The Jukebox: Radio Archive

The Jukebox: June 8, 1996

“Jukebox Saturday Night,” hosted by Mike Saffran, on “Oldies 98.9”/WKLX-FM (98.9), Rochester, N.Y. Originally aired 7 p.m.–Midnight June 8, 1996. Callers aired and other show highlights: 00:09 “Top 100 Hits of the ’70s” countdown (final songs) 00:51 First of a couple references to show-sponsor Bob Johnson Chevy-Geo (Greece) 02:49 Unidentified female (“Funkytown”) 03:18 Laurie/Fairport (“Hooked On A Feeling”) 03:46 “WKLX, Rochester” legal ID jingle 04:11 Unidentified male (“Seasons In The Sun”) 05:33 Jan/Fairport (“Red Rubber Ball”) 06:12 Kim/Henrietta (“Hello Goodbye”) 07:04 “WKLX Summer Fun Guide,” available at Tops Friendly Markets, plug 07:31 Unidentified male/Gates (“Telstar”) 07:57 “WKLX, Rochester” legal ID jingle 08:19 Leanne/York (“The Loco-Motion”) 09:03 Unidentified male — asking about “Top 100 Hits of the ’70s” replay 09:52 Unidentified male (“Beep Beep”) 10:16 Sandy/Greece (“Sunshine” — for her 16th birthday) 11:16 Mindy/Driving home (“Calendar Girl”) 12:16 Laurie (“I’m Into Something Good” — dedication to William) 12:56 Dick (“Crystal Blue Persuasion” — dedication to wife, Kathy) 13:24 Kelly/Silver Lake Country Market (Perry) (“Cupid” — dedication to Deb) 14:05 Unidentified male (“And I Love Her” — dedication to wife, Kim) 15:18 Kim/Henrietta (“Love Is All Around” — dedication to Kenny) 15:36 Andrea/Rochester (“Daddy’s Home” — dedication to late father) 15:58 Unidentified male (“MacArthur Park”) 16:15 Kelly/Rochester (“See You In September” — dedication to Mark) 16:46 “’70s at 7” and Bob Johnson Chevy-Geo/Greece (sponsor) references 17:10 Bob (“Donna” — dedication to Dale on his 41st birthday) 17:39 Andy/Hamlin (“Love Me Tender” — dedication to parents, Lynn and Chuck) 18:03 Lynn/LeRoy (“Love Me Tender” — dedication to “Good Lookin’”) 18:24 Eric (“Maybe Baby” — dedication to Bianca) 18:53 Sherry/Ogden (“Sherry”) 19:49 Cory (“Birthday  — dedication to Ted and Gary) 20:25 “The Beatle Years,” City Mattress (sponsor) and “Beatle Brunch” with Joe Johnson references 21:10 Meredith/Pittsford (“Leader Of The Pack” — dedication to Justin) 21:34 Alisha and Brenna/Rochester (“What A Wonderful World” — dedication to Ryan) 21:55 Unidentified caller (“American Pie”) 22:03 Last of a few “Top 100 Hits of the ’70s” countdown plugs (including fellow WKLX DJ Johnny Angel reference) 22:35 Terry (“Drift Away” — dedication to cousin Robert) 22:52 Unidentified female (“All I Have To Do Is Dream”) 23:12 Unidentified female (“Breaking Up Is Hard To Do”) 23:23 Bill/Henrietta (“Nice To Be With You” — dedication to Mary) 23:52 “Volleyball Marathon and Dart Tournament,” sponsored by the Leukemia Society, June 22, at The Creek (Henrietta) reference 24:16 Elizabeth/Webster (“Rag Doll” — dedication to parents) 24:34 Dawn (“Come A Little Bit Closer” — dedication to John) 24:42 Cassette tape ran out :-( 24:43 Unidentified caller (not recorded) (“This Magic Moment”) All content (radio aircheck, audio podcast – all components, and show notes): © Michael J. Saffran

