Weekend | PBS NewsHour Weekend |
9:30 | New York NOW | A Seat at the Table | |||||
10:00 | Documentary | Documentary | Documentary | Documentary | Documentary | Roadtrip Nation: Empowered State | Documentary |
10:30 | Our Time | ||||||
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
City 12 Productions
Rochester City Council Meetings
The Rochester City Council Full Meetings & Committee Meetings air live on City 12. The meetings are held in the City Council Chambers. The City Council 2023 meeting schedule is below. To see the full schedule please click here.
What’s Good Rochester
What’s Good Rochester replaces the longstanding “CityWise” TV program and its talk show format with an ongoing compilation of entertaining, engaging and informative short-form photo and video essays that highlights positive, topical and interesting aspects of Rochester.
What’s Good Rochester welcomes submissions of community-created videos and photos to compliment its first party content. Submissions can range from life skills, to community heroes, to unique businesses and dining experiences to recreation, culture, arts, history and, really, anything that exemplifies and embodies the character of our great city. Professional production is welcome but not necessary.
Market Flavors
Market flavors is a coproduction of What’s Good Rochester and WXXI. The show is filmed on-location inside the iconic City of Rochester Public Market.
Each episode features a local chef creating an entrée packed with flavor, using fresh and healthy local ingredients available at the Public Market.
City 12 Current Listing
City 12 Documentary & Special Programming
May 2024
1 WED 7pm The Express Way with Dule Hill #102
10pm Asian Americans #101 “Breaking Ground” 1/5
2 THURS 7pm Asian Americans #101 “Breaking Ground” 1/5
10pm The Express Way with Dule Hill #102
3 FRI 7pm A Brief History of the Future #102 2/6
10pm A Brief History of the Future #105 5/6
5 SUN 10pm Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp
6 MON 7pm Return to Auschwitz: The Survival of Vladimir Munk
10pm After Auschwitz
7 TUES 7pm Shinmachi: Stronger Than a Tsunami
10pm The Great Ride
8 WED 3:30pm Rochester City Council Committee Meeting (Replays: 12pm Saturday 5/18)
7pm The Express Way with Dule Hill #103
10pm Asian Americans #102 “A Question of Loyalty” 2/5
9 THUR 3:30pm Rochester City Council Committee Meeting (Replays: 12pm Saturday 5/25)
7pm Asian Americans #102 “A Question of Loyalty” 2/5
10pm The Express Way with Dule Hill #103
10 FRI 7pm A Brief History of the Future #103 3/6
10pm A Brief History of the Future #106 6/6
12 SUN 10pm Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story
13 MON 7pm The Great Ride
10pm Silent Sacrifice – Stories of Japanese American Incarceration #101 1/2
14 TUES 7pm Silent Sacrifice – Stories of Japanese American Incarceration #101 1/2
10pm I Danced for the Angel of Death – The Dr. Edith Eva Eger Story
15 WED 7pm The Express Way with Dule Hill #104
10pm Asian Americans #103 “Good Americans” 3/5
16 THURS 7pm Asian Americans #103 “Good Americans” 3/5
10pm The Express Way with Dule Hill #104
17 FRI 7pm A Brief History of the Future #104 4/6
10pm Black/White & Brown: Brown Versus the Board of Education of Topeka
19 SUN 10pm Touching the Sound
20 MON 7pm The Quietest Place on Earth
10pm Silent Sacrifice – Stories of Japanese American Incarceration #102 2/2
21 TUES 6pm Rochester City Council Meeting (Replays: 12pm Saturday 6/1)
7pm Silent Sacrifice – Stories of Japanese American Incarceration #102 2/2
10pm It’s Just Anxiety
22 WED 7pm Eva: A-7063 (90 Minutes)
10pm Asian Americans #104 “Generation Rising” 4/5
23 THURS 7pm Asian Americans #104 “Generation Rising” 4/5
10pm Speaking Grief
24 FRI 7pm A Brief History of the Future #105 5/6
10pm My Ascension
26 SUN 10pm Crazy
27 MON 7pm Speaking Grief
10pm Letters from Brno
28 TUES 7pm Letters from Brno
10pm Scattering CJ
29 WED 7pm Treblinka’s Last Witness (90 Minutes)
10pm Asian Americans #105 “Breaking Through” 5/5
30 THURS 7pm Asian Americans #105 “Breaking Through” 5/5
10pm Counting from Infinity: Yitang Zhang and the Twin Prime Conjecture
31 FRI 7pm A Brief History of the Future #106 6/6
10pm Armed with Language
May 2024
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Jewish American Heritage Month
Mental Health Month
Documentary slots:
Weekdays at 7pm and 10pm, Sundays at 10pm
Where to Watch
Watch WXXI Programming online and on-demand.
Available only within city limits on Spectrum Cable
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