“Jukebox Saturday Night,” hosted by Mike Saffran, on “Oldies 98.9”/WKLX-FM (98.9), Rochester, N.Y. Originally aired 7 p.m.–Midnight Feb. 17, 1996.

Callers aired and other show highlights:

00:18 “It’s my turn — I get to be on the radio!… :-) Live from the Benjamin B. Forman Office Building, high atop the soon-to be closed B. Forman store”

00:44 Unidentified male (“Saturday Night”)

01:12 Unidentified female (“Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree”)

01:38 First of multiple references to “Winners Weekend”: “Ain’t Misbehavin’” ticket giveaways

02:12 “The ’70s at 7” (partial imaging)

02:28 Becky/Pittsford (“Kung Fu Fighting”)

03:19 Tom/Lima (“China Grove”)

04:01 First of five live on-air “Winners Weekend” giveaways of tickets to “Ain’t Misbehavin’” (starring The Pointer Sisters), Feb. 20, Auditorium Theatre

04:53 Harry/Rochester (contest winner)

05:30 First of a few times the voice of fellow WKLX DJ Nick Evans is heard at beginning of commercial or promo

05:53 Sharon/Walworth (“Chevy Van”)

06:20 “WKLX, Rochester” legal ID jingle

06:50 Unidentified caller (“For What It’s Worth [Stop, Hey What’s That Sound]”)

08:12 Unidentified female (“I Got You Babe”) — including reference to Rep. Sonny Bono, then-congressman from California’s 44th U.S. House district (1995–1998)

08:34 “The Beatle Years” with JJ Jackson, City Mattress (sponsor) and “Beatles By Request” with Tom Noonan references

08:56 Unidentified male (“Leader Of The Pack”)

09:07 Second of five live on-air “Winners Weekend” giveaways of tickets to “Ain’t Misbehavin’” (starring The Pointer Sisters), Feb. 20, Auditorium Theatre

09:57 Dan/Rochester (contest winner)

10:43 “WKLX, Rochester” legal ID jingle

11:03 Kim/Henrietta (“The 59th Street Bridge Song [Feelin’ Groovy]”)

12:21 Carolyn/Henrietta (“Hair”)

12:47 Unidentified female (“I’m A Believer”)

13:02 Third of five live on-air “Winners Weekend” giveaways of tickets to “Ain’t Misbehavin’” (starring The Pointer Sisters), Feb. 20, Auditorium Theatre

13:44 Mike/Rochester (contest winner)

14:46 My Cousin Vinny’s Pizza Shop (Webster) reference

15:03 Emily/Gorham (“My Girl” — dedication to Jeff)

15:33 Unidentified female (“A Whiter Shade Of Pale”)

16:02 Ken Sr. (“The Wonder Of You” — dedication to Ken Jr.)

16:33 First of a couple “Cabin Fever Reliever” contest plugs (including Universal Studios reference)

17:21 Carolyn/Henrietta (“Maggie May”)

17:50 Emily (“Earth Angel [Will You Be Mine]” — dedication to Jeff)

18:48 Ron (with Jeff) (“Chantilly Lace” — dedication to Elise and Christie)

19:05 Fourth of five live on-air “Winners Weekend” giveaways of tickets to “Ain’t Misbehavin’” (starring The Pointer Sisters), Feb. 20, Auditorium Theatre

19:35 Julie/Henrietta (contest winner)

20:11 Lindsey/Rochester (“Angel Of The Morning”)

20:36 Tricia/Henrietta (“I’ll Follow The Sun” — dedication to TJ)

20:56 Mike/Greece (“In My Life”)

21:24 “Mr. Bunny” (“Chapel Of Love” — dedication to “Mrs. Bunny”)

21:56 Jessica (with Patty, Carrie and Autumn)/Geneseo (“Another Saturday Night” — dedication to her dad)

22:53 Jessica (“Reflections Of My Life” — dedication to Justin)

23:07 Hal (“Have You Seen Her”— dedication to Yvonne)

23:30 Unidentified female (“Light My Fire” — dedication to Matt)

24:14 “Thank you to the Saturday night listening audience … for some gratifying ratings!… It’s kinda nice to see that we’re beating all three of my former Rochester stations!” :-)

25:12 Susan (with Tamara) (“My Guy” — dedication to John and Sue)

25:25 Kim/Henrietta (“Let it Be” — dedication to Brian)

25:44 Fifth of five live on-air “Winners Weekend” giveaways of tickets to “Ain’t Misbehavin’” (starring The Pointer Sisters), Feb. 20, Auditorium Theatre

26:18 Jim/Greece (contest winner)

27:01 Robert/Working at Sports Delight (“When” — dedication to Teachers World)

28:21 Samantha (“Sea Of Love” — dedication to Scott)

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“Jukebox Saturday Night,” hosted by Mike Saffran, on “Oldies 98.9”/WKLX-FM (98.9), Rochester, N.Y. Originally aired 7 p.m.–Midnight Feb. 10, 1996.