The Jukebox: June 1, 1996

“Jukebox Saturday Night,” hosted by Mike Saffran, on “Oldies 98.9”/WKLX-FM (98.9), Rochester, N.Y. Originally aired 7 p.m.–Midnight June 1, 1996. Callers aired and other show highlights: 00:19 First of a couple references to show-sponsor Bob Johnson Chevy-Geo (Greece) 00:28 Unidentified female (“I Will Survive”) 01:02 Kim (“Copacabana” — dedication to Amna on her 18th birthday) — including reference to fellow WKLX DJ Johnny Angel 01:23 Cassette tape ran out :-( 01:39 Ed/Allegany County (“Radar Love”) 02:57 Kacey/Hamlin (“Y.M.C.A.”) 03:37 Peter/Driving to Rochester (“Escape [The Pina Colada Song]” — dedication with marriage proposal to Amy) 05:33 Amy (“December, 1963 [Oh, What A Night]”) — saying “Yes”! :-) 06:08 “Crunch” SFX (“Go ahead, keep dancing … I’ll play more!” :-) 06:11 “WKLX, Rochester” legal ID jingle 06:37 Mike/Greece (“Smoke From A Distant Fire”) 07:22 “I’m in a great mood … because I’m three for three on the elevator here in the B. Forman Office Building!” ;-) 08:18 Unidentified female/Kendall (“Hurdy Gurdy Man”) 08:49 Allison/Fairport (“Splish Splash”) 09:56 Mark (“Hot Rod Lincoln”) 10:07 “WKLX, Rochester” legal ID jingle 10:35 Nancy/Fairport (“Kung Fu Fighting”) — including kudos to Fairport HS varsity lacrosse on sectional championship (from #46’s mom :-) 11:23 Chelsea/Going to Abbott’s Frozen Custard (Webster) (“Help!” — dedication to Emily) 12:24 Sports Car and Vintage Auto Festival (sponsored by the Western New York MG Car Club and Victor Lions Club), June 2, at Victor High School reference 13:14 Kim/Irondequoit (“Sugar, Sugar”) 13:48 Anne/Fairport (“Shout” — dedication to Ned and Stanley) 14:49 Regan/York (“Brown Eyed Girl”) — including reference to fellow WKLX DJ Nick Evans and “Oldies Night” at the Garage Door (Irondequoit bar) plug 16:00 Carl/Driving on the State Thruway from Buffalo to Rochester (“I Only Want To Be With You” — dedication to Midge) 16:17 Debbie/Bennington (“American Pie”) 16:43 Cory/Trenton, Ontario, Canada (“Image Of A Girl”) 17:21 Haley/Irondequoit (“Happy, Happy Birthday Baby” — dedication to Phyllis) 18:17 Kevin/Webster (“Mack The Knife” — dedication to father on his birthday) 18:45 Dawn/Rochester (“Come A Little Bit Closer”) 19:24 Julie/Geneseo (“Love Me Tender” — dedication to Dave) 19:58 Don/Rochester (10th Ward) (“I Saw Her Standing There” — dedication to wife, Marianne) 20:37 Jeremy (“In My Life” — dedication to Stacy and Sarah) 21:12 “Beatle Brunch” with Joe Johnson, “The Beatle Years” and City Mattress (sponsor) references 21:43 Carolyn/Gates (“In The Still Of The Nite” — dedication to Casey) 22:05 Rick/Geneseo (“I’m Sorry” — dedication to Diane) 22:34 Dennis/Union Spring (“Crying In The Chapel”) 23:08 Unidentified female (“New York Mining Disaster”) 23:27 Unidentified male (“Patches”) 24:05 Kate (“Doctor My Eyes” — dedication to Brian) 24:28 Mary/Belmont (“Bridge Over Troubled Water“) 24:58 Candy/Morton (“Chevy Van” — dedication to Chip) 25:18 Wendy/Auburn (“Light My Fire” — dedication to father) 25:40 Kathy (“Unchained Melody” — dedication to Elissa) 25:48 Reference to number-one song on recent “Top 500 Oldies of All Time” countdown 25:58 “Traveling Oldies Show” (and “Super Cruise Night”) with Denny Alexander, June 5, at Ricky G’s Hollywood Diner (Scottsville Road) plug 27:01 Brian/Auburn (“Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds”) — including reference to fellow WKLX DJ Chuck McCoy All content (radio aircheck, audio podcast – all components, and show notes): © Michael J. Saffran

