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Monday
Music

The Sam Jones Centennial Broadcast

The Sam Jones Centennial Broadcast will be a historical survey of the music of the great bassist, Sam Jones from his earliest jump blues recordings in the early 1950s until the end of his life in 1981.  His 30-year career provides a great way to hear the transitions in modern jazz and his music is marked by several long collaborations with some of the masters of American jazz: Cannonball Adderley, Oscar Peterson, Cedar Walton, and Billy Higgins.  We will listen to at least one track from each

Monday
8:00am to 9:00am
Music

CRUSH Hour

Amplifying Voices, Empowering Change. Connecting with leaders working to make Rochester a better place. 

Monday
9:00am to 10:00am
Music

Cosmic Debris

I want to smash my face into that goddamn radio. 

Monday
10:00am to 11:00am
Music

The Almanac

The Almanac show description goes here

Monday
Music

Extra Life Music

A music show with a wide range! New tunes, old tunes, classics from my life playlist, things you've never heard, rare cuts and danceable favorites!

Monday
1:00pm to 3:00pm
Music/Talk
Freeform

The Rainbow ROC Show

It's Rainbow ROC, a music and talk show for the LGBTQ+ communities and our allies right here in Rochester, NY. Your host Brian Hurlburt and co-host Michael Lill will be playing all genres of music either from LGBTQ+ artists, bands with a LGBTQ+ member or members, artists who are supportive of our community and from time to time play a song because I just darn like it. There will be interviews and events, comedy and news as well. So let's get Rainbow ROC-king!

Monday
3:00pm to 4:00pm
Music

Acoustic Coffeehouse

A mix of traditional and contemporary Folk music from North America, England, Ireland and Scotland. 

Monday
4:00pm to 5:00pm
Music

The List

The List is music-filled romp spanning eras and genres, joining songs and/or artists that have one thing in common. What is that one thing? Therein lies the mystery and the fun - and the reason to tune in!  Each week the commonality changes; when we hit a new week, we'll uncover a new theme and a new List!

Monday
Music/Talk

Soulstainable Living

Soulstainable Living is a movement. It’s a lifestyle. It’s a philosophy. This show highlights the ways that we can use the communities around us to heal our spirits and to offer healing in return. Soulstainable Living’s focus is on creating our most authentically fulfilling lives by being informed world citizens. ” ~ Tokeya C. Graham

This show features Tokeya C. Graham as the primary host and her husband, Kevin Graham as the co-host.

Monday
6:00pm to 7:00pm
Music

Full Spectrum Jazz

Playing for you the full spectrum of jazz music. From classic jazz to the avant-garde, deep cuts and new releases.

Monday
7:00pm to 9:00pm
Music

Junk Culture

New wave haircuts, power pop Rickenbackers, punk singers and psychedelic rock.  Two hours of the finest underground pop 1982 has to offer.  It all makes sense in context.

https://www.mixcloud.com/brad-lewis5/

Monday
11:00pm to 11:59pm
Music
Freeform

The Art of Phonography

A multi-genre set of music built to offer a complete, late night experience.

Tuesday
12:00am to 1:00am
Music

Genre of the Week

Genre of the Week show description goes here!

Tuesday
6:00am to 8:00am
Music

Keep Dreaming | Wake Up

Keep Dreaming (6:00-7:00 am)
Moods and atmospheres to accompany dreaming into waking.

Wake Up (7:00-8:00 am):
An energizing mix of genres and beats to start the day.

Tuesday
Music

Wayfaring Strangers

Wayfaring Strangers is a show about American musical traditions and folk life. From ballads to bluegrass to Bob Moog, if it's rooted in the land, I'm here to talk about it!

Hosted by Clara Riedlinger, a ballad singer, fiddle player, filmmaker, and story collector from Rochester, NY :)

Tuesday
9:00am to 10:00am
Music

Ether Transmissions

Theme-based radio show featuring music from various genres: 80s, goth, new wave, punk, classic country, Americana, experimental, oddities, etc . . .
 

Tuesday
Music

Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

Tuesday
1:00pm to 3:00pm
Music

File Under Popular

Tuesdays, 1-3pm ET. A variety of music, from folk to freak! Local artists showcased when possible.