Callers aired and other show highlights:

00:23 “Back home again!”—Subtle reference to having just finished up a few days filling in for Metro Traffic, where I did morning/afternoon traffic reports on multiple other stations (one of them often not WKLX—depending upon who I was subbing for)

00:32 Unidentified female (“Telephone Man”)

01:02 Ed/Wellsville (“City Of New Orleans”)

01:31 Unidentified female (“I Will Survive”)

02:20 “The ’70s at 7” (partial imaging)

02:35 Unidentified male (“Bluer Than Blue”)

03:05 “’70s at 7 Promo Flashback”—“Playing the songs that were great back when this station was WHFM–‘FM99!’” (including reference to “my buddy ‘Wags!’”—WBEE-FM DJ Dave Beck, who some called “Wags” because of his prior radio name: “Gary Wagner”; once again, I could kick myself for not letting the aircheck tape roll!)

04:00 Patty/Brockport (“If I Can’t Have You”)

05:17 Karen/Honeoye Falls (“I Love The Nightlife”)

05:59 “WKLX, Rochester” legal ID jingle — followed by snippet of Foreigner–“Juke Box Hero” (Note: This likely was the first time I used this song hook as show imaging—even though, as an ’80s song, it’s not part of the music era normally played on “The Jukebox”; because Foreigner’s Lou Gramm is from Rochester, I found it appropriate); and “Mike Saffran” customized name-shout jingle (including snippet of Donovan–“Mellow Yellow”)

06:37 Unidentified male (“Beep Beep”)

07:59 Renee/Attica (“Puff The Magic Dragon”)

08:49 Unidentified male (“In The Year 2525”)

09:59 “WKLX, Rochester” legal ID jingle

10:22 Unidentified female (“Cecilia”)

11:20 Rick/Rochester (“Return To Sender”)

11:52 Shelly (“Born To Be Wild”—dedication to Stephen)

13:11 Kim/Henrietta (“Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da”)—including reference to “Mr. Holland’s Opus” (1995 movie)

13:55 “You were here before I was!”—I suspect a reference to letting the “crickets” background SFX play a bit while cueing up the next phone call and/or loading the requested song (using “crickets” as a fallback was better than having dead air! ;-)

14:06 Karen/Clarence (“Never My Love”—dedication to Mark)

14:51 Rick/Rochester (“Can’t Help Falling In Love”—dedication to wife, Jane)

15:17 Nicole/LeRoy (“My Special Angel”)

16:29 John/Irondequoit (“Whatever Happened To Old-Fashioned Love”—dedication to wife, Laurie)

17:06 Beth/Fairport (“Honey”)

17:49 John (“Unchained Melody”—dedication from Julie)

19:10 Deb (with Ro)/Corfu (“Precious And Few”—dedication to Larry and Roger)

20:04 Tara/Byron (“Sweet Pea”—dedication to cousin Heather)

20:28 Josh (“The Pied Piper”—dedication to Anna)

20:41 Kim/Henrietta (“Real Love”—dedication to Brian)

21:33 “Dim the lights, find a good parking space …” (partial “Backseat Memories” imaging)

21:42 David/Rochester (“Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie”—dedication to Melinda)

22:03 Reference to listening, as a kid, to Rochester Top-40 stations WBBF and WAXC—and sometimes waiting forever for requests that never aired (“Feels pretty good, doesn’t it? Getting your request played on the radio…. I’ve always been sincere about trying my best to get on the songs that you ask for”); including indirect mention to my first Rochester radio job (98PXY): “We didn’t play many requests at 98, and they still don’t … but I always would if I could … because I know it feels good!”

22:50 Eva/Irondequoit (“Earth Angel [Will You Be Mine]”—dedication to Greg)

23:16 Jessica (with Autumn)/York (“Come A Little Bit Closer”—dedication to Mike and Matt)

23:50 Joe (“Blueberry Hill”—dedication to Katrina)

24:19 Cassette tape ran out :-(

24:25 Erin/Webster (“Let Your Love Flow”)

24:50 Katrina (with Amanda) (“Lean On Me”—dedication to Jessica and Tony)

25:49 Charles/Bloomfield (“Green Tambourine”—dedication to wife, Stacy)

26:49 Mary/Rochester (“Teddy Bear”—dedication to Aaron)

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“Beatles By Request,” hosted by Tom Noonan, on “Oldies 98.9”/WKLX-FM (98.9), Rochester, N.Y. Originally aired Feb. 4, 1996 (Bonus Clip).

Special note: Remembering that time when Tom Noonan called me, at home on a Sunday night, for a Beatles song request for his show, “Beatles By Request” — after, the night before on “Backseat Memories,” I made show history with a first-ever ‘reverse request’ to an unsuspecting girl who, unbeknownst to me when I called her, was taking a bath!

I had totally forgotten about Tom’s on-air bit until stumbling across the segment, on a cassette tape, while dubbing regular “Jukebox” audio for this podcast. To the best of my recollection: The bit was not set up (in other words, I was not expecting his call); rather, my good friend Tom had genuinely caught me by surprise. The only reason I have the audio, I suspect, is I likely rolled tape on my home cassette deck (thus, capturing the audio when he played it back on the air shortly after the actual phone call).