The Jukebox: May 31, 1996

“’70s at 7”/“All-Request Weekend,” hosted by Mike Saffran, on “Oldies 98.9”/WKLX-FM (98.9), Rochester, N.Y. Originally aired 7 p.m.–Midnight May 31, 1996. (Bonus podcast episode) Special note: Filling in on a Friday night during an “All-Request Weekend” Callers aired and other show highlights: 00:22 First of a few references to show-sponsor Bob Johnson Chevy-Geo (Greece) 00:32 Jeff/Henrietta (“Ariel”) 00:46 Custom Tom Snyder (“The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder” host) imaging liner 01:14 Emily/East Irondequoit (“The Streak”) 01:50 Caitlyn/Irondequoit (“That’s The Way [I Like It]” — dedication to Matt) 02:19 Reference to fellow WKLX DJ Chuck McCoy and upcoming “Super Hits of the ’70s” CD giveaway 02:42 First of a few references to “NewsSource 13” (WOKR-TV) meteorologist Bill Peterson 03:13 James/Niagara Falls (“Waterloo”) 04:06 Margarita/Gates (“Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree”) 04:28 Live on-air contest giveaway of “Super Hits of the ’70s” (Rhino Records) CD 05:46 Unidentified caller (who gave incorrect answer to contest question) — including references to Two M’s and Arthur Treacher’s Fish and Chips restaurants 06:12 Linda/Rochester (contest winner) — including references to Arrows and Hooters restaurants 07:06 Laura (“Play That Funky Music” — dedication to Tommy) 08:21 “All-Request Weekend” imaging (Note: I think I was laughing due to uncertainty, at end of weather forecast a few seconds earlier, about what to say before closing jingle — because I was accustomed to referencing “Jukebox Saturday Night” :-) 08:31 Unidentified male (“If You Wanna Be Happy”) 08:54 “Dashboard DJ” with Mike McKay and Castle Fireball Fuel-Injector Cleaner (sponsor) references 09:17 Carla/Penfield (“You Really Got Me”) — including Radisson Hotel reference 10:13 Reference to my MG sportscar :-) 10:37 Western New York MG Car Club vintage car show, June 2, at Victor High School reference 10:46 “WKLX, Rochester” legal ID jingle/“All-Request Weekend” imaging 11:02 Judy/Corfu (“That’ll Be The Day”) 11:53 “All-Request Weekend” imaging 12:03 Unidentified male (“Shakin’ All Over”) 12:38 Sarah/Rochester (“Who Put The Bomp [In The Bomp-Sha-Bomp]”) 13:43 “All-Request Weekend” imaging 13:53 Unidentified caller (“Yellow Submarine”) 14:23 Laurie/Palmyra (“Rock Me Gently” — dedication to husband, Chip) 14:44 Sam/Driving from Mount Morris to Buffalo (“Wonderful! Wonderful!” — dedication to “Susie Q”) 15:14 Jen (“Cathy’s Clown” — dedication to her mother) 15:38 Mark/Canandaigua (“Unchained Melody” — dedication to Eileen) 17:07 Erin/Irondequoit (“Brown Eyed Girl” — dedication to Andrea) 17:41 Buddy (“Sweet Pea” — dedication to Amanda) 18:11 Tammy/Fairport (“Put Your Head On My Shoulder” — dedication to Billy) 18:47 Barry/Irondequoit (“He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” — dedication to Joe) 19:50 Jill/Rochester (“Oh How Happy” — dedication to Mike) 20:19 “Technical Difficulties” SFX ;-) 20:27 Nancy/Penfield (“Sara”) 20:53 Doug/Cohocton (“Last Kiss”) 21:23 Unidentified female (“Maggie May” — dedication to George and Maggie) 22:04 Wondering aloud if “NewsSource 13” (WOKR-TV) meteorologist Bill Peterson ever hears me and minds that I sometimes refer to him as “The Big Guy”? ;-) 22:26 “WKLX, WKLX” imaging 22:55 Unidentified male (“The Weight”) 23:31 Pat/Irondequoit (“Soldier Boy” — dedication to sister Theresa) 24:24 Jason (“Roses Are Red [My Love]” — dedication to Rachel) 24:34 Darlene/Batavia (“Band Of Gold”) — including references to Pizza Hut, Pontillo’s Pizzeria and my having once lived in Batavia 26:05 “Better a ‘Band Of Gold’ than a … you know what I mean!” ;-) 26:26 Bob (“Puff The Magic Dragon” — dedication to brother-in-law Rory on his birthday) 27:40 Barb/Rochester (“Let’s Stay Together” — dedicated to herself on her birthday) All content (radio aircheck, audio podcast – all components, and show notes): © Michael J. Saffran