Tuesday
3:00pm to 5:00pm
Music

Decades

Ed Downey's Music Show

Tuesday
5:00pm to 6:00pm
Music
Punk and Experimental

Maybe I'm Wrong

It's hard to believe that, as of November 11, 2020, this show will have been on the air for 5 years!  It's gone through a lot of changes in that time.

Tuesday
6:00pm to 7:00pm
Music

Sirens’ Floating Radio Hour

Grab a mai tai, kick up your feet, and float with us during this happy hour of tropical escapism. Every Tiki Tuesday at 6pm, join host Kyle Olson as we sink into a chill mix of classic Jamaican Music from the 60s and 70s and wade through the history, aesthetic, and cocktails of the mid-century Tiki craze. 

Tuesday
7:00pm to 8:00pm
Music

Vernacular Sounds

Folk, traditional, and regional styles from all over the world; ethnographic, field recordings, local labels, state-sponsored labels, etc., sometimes themed or in the style of a survey, sampler, or anthology.

Tuesday
8:00pm to 10:00pm
Music
Blues

Jump Blues

Jump Blues is an exploration of the wide-range of eras and styles which encompass the Blues genre, 100 years of American music. That includes Country Blues, Electric Blues, Zydeco, Boogie-Woogie, and Blues Rock, however the common thread will be uptempo tunes which you can dance to and might hear in a Juke Joint or roadhouse. Always seeking national and local Rochester-area talent to share their music LIVE during the show!   Email Dave at (JumpBlues @ wayofm.org)

Tuesday
Music

Cinematic Sound Radio Show

Music from Soundtracks

Tuesday
10:00pm to 11:00pm
Music

Rock & Roll Lounge

All-vinyl music hour selected fresh each week from the collections of DJ El Destructo & DJ Dada. Loosely orbiting the planet of rock & roll from all decades and locales, primitive or polished, underground or overgrown, crackles, pops, scratches and all.

Tuesday
11:00pm to 12:00am
Music

(((Sound Affects)))

Hosts Jim and Keven examine how "music makes the world go around" (and vice-versa), exploring and discussing relevant history, science, culture and more through the prism of music. 

Wednesday
1:00am to 3:00am
Music

Radio Free Albemuth

Anything from rnr to the outer limits...

 

Named after a book by Philip K. Dick.  Music for a dystopian future...

Wednesday
8:00am to 9:00am
Music

Groove Gardens

with Lili

From vintage disco to house re-mixes to current electronic,
Groove Gardens is a potpourri of dance music.

Wednesday
Music

Jah Crunchy's Choice Cuts

Wild array of engaging music with some Jamaican stuff every week.

Wednesday
11:00am to 12:00pm
Music

Moveable Feast

I play many different genres of music from all over the world and throughout the history of recorded music. You will hear a lot of a cappella and polyphonic vocals and a fair amount of polyrhythmic percussion. 

Wednesday
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Talk

Punching Out

Punching Out is a show that aims to discuss the problems people face at work through an economic lens. We hope to provide some insight as to why so many people are upset with their jobs and careers. If you have an experience or story to share, we'd love to hear it! Please e-mail us at PunchingOutWAYO@gmail.com

Wednesday
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Music

Born Inside The Belly

Provocative rock for all time (and other musics for what ails us subject to whims,passions,obsessions and whatever I find that week.)

Wednesday
3:00pm to 4:00pm
Music/Talk

Our Week In Review

Sandford “Sandy” Farkus and Taylor Lofton have been radio aficionados for the past ten years, hopping in and out of relevancy with their downright edgy commentary on life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. “Our Week in Review” is the latest and greatest brain child to explode from these brilliants minds. 

Wednesday
4:00pm to 5:00pm
Talk/Comedy

The Sound of Tomorrow

Rochester, NY's Sound of Tomorrow is the most fun you can have in orbit. Join Heather, Ross, and all of their radio friends for a journey into the future of comedy, current events, music, movies, comics, and other stuff we love.

Wednesday
5:00pm to 6:00pm
Music

Mixtape

The idea is to create a new mixtape on-air, utilizing a variety of formats, crossing most genre lines.  I periodically invite guests to make their own mixtape with me in the studio to keep things fresh, and to broaden the musical experience.

