All Shows
11:00pm to 12:00am
(((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.
5:00pm to 6:00pm
500 Gigabytes
500 Gigabytes is a musical variety show that seeks thematic connections between songs from different genres throughout the 20th Century and beyond.
3:00pm to 4:00pm
Acoustic Coffeehouse
A mix of traditional and contemporary Folk music from North America, England, Ireland and Scotland.
7:00pm to 8:00pm
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
7:00pm to 9:00pm
All Systems Open
**body music, no wave, new synth, old synth, head-scratchers of all stripes**
8:00am to 10:00am
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
8:00pm to 9:00pm
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.
5:00pm to 6:00pm
1:00pm to 2:00pm
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.)
Not currently scheduled
9:00am to 10:00am
8:00am to 9:00am
CRUSH Hour
Amplifying Voices, Empowering Change. Connecting with leaders working to make Rochester a better place.
9:00pm to 10:00pm
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.
7:00pm to 8:00pm
3:00pm to 4:00pm
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!
4:00pm to 5:00pm
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.
10:00pm to 11:00pm
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!
Not currently scheduled
9:00am to 10:00am
Ether Transmissions
Theme-based radio show featuring music from various genres: 80s, goth, new wave, punk, classic country, Americana, experimental, oddities, etc . . .
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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!
4:00pm to 5:00pm
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.
For more information: Fantastic.Voyage
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Fast Forward / Rewind
Rewind to the Rhizomes of Rhythms past
Tune in to music I just discovered
whether it was released yesterday
or before you and I were born
An eclectic musical adventure awaits…
1:00pm to 3:00pm
File Under Popular
A variety of music, from Americana and folk inspired to experimental and cultivated. Some good old-fashioned rock thrown in the mix as well. Local artists showcased when possible. Tuesdays, 1-3 pm EST.
Beginning in May of 2016, I embarked on this new endeavor at the suggestion of my friend Aprille Rolle, host of Roc Soup. She invited me the year before, but health problems delayed my entrance (fashionably).
2:00pm to 3:00pm
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
6:00pm to 7:00pm
Full Spectrum Jazz
Playing for you the full spectrum of jazz music. From classic jazz to the avant-garde, deep cuts and new releases.
Not currently scheduled
GENIUS LAB RADIO
We play good music
Talk about everything
Laugh about everything
12:00am to 1:00am
8:00am to 10:00am
Gospel Hours of Power With PastorCD
Classic and current gospel music as well as performances and interviews with local luminaries.
5:30pm to 7:00pm
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.
Not currently scheduled
8:00am to 9:00am
Groove Gardens
From vintage disco to house re-mixes to current electronic,
Groove Gardens is a potpourri of dance music.
12:00am to 1:00am
11:00pm to 12:00am
10:00pm to 11:00pm
12:00am to 2:00am
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.
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Jah Crunchy's Choice Cuts
Be aware this is the hour that turns into a flower. Only the finest choice cuts are selected and served raw for the listener. These could feature songs dating from the years 1920-2525, always including premium Jahfected and Jamaican music in the hour somewhere.
8:00pm to 10:00pm
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)
7:00pm to 9:00pm
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.
11:00am to 12:00pm
Juxtaposed Soliloquies, Elaborated....
mixing various genres of music with spoken word fragments to create a multi-dimensional alternative to traditional narrative.
6:00am to 8:00am
Keep Dreaming | Wake Up
Keep Dreaming (6:00-7:00 am)
Moods & atmospheres to accompany dreaming into waking.
Wake Up (7:00-8:00 am):
An energizing mix of genres & beats to start the day.
11:00am to 12:00pm
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.
5:00pm to 7:00pm
2:00pm to 3:00pm
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.
8:00pm to 9:00pm
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!
5:00pm to 6:00pm
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.
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Mixed Messages Radio
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!
5:00pm to 6:00pm
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.
10:00am to 11:00am
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.
Not currently scheduled
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.
8:00am to 9:00am
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.
11:00pm to 11:59pm
6:00pm to 7:00pm
Nossworld / 5ive-7even Radio
Nossworld / 5ive-7even Radio show description goes here!
12:00pm to 2:00pm
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.
6:00pm to 7:00pm
Obsolete Transmissions
Early synth, industrial, and electronic music from the 1970s and 1980s.
12:00am to 1:00am
Other Aspects
Mainly focusing the avant-garde and adventurous styles: Modern classical, free jazz, minimalist and electronic experimental styles.
3:00pm to 4:00pm
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.
Not currently scheduled
Pop Patchwork
A bell curve of classic and modern pop, indie rock, and familiar earworms to bookend the weirdness.
11:00am to 1:00pm
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
7:00pm to 8:00pm
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.
12:00pm to 1:00pm
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
1:00am to 3:00am
Radio Free Albemuth
Anything from rnr to the outer limits...
Named after a book by Philip K. Dick. Music for a dystopian future...
3:00pm to 4:00pm
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.
9:00am to 11:00am
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/
10:00am to 11:00am
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.
10:00pm to 11:00pm
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.
2:00pm to 3:00pm
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.
Not currently scheduled
SipComs
SipComs is a podcast about two of life’s great comforts, enjoying a tasty beverage and situational comedies. In each episode comedians will join me to talk about their favorite TV tropes and share few drinks, be they cocktails, coffee, tea, beer, thanksgiving episodes, “will they won’t they” dynamics, or bottle episodes.
6:00pm to 7:00pm
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.
Not currently scheduled
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.
10:00pm to 11:00pm
Sound Test
Not currently scheduled
Stolen Artists
Rock music and more along with interviews with and performances by local bands.
11:00am to 12:00pm
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
Not currently scheduled
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
10:00am to 11:00am
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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.
11:00pm to 11:59pm
The Art of Phonography
A multi-genre set of music built to offer a complete, late night experience.
4:00pm to 5:00pm
6:00am to 8:00am
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.
1:00am to 2:00am
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.
4:00pm to 5:00pm
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!
11:00pm to 11:59pm
1:00pm to 3:00pm
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!
Not currently scheduled
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
6:00am to 8:00am
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
4:00pm to 5:00pm
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.
9:00am to 10:00am
The Soundboard Feed
The Soundboard Feed with Lou Neumann.
No overdubs. Just raw live recordings. Straight to tape. All eras, all genres. Plug into the Soundboard Feed because live music is just better.
11:00pm to 12:00am
The Witching Hour
Dark. Weird. Spooky. Rock n' Roll Radio. Every Friday night from 11-midnight, join Mr. Hyde and Gloomy Gus for THE WITCHING HOUR, a show which celebrates a diverse range of music, culture, and all things occult and esoteric.
Not currently scheduled
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.
7:00pm to 8:00pm
Turn the Tables
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.
10:00pm to 11:59pm
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!!!
7:00pm to 8:00pm
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.
Not currently scheduled
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 :)
10:00am to 11:00am
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.