The Jukebox: May 25-27, 1996

“Top 500 Oldies of All Time,” hosted by Mike Saffran, on “Oldies 98.9”/WKLX-FM (98.9), Rochester, N.Y. Originally aired May 25–27, 1996. Special note: Combining two shows into single podcast episode due to countdown that preempted “Jukebox Saturday Night” (though not request shows, each includes listener call-ins). I cannot recall if the preemption bothered me (probably) or, at least, baffled me—particularly given that other regular programming (e.g. syndicated shows) wasn’t canceled and the countdown stopped at midnight. If I had my way, “The Jukebox” would’ve aired as usual—especially given evidently poor planning regarding the countdown’s end (close to but not yet at the top on separate occasions). In hindsight, I probably should’ve, Saturday night, aired the top four—even if doing so would’ve gone past midnight (as I did two nights later, seemingly with the PD’s approval). Why wasn’t the number-one song announced? I’d guess there might’ve been pre-recorded fanfare and song introduction. By Memorial Day, I can kind of hear it in my voice that I was a little tired of the countdown; the best part of this episode the full version of the WKLX “Fun, Fun, Fun in Rochester!” jingle! Callers aired and other show highlights: 00:12 “WKLX, Rochester” legal ID jingle (start of May 25 segment) 02:00 RIT and University of Rochester commencement ceremonies and Highland Park lilacs references 02:15 “WKLX, Rochester” legal ID jingle 03:04 Unidentified male—first of few tongue-in-cheek suggestions of broken jukebox (including “coin-into-slot” and “technical difficulties” SFX) 05:35 “WKLX, Rochester” legal ID jingle 06:12 Liz/Webster asking about song 07:16 Full WKLX “Fun, Fun, Fun in Rochester!” jingle 07:36 Unidentified male 09:29 Unidentified caller asking about song 10:45 Tricia/Henrietta 11:35 “WKLX, Rochester” legal ID jingle 11:54 Unidentified female asking about “Backseat Memories” 12: 34 Unidentified caller asking about countdown 13:52 Carolyn/Henrietta asking about song 14:44 “WKLX, Rochester” legal ID jingle 15:11 Unidentified caller asking about Rochester Americans-Syracuse Crunch game (Amerks won, 6-5, to advance to the Calder Cup finals) 16:08: Unidentified female asking about song 18:08 Unidentified male asking about countdown 18:47 “Mike Saffran” customized name-shout jingle (including snippet of Jr. Walker & The All Stars – “Shotgun”) 19:11 Unidentified caller asking about song 20:36 Unidentified caller asking about song 21:50 “Keep looking for Kali” (Note: For a while, particularly in spring/summer 1994, I closed many shows with this reminder — a reference to then-missing East Rochester toddler Kali Ann Poulton, who, it was later learned, had been kidnapped and murdered. I mentioned her again this night undoubtedly because it was near the two-year anniversary of her disappearance. More: https://www.pittsfordcemetery.org/bios/poulton_full.html) 22:11 “WKLX, Rochester” legal ID jingle (start of May 27 segment) 24:10 Unidentified male asking about “’70s at 7” 24:27 “WKLX, Rochester” legal ID jingle 26:15 Unidentified male asking about  “’70s at 7” and countdown 26:34 “WKLX, Rochester” legal ID jingle 27:15 Unidentified male asking song 28:38 Unidentified male asking about song 28:59 “WKLX, Rochester” legal ID jingle 29:50 Unidentified female asking about song 31:03 Tricia/Henrietta 31:50 “WKLX, Rochester” legal ID jingle 32:27 Unidentified female asking about song 32:47 Unidentified female asking about countdown 34:02 Unidentified female asking about countdown 34:38 “WKLX, Rochester” legal ID jingle 35:31 Unidentified caller asking about song 36:50 Unidentified female asking about countdown 37:06 Unidentified male asking about song 37:18 “WKLX, Rochester” legal ID jingle 39:58 Unidentified male asking about countdown 40:11 “WKLX, Rochester” legal ID jingle 41:36 Shoutout to Jerry/Working at U.S. Post Office (Henrietta) All content (radio aircheck, audio podcast – all components, and show notes): © Michael J. Saffran