Thanks for listening.

Wednesday
Music

The Appeasement of Rondoj

Rondoj is an all powerful, godlike creature who uses who unfathomable power to travel through space and time for the sole purpose of domination and annihilation. Those who dismiss him or believe they can resist him only invite chaos and destruction.

There is only one way a planet can placate Rondoj and thus deter his wrath - through dramatically amplified heavy metal music. Power, sludge, djent, speed, thrash, doom, tech, psych, stoner, death - all forms are pleasing to him.

Wednesday
7:00pm to 8:00pm
Music
Psychedelia

Psychedelicatessen

The Psychedelicatessen focuses on psychedelic and psychedelic influenced music from the last six decades. There are three rotating hosts. Each show has its own theme designed to tweak your brain in different creative dimensions. Functioning synapses are optional.

Wednesday
8:00pm to 9:00pm
Music

Magic Records with CalZone!

I've got a 'thing' for off-beat pop, rock, soul, jazz, R&B, C&W, EZ listening, and all the sub-genres...primarily from the 1950's-80's.  I smoosh it all together and that's Magic Records.  If you don't like what you're hearing, wait 5 minutes.  Currently my show is scheduled on Wednesdays from 8pm-9pm. A SOLID HOUR OF RADIO POWER! I also sometimes do pop-up fill-in's.  Check out my mixcloud page for the back story!  

Wednesday
Music

Fast Forward / Rewind

Fast Forward to Freeform Future Frequencies
Rewind to the Rhizomes of Rhythms past
Tune in to music I just discovered
  whether it hasn't been released yet
    or was before you and I were born
An eclectic freeform musical adventure awaits…
Wednesday
10:00pm to 11:59pm
Music/Talk

Uncomfortable Communications

Here is your Brainticket, good for one round trip to your inner sun, that place where the world is yet unformed. Listen as the hallucinations of reality rise out of the grooves. It's a strong trip. If you can handle it, GET ON!!!

Thursday
12:00am to 2:00am
Music

Introvert Extract

One thing I've learned about music fans is that they love to talk about the music they love. Introvert Extract gives music fans a platform to pick out a playlist and curate it for the rest of the world. If you would like to be a guest curator, email me at sockhead@gmail.com . If there is no guest, I'll play the music that's been moving me at the moment. 

Thursday
Music

GENIUS LAB RADIO

Offical Radio Show of Lifestyle Brand INOVAtion3

Thursday
9:00am to 10:00am
Music

The Soundboard Feed

The Soundboard Feed with Lou Neumann. 

No overdubs. Just raw recordings. Straight to tape. Plug into the Soundboard Feed because live music is just better.

Thursday
10:00am to 11:00am
Music

Northern Gothic

Northern gothic. Rustbelt romanticism. The vanguard of the new decay! Rock/pop/randomness, old and new. 

Thursday
11:00am to 12:00pm
Music

Swingin' Surf Rock Shindig

Whether you've been stoked for surf since the 1st wave or you're just a gremmie, get amped for a line-up of the gnarliest instrumental surf rock nug's to ever drop!

Like The Swingin' Surf Rock Shindig on Facebook 

Contact DJ Swell Guy (John Lovell) at theswinginsurfrockshindig@gmail.com

Thursday
Music

From My Apartment Above The Deli

A Garage Band fantasy that focuses on the music, the artists and the lifestyle of the mid to late 1960’s. Featuring conversations, interviews and anecdotes drawn from the host’s 50 years in the music business, the line between reality and imagination becomes blurred by the use of condiments.

Talk   Music   Garage  ’60’s Rock

 

 

Thursday
5:30pm to 7:00pm
Music/Talk

Graphic Ear

Each week, we welcome a visual artist into the studio.

We chat about whatever's on their mind & play the music they love.

The show sounds wonderful, thanks to our great team:  Jenn, Maya, Paul, Ria & Thatcher

And of course, our fierce feline leader, Beckett Wood.

Thursday
7:00pm to 8:00pm
Music
Psych / Folk

Damaged Reflections

Psych, folk, and underground sounds.

