Your idea. Our studios. Professional production.
Whether you’re producing a podcast, shooting a commercial, creating digital content, hosting a live event or bringing a full-scale production to Rochester, WXXI Studios offers professional spaces, equipment, and award-winning production crews to help bring it to life.
Studio A
Our 74′ × 50′ fully equipped HD studio is built for everything from multi-camera video productions and commercial shoots to live performances. We have an optional stage, green room and concessions area to create the setup that works for your production or event. Hosting an audience? Studio A can accommodate up to 150 guests and offers street-level loading dock access for an easier load-in and load-out.
Ideal for Commercial & video productions • Multi-camera film shoots • Corporate events • Panels & town halls • Productions with a live audience
Production capabilities:
Need production support? WXXI’s experienced production crew and professional equipment are available to help take your project from setup through production.
Studio A is equipped with professional broadcast production technology, including:
- Cameras: Up to six Grass Valley LDX 82 studio cameras with full Fujinon lenses, teleprompters and confidence monitors, plus up to two handheld cameras
- Camera movement: 8′ or 14′ jib arm with wide-angle lens
- Audio: Wireless and hardwired microphones, 2-channel IFB and RTS ROAMEO wireless belt packs
- Lighting: ETC ColorSource 40 AV lighting console with wireless DMX connectivity and DeSisti and Chauvet LED fixtures
- Studio environment: 240’+ traveling black curtains and 120′ cyc on an 18′ track
- Production access: Street-level loading dock for equipment and set load-in
Professional Production Control Room
Our production control room connects to Studio A + C and utilizes a Ross Vision 3 switcher and XPression real-time motion graphics system for seamless integration.
Video recording and playback (HD or SD) via profile servers.
CueScript teleprompter system. Calrec Brio 36 input audio console with 360 systems Instant Replay 2 and Digicart-EX audio playback/record devices. CD playback.
Wireless microphones and IFBs along with Telos V Set broadcast phone controller. Producers, directors, and crew staffing are available.
Studio B — Podcast + Interview Studio
Professional sound. Professional video. A space built for conversation.
If you need a professional space to record a podcast or create an interview series for your organization, Studio B provides an opportunity to create broadcast quality audio and video content without building your own production setup.
Studio B is a self-contained HD video podcast studio designed for intimate, conversation-driven productions with two to three people.
The fully lit 10′ × 16′ hard green wall, giving creators the flexibility to record stand-ups, custom backgrounds and additional video content during their session.
Ideal for Audio & video podcasts • Executive interviews • Branded content • Thought leadership • Educational series • YouTube shows • Green-screen content
Production capabilities:
- Multi-camera video: Up to four cameras with individual ISO recordings
- Live switching: Blackmagic ATEM SDI Extreme ISO switcher operated by an assigned WXXI Studios director, with a switched master recording
- Professional audio: Up to three Shure SM7B microphones recorded through a RØDECaster Pro II
- Green screen: Fully lit 10′ × 16′ hard green wall for stand-ups and other video productions
- Professional lighting: ETC ColorSource 40AV lighting console with wireless DMX connectivity and DeSisti and Chauvet LED fixtures
- Flexible studio environment: Traveling black velour curtains around the full studio perimeter and traveling gray cyc around half the studio perimeter
- Production support: WXXI Studios director included when using the multi-camera production system; additional production and post-production services available
Studio C — Creator + Vertical Production Studio
Studio C is a versatile 43’ x 61’ production space designed for creators, filmmakers and production teams working in today’s evolving video formats. From vertical films and microdramas to social media series, interviews, branded content and green-screen productions, Studio C offers a professional environment for creating high-quality content efficiently.
A fully lit standing set accommodates intimate interviews and discussion-table formats for up to five people, while a 12′ × 32′ corner green-screen cyclorama with floor provides flexibility for virtual environments, visual effects and scripted productions.
For producers shooting vertical series and microdramas, Studio C offers the production infrastructure to capture multiple setups, scenes and episodes in a controlled studio environment—with professional cameras, lighting and WXXI production support available under one roof.
Ideal for Vertical films & microdramas • Short-form scripted series • Social media video • Branded content • Interviews & panel discussions • Green-screen production • YouTube content • Commercial shoots
Production capabilities:
- Multi-camera production: Up to three Grass Valley LDX 82 studio cameras with Fujinon lenses, teleprompters and confidence monitors
- Additional camera options: Up to two handheld cameras
- Camera movement: 8′ or 14′ jib arm with wide-angle lens
- Green screen: Fully lit 12′ × 32′ corner hard green cyclorama with floor
- Standing set: Fully lit set for intimate interviews or discussion-table productions with up to five people
- Crew communication: RTS ROAMEO wireless beltpacks
- Production access: Freight elevator accessible for equipment, props and production materials
- Production support: WXXI professional crew and additional production services available
Studio E — Music Recording Suite
Your sound deserves more than a microphone and a laptop.
Studio E is WXXI’s dedicated audio recording space for musicians, vocalists, voice talent and anyone who needs professional-quality sound. The Audio Production Suite features an attached voice booth and Pro Tools, creating an intimate environment for everything from audition recordings and demos to music sessions, voiceover and album projects.
Whether you’re capturing a solo performance, recording a small ensemble or preparing an audition that needs to sound its best, WXXI’s professional audio capabilities and experienced production team can help you create a polished recording. From the first take to the final track, record it at WXXI Studios.
Ideal for Music recording • Album & EP projects • Audition recordings • Demos • Solo artists • Small ensembles • Voiceover • Narration • Audiobooks
Audio capabilities:
- Professional recording: Audio Production Suite equipped with Pro Tools
- Voice booth: Attached dedicated booth for vocals, voiceover and narration
- Music production: Recording capabilities for solo artists and smaller performance groups
- Remote interviews: High-quality remote phone interviews to or from anywhere in the world
- On-location recording: WXXI’s remote audio truck is available for live performances and event recordings
- Audio + video production: Remote audio services can also be paired with WXXI’s on-location multi-camera video production
- Production support: WXXI audio professionals available to support recording sessions and productions
Creative Services
On-location, Multi-camera Video Production
- Up to six JVC ProHD GY-HM790U cameras with Fujinon lenses, or Sony FX6 and FX3 cameras
- Blackmagic ATEM SDI Extreme ISO eight-input switcher
- LED lighting packages available
Video Field Production:
One or more videographers available for video and audio capture
- Sony FX6 and FX3, DJI Osmo Pro, and GoPro cameras
- LED lighting and wireless microphone packages available; audio engineer with mixer available as needed
- Drone operator
Post Production:
- Adobe Premiere edit stations complete with Creative Suite
- Editor/postproduction supervisor and motion graphics artist available
Uplinks:
WXXI is the only station in the region with a specially equipped HD uplink studio to partner with major US and World networks like ABC, CNN, NBC, MSNBS, FOX-TV, Bloomberg Television, Al Jazeera-TV in the US and Great Britain.