The Jukebox: May 18, 1996

“Jukebox Saturday Night,” hosted by Mike Saffran, on “Oldies 98.9”/WKLX-FM (98.9), Rochester, N.Y. Originally aired 7 p.m.–Midnight May 18, 1996. Callers aired and other show highlights: 00:25 Unidentified female (“I Will Survive”) 00:48 Unidentified male (“The Candy Man”) 01:12 Unidentified female (“My Sharona”) 01:56 First of a few record-tying heat forecast references (Note: High temperature May 19, 1996, was 89° — tying 1971 record) 02:24 Unidentified male (“Dead Skunk”) 03:09 Kate/Bergen (“Little Willy”) 03:42 Larry/Greece (“Copacabana”) 04:48 Scott (“Get Down Tonight”) 05:13 “WKLX, Rochester” legal ID jingle 05:44 Annette/Holley (“Rockin’ Robin” — dedication to daughter Mary Beth) 06:34 “No complaints allowed about the hot weather, OK? If I hear any complaints … your punishment would be: You go listen to ‘WARM Nights’!” (First of a few good-natured digs at my former — and, many years later, future — station, WRMM ;-) 07:25 Rick (“In The Summertime” — dedication to Kathy) 07:58 Teri/Fairport (“Eight Days A Week”) 08:54 “The Beatle Years” and City Mattress (sponsor) references 09:18 “Southtown Frankie D.”/Brighton (“Chantilly Lace”) — including caller references to traffic reporter Tom George, Friendly’s restaurant and the host as “Uncle Mike” (apparently recalling when, a couple years earlier, I had shared on the air about becoming a first-time uncle :-) 10:48 “WKLX, Rochester” legal ID jingle — followed by “Mike Saffran” customized name-shout jingle (including snippet of Jr. Walker & The All Stars – “Shotgun”) 11:22 Bridgette/Greece (“You’re Sixteen” — dedication to Patricia on her 16th birthday) 11:59 “We’re flying here … I promise we’re not on ValuJet” — cryptic reference to ValuJet Flight 592 crash, a week earlier, in Florida 12:35 “Hot Weather Edition” :-) 12:39 Nikki/Working at K and K Food Mart (Holley) (“I Fought The Law” — dedication to Kelly) 13:14 Barb/Rochester (“If You Wanna Be Happy” — dedication to daughter Jenna) 14:27 Frank/Rochester (driving taxi cab) (“[We’re Gonna] Rock Around The Clock”) 15:08 Reference to Buffalo Bills quarterback Jim Kelly’s marriage to Jill Waggoner, earlier that day, in Tonawanda, N.Y. 15:44 Jessica/Greece (“The Twist” — for her 11th birthday) 16:38 Jamie/Churchville (“Nights In White Satin” — dedication to Adam) 17:10 Erica (with Christie)/Hamlin (“A Teenager In Love — dedication to Steve and Ray) 17:53 Randy/Greece (“The Ballad Of The Green Berets”) 18:36 “ABC” (“Chapel Of Love” — dedication to Dravin) 19:02 First of a couple “Your Good Time Oldies Magazine,” with Machine Gun Kelly, Captain’s Attic/Rochester (sponsor) and Ruby Shooz (oldies band) references 20:03 Christie/Brighton (“Lil’ Red Riding Hood”) 20:32 Sam/Canandaigua (“Build Me Up Buttercup”) 21:10 Kim/Chili (“Sugar, Sugar”) 21:36 Dave (“Everything That Touches You”) 21:50 “Anyone who complains about the heat, you’re outta here! I’m gonna send you to torture: ‘WARM Nights’” ;-) 22:37 Amy/University of Rochester (“Moonshadow”) 23:35 “Ringo”/Fairport (“Love Me Do”) 24:25 Kim/Henrietta (“Birthday” — dedication to Kenny for his birthday tomorrow) 24:55 Jessi/Rochester (“Unchained Melody” — dedication to Craig) 25:26 Michelle/Waterloo (“Then He Kissed Me”) 26:55 “Two blank pages … the only radio program that is truly all requests, all the time!” :-) 27:07 Renée/Rochester (“Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In”) 27:32 Jim (“Hey Paula” — dedication to David) 28:00 Justine/Hilton (“Candy Girl” — dedication to sister Natalie) 28:45 Stephanie/Chili (“Here, There And Everywhere”) 29:20 Jared/Rushford (“This Boy” — dedication to father, Dale) 30:00 Andrea/Webster (“P.S. I Love You” — dedication to Anthony) 30:18 Amy/Victor (“Brown Eyed Girl”) 31:16 Frankie/Driving to Williamson (“Beyond The Sea” — dedication to wife, Georgette) 32:04 “SOS” (“Devoted To You” — dedication to Junior, Chris and Tom) 32:57 Judy/Batavia (“That’ll Be The Day”) All content (radio aircheck, audio podcast – all components, and show notes): © Michael J. Saffran