Thursday
9:00pm to 10:00pm
Music

Culture Bubbles

You know that feeling? It's not deja vu, you swear it's real, not a brainchem fork, you're sure you hear that thing but you heard something just like it some while ago. That's what it is, it's a throughline.

Thursday
10:00pm to 11:00pm
Music

Dopamine Dupe

You know that thing where everything is terrible, but then Dreams by The Cranberries comes on and suddenly everything is fine? That's Dopamine Dupe! It's the songs that bring you back from the brink // the SSRI of radio shows // your musical alternative to a labotomy. No genre, no gender, no thoughts, just vibes. Tune in, besties!

Thursday
11:00pm to 11:59pm
Music

no bones

Dance music with terry bone

Friday
12:00am to 1:00am
Other
Headphone p0rn

Headspace

Sounds & Stuff

Friday
1:00am to 2:00am
Music/Talk

The Joe Frank Hour

For 40 years, Joe Frank created a body of radio dramas that helped redefine the medium, and paved the way for some of the most talented independent radio storytellers working today.

Friday
8:00am to 9:00am
Music

Nerdio

Tune in for the music, stay for the science. Or, tune in for the science and stay for the music. Whichever order you like it. 

Friday
9:00am to 11:00am
Music
Reggae

Reggae Yard

Airing In Memory of Mr Bill.
The music of the Carribean in all its forms including Reggae, Calypso, and more. click on the link for all my shows https://www.mixcloud.com/MrBill22/

Friday
11:00am to 12:00pm
Music

Kryptic Pop Thrills

Spanning time throughout the 1980s.  Dipping tentatively backwards into the 1970s on occasion.  Tipping a hat forward into the 1990s even less frequently.

Friday
12:00pm to 2:00pm
Music

Numbers

DONATE $25 or more during the QWAYO 2025 Fundraiser, and add Numbers in the WAYO Show field, and you can get this limited edition TSHIRT.  

Friday
2:00pm to 3:00pm
Music/Other

Mouth Sounds

Friday
3:00pm to 4:00pm
Music

Raising the Vibration

Raising the Vibration is a program dedicated to fostering positivity and connection.  Each hour will feature an eclectic mix of music from various genres and decades designed to uplift and inspire.  The world has enough negativity, conflict and sadness.  Raising the Vibration is a place where music and ideas will help us see more clearly the beauty and love all around us, waiting to be noticed.

Friday
4:00pm to 5:00pm
Music/Talk

The Fix

Vicke Vyto's Show

Friday
5:00pm to 7:00pm
Music

Laffeyett Cafe

Cello Brown's Music Show

Friday
7:00pm to 8:00pm
Music/Talk

AfreeSōl Radio

Niema Neteri is AfreeSōl. Award-winning Educator, Dancer, Artist, Activist, Mother, Wife, and Loctician, Niema brings her unique perspective to WAYO weekly as she unpacks the issues of our time. She synthesizes activism, artistry, and education into a philosophic expression she coined AfreeSōl Dynamic. Tune in Friday’s 7 p.m.- 8 p.m. EST

Friday
8:00pm to 10:00pm
Music

Live From the 585

Music Show

Friday
10:00pm to 11:00pm
Music
Freeform

Sound Test

SOUND TEST on 104.3 WAYO-FM brings out the finest from Video Game Music, Chiptunes, and the Demoscene. Tune in live every Friday from 10:00PM-11:00PM EST!
 
If you're reading this in 2019, I'm still on the radio, I just need to GET A GRIP on archiving!!
Friday
11:00pm to 12:00am
Music
Goth/Eclectic

The Witching Hour

Dark. Weird. Spooky. Rock n' Roll Radio.

Saturday
6:00am to 8:00am
Music

The Soul Monologue

Pop, r&b, and more all commandeered to touch one's soul. An introspective into various aspects of music designed to touch one's soul

Saturday
8:00am to 10:00am
Music
Gospel

Gospel Hours of Power With PastorCD

Classic and current gospel music as well as performances and interviews with local luminaries.