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“Jukebox Saturday Night,” hosted by Mike Saffran, on “Oldies 98.9”/WKLX-FM (98.9), Rochester, N.Y. Originally aired 7 p.m.–Midnight Feb. 3, 1996.

Callers aired and other show highlights:

00:33 Unidentified female (“I Shot The Sheriff”)

01:08 Janet (“Chevy Van”)

01:42 Patty/Brockport (“Thunder Island”)

03:08 Kim (“Smokin’ In The Boys Room”)

03:37 “’70s at 7 Flashback” — “Playing the songs that were great back when you did your grocery shopping at Star Markets!”

04:03 Linda/Williamson (“Alone Again [Naturally]”)

04:25 “1971” (rare use of “year shout” production element)

04:45 Unidentified female (“Bad Girls”)

05:16 First of a few uses of “Technical Difficulties” SFX (I don’t recall the specific problem—likely CD player malfunction—but I attributed it to “gremlins” ;-)

05:26 Denise (“Funkytown”—for Katie on her 18th birthday)

05:56 “Technical Difficulties” SFX followed by “WKLX, Rochester” legal ID jingle and beginning of “Mike Saffran” name-shout jingle

06:24 References to B. Forman Office Building and to wearing three layers due to cold weather (putting me in an “advantageous situation” if I were playing strip poker ;-)

06:52 Unidentified male (“Sweet City Woman”)

08:13 Amanda/Rochester (“I Hear A Symphony”)

08:43 Unidentified caller (“Yellow Submarine”)—including Tom Noonan’s “spittoon” SFX

09:36 Darren/Rochester (“Can’t You See That She’s Mine”)

10:15 “WKLX, Rochester” legal ID jingle, followed by “Mike Saffran” name-shout jingle—and asking Nick Evans, live, how to say “18” in Spanish (lyrics of the next song, “Wooly Bully,” begin, “uno, dos …”)

10:44 First of a couple “Oldies Night” (with WKLX’s Nick Evans) at the Garage Door (Irondequoit bar) plugs

10:54 Unidentified female (“Delta Dawn”)

12:01 Kim/Henrietta (“Hello Goodbye”)

12:27 Steve/Clifton Springs (“American Pie”)—including reference to Feb. 3 (“The Day the Music Died”) anniversary of plane crash, in 1959, that killed Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens

13:53 Unidentified female (“I Want To Hold Your Hand”)

14:18 Venice/Henrietta (“All My Loving”—dedication to Aaron and the host)

15:07 Joe/Pittsford (“Wild Thing”—dedication to Mary Jo)

15:39 Stacy/Mendon (“Brown Eyed Girl”)

16:31 “Wags just gave me the update”—reference to “sister station” WBEE-FM DJ Dave Beck (who some called “Wags” because of his prior radio name: “Gary Wagner”)

16:51 Phil/Websters Crossing (“Crimson And Clover”—dedication to fiancée, Jessica)

17:23 Laura/Gates (“We Can Work It Out”—dedication to Jay)

17:51 Rich/Rochester (“Do You Want To Know A Secret”—dedication to Betty)

18:20 Katie (“The Lion Sleeps Tonight”—dedication to Brian)

18:42 Unidentified female (“Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat”—dedication to Jessica)

19:39 “Technical Difficulties” SFX

19:53 Theresa/Fairport (“Do You Believe In Magic?”—dedication to Kate)

20:26 Kim/Henrietta (“Here, There And Everywhere”—dedication to the host)

20:58 “The Countess” (“Free As A Bird”—dedication to “The Count”)

21:41 “Making history” on ‘Backseat Memories’ with first-ever call out for a request—to Sarah, in gratitude for Christmas card she sent me and because she cannot get through on request line

24:11 Sarah (“Unchained Melody”)—first-ever ‘reverse request’ ;-)

26:51 “Backseat Memories” “whisper” imaging

27:12 Jason (“My Girl” — dedication to Margo)

27:55 Tricia/Henrietta (“Penny Lane”)

28:22 Cassette tape ran out :-(

28:35 Jeff/Canandaigua (“Earth Angel [Will You Be Mine]” — dedication to Emily)

29:09 Lisa/Chili (“Lil’ Red Riding Hood”)

29:43 Sean (“Blue Moon” — dedication to Kristin)

29:53 Julie (with Wendy)/Webster (“Who Put The Bomp [In The Bomp-Sha-Bomp]” — dedication to Jim) — including reference to old TV commercial with line, “Who put the candy bar in Mary Miller’s milk? Candy Cow”

31:01 Val and “Grandma” (“I Want You, I Need You, I Love You” — dedication to Don, Jeremy and Josh)

32:01 Tom/Pittsford (“Wonderful Tonight” — dedication to Kate)

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“Jukebox Saturday Night,” hosted by Mike Saffran, on “Oldies 98.9”/WKLX-FM (98.9), Rochester, N.Y. Originally aired 7 p.m.–Midnight Jan. 27, 1996.

Callers aired and other show highlights:

00:26 Ed/Wellsville (“Good Times Roll”