Rochester radio legend Brother Wease announces his last day at Radio 95.1

Longtime DJ abruptly exits Upstate NY radio station after format change

He had been on the air for 40 years.

Radio icon Brother Wease abruptly announces final show: What we know now

Brother Wease, host of The Wease Show on WAIO-FM (95.1), an iHeartMedia station known as Radio 95.1, made the announcement on air on Thursday, Sept. 4.

Brother Wease announces abrupt departure from radio

Rochester, N.Y. — An iconic voice signed off the local airwaves Thursday.

Rochester radio legend Brother Wease announces his last day at Radio 95.1

Wease has been an institution of local radio for several decades.

Brother Wease Goes Off-Air In Rochester As Talk 95.1 Is No More

After more than four decades behind the microphone in Rochester, Alan "Brother Wease" Levin signed off for the final time on Thursday, as iHeartMedia flipped Talk 95.1 (WAIO) to Rock 95.1 at noon, leaving the Radio Hall of Famer without a home.

Rochester Now Rocks Harder

• iHeartMedia Hot Talk/Active Rock WAIO (Radio 95.1)/Rochester has morphed into ROCK 95.1, “Rochester’s Real Rock,” billed as “the city’s new destination for modern and active rock,” sporting an expanded library that features artists including Three Days Grace, Metallica, Linkin Park, Disturbed, Papa Roach, etc. The revised on-air lineup kicks off with Rover’s Morning Glory, which remains in the lead-off spot, followed by Aly in middays, John Di…