Saturday
10:00am to 11:00am
Talk

ROC Soup

Storytelling sharing events in the lives of 'everyday' Rochesterians as well as the city's legends, folklore, and history. Stories bring us closer together. They connect us to people we may have never otherwise met. They can make us stronger as a community. And everyone has stories they can throw in the pot! Get to know your neighbors, the history of our city, and some pretty cool stories with ROC Soup.

Saturday
11:00am to 1:00pm
Music
Freeform

Popular Music for Unpopular People

We are a 2 hour show on Saturdays from 11:00am to 1:00pm. We try to cram as much music in as possible with minimal talk. We play a variety of music from many genres and time periods with the occasional theme-based show thrown in. www.facebook.com/PMfUP

Saturday
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Music/Talk
Freeform

Mixed Messages Radio

with JJ

JJ and Joey are related, but they can't remember how. They've traveled far and wide to bring you the most entertaining radio hour you'll ever hear, so try it out why don'tcha? Every wonder how you sneak into an abandoned building? Are you curious how many coats of nail polish it takes to reattach a broken car mirror? Well, they've done the research and the results are in!

Saturday
2:00pm to 3:00pm
Music

Sharkey Spice's Top of the Pops

Sharkey Spice's Top of the Pops is a weekly indie focused pop and alternative music show curated by local pastel witch and pretentious Rochester party girl Erin Laura. Sharkey is a reference to Laurie Anderson's song "Sharkey's Day" and Spice is a reference to the Spice Girls. Top of the Pops combines the highbrow and lowbrow, the mainstream and the obscure to make only the hippest and most fashion-forward music according to one girl's entirely subjective opinion.

Saturday
3:00pm to 4:00pm
Music

Dapper Doo Wop with Dr. Toots

Hey all you greasers and goodie-goodies, dollies and dreamboats! Don’t be a square - tune your tube radios to WAYO 104.3 every Saturday at 3 for a bona fide retro ride! Dr. Toots spins an eclectic mix of 50’s diddies, from R&B and early rock n’ roll, to rockabilly, pop and soul. Dapper Doo Wop features a heavy rotation of harmonizing Black American doo-wop groups from Philly to Chicago, and big hits and b-sides from your favorite 45’s. It’s gonna be gangbusters - righto, Daddy-o!

Saturday
4:00pm to 5:00pm
Music

Disco Discovery

An exploration of all things disco, from the classics to modern day, with a bit of an academic dive into disco's origins and importance in queer rebellion and culture. Plus, all the Donna Summer your ear holes can handle.

Saturday
5:00pm to 6:00pm
Music

Beam Culture

Beam Culture show description goes here

Saturday
6:00pm to 7:00pm
Music

Obsolete Transmissions

Early synth, industrial, and electronic music from the 1970s and 1980s.

Saturday
7:00pm to 9:00pm
Music

All Systems Open

**body music, no wave, new synth, old synth, head-scratchers of all stripes**

Saturday
9:00pm to 11:00pm
Music
Reggae

Warrior Sounds

Reggae music new release and from the archives

Saturday
11:00pm to 12:00am
Music

High Pitched Cavitation

Showcasing the improvisations of Phish.

This Year for the 2025 WAYO Fundraiser I will have some perks available for the top donors who donate in the name of my show.

They are as follows:

Sunday
12:00am to 1:00am
Music
Freeform

Other Aspects

Mainly focusing the avant-garde and adventurous styles: Modern classical, free jazz, minimalist and electronic experimental styles.

Sunday
6:00am to 8:00am
Music/Talk

The Isle of St. Mattress

Our daft but dedicated dj broadcasts a weekly remote from an island in the middle of some ocean. If you miss the show, you're already there.

Sunday
8:00am to 10:00am
Music
Electric

Are Friends Electric?

Catchy, dancey, and robotic electronic music through the ages - including pop, new wave, post-punk, and various veins of electronica - whatever that means. You can contact host Chris Young via this form: https://goo.gl/forms/bCHmBL8o3BhUcaRi1

Sunday
10:00am to 11:00am
Talk/Radio Drama/Variety

WAYO Play

An all ages hour of creative activities involving storytelling, interviews and collaboratively themed projects. Hosted by Ray Ray Mitrano. Sundays 10-11am EST monthly or more! Email wayoplay@wayofm.org with drawings made while listening or any other ideas.

Sunday
10:00am to 11:00am
Talk

Geek Girl Talk

Sunday
10:00am to 11:00am
Music

Morning Loops

Morning Loops Wake Up and Make Something. Morning Loops is a half awake sleepwalk through found sound audio collage, whimsical playlists and other discoveries that can be heard.

Sunday
10:00am to 11:00am
Music

Rotational Velocidensity

Sunday
11:00am to 12:00pm
Music/Talk

Juxtaposed Soliloquies, Elaborated....

mixing various genres of music with spoken word fragments to create a multi-dimensional alternative to traditional narrative.

Sunday
Music

Pop Patchwork

A bell curve of classic and modern pop, indie rock, and familiar earworms to bookend the weirdness.

Sunday
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Music

exciting sounds!

new and classic sounds of attitude music - brought to you by excitement!

Sunday
2:00pm to 3:00pm
Music/Interview

Live @ WAYO!

Live @ WAYO seeks to bring local Rochester and touring bands in to the WAYO studios for live, on-air performances and interviews with a rotating cast of WAYO DJ hosts. The performances are also recorded on video, available on the WAYO YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@wayoradio.

Sunday
3:00pm to 4:00pm
Music

Up on the Roof

Sunday
Music

Fantastic Voyage

If High Fidelity, Guardians of the Galaxy, Buck Rogers, Astroboy, Jetsons and Ancient Aliens all existed in the same cinematic universe. Topics include music, astro-news, space exploration, UFOs, and anything else space related.  Be kind and keep looking up.

You can contact me via thejasonwilder.com

 

 

Sunday
5:00pm to 6:00pm
Music

500 Gigabytes

500 Gigabytes is a musical variety show that seeks thematic connections between songs from different genres throughout the 20th Century and beyond. 

 

Sunday
6:00pm to 7:00pm
Music

Nossworld / 5ive-7even Radio

Nossworld / 5ive-7even Radio show description goes here!

Sunday
7:00pm to 8:00pm
Music

Turn the Tables

with M-Lo

Hello Music Lovers! Join me, DJ M-Lo, as I share my passion for all music with you, my valuable listeners. You'll hear me bring a huge amount of variety to your ears. No genre left behind. I'll span decades and spin great tunes from around the globe, along with interesting commentary on the music you'll hear. You may even learn a thing or two. My goal as a DJ is to prove that music connects people . . . so get connected when I Turn the Tables.

Sunday
8:00pm to 9:00pm
Music

Audio Tourist, The

A weekly radio show, taking listeners to a new place in space and/or time, hosted by Jeff Suszczynski.

Broadcast live every Sunday night from 8-9p on WAYO 104.3FM in Rochester, NY, and streaming live online around the world at wayofm.org/listen-live.

Sunday
Music
Rock

Stolen Artists

Rock music and more along with interviews with and performances by local bands.

Sunday
10:00pm to 11:00pm
Music

In Streams

go get ready for bed and I'll play you some nice tapes

Sunday
11:00pm to 11:59pm
Music

The Nightcap

Lounging on a Sunday evening

Podcast
Music/Talk

SipComs

SipComs is a podcast about two of life’s great comforts, enjoying a tasty beverage and situational comedies.

Podcast
Other

Greencast

Greencast Show description here

Podcast
Music/Talk
Freeform

Teenset Radio

The TeenSet Revolution is upon us. I personally promise an hours worth of the best 50's/60's punk rock&roll and new punkers from across the globe
All on 45 vinyl! (usually)
On top of that 'Friends of TeenSet' Will be stopping by so don't miss a second of the action
Remember...
Sunday Nites at midnite

Podcast
Talk

Transformation Thursday

Welcome to the Transformation Thursday Podcast, because we were busy on Tuesday and just couldn't be bothered, a WAYO Podcast Production. I am Amy Stephens and I co-host the podcast as well as co-produce it with the Marvelous Ms. Penny Sterling. Transformation Thursday is a podcast dedicated to looking at great societal transformations within our society and how those changes have transformed the way we live our lives on a daily basis.

Podcast
Music

Downtown Lights

Downtown Lights show description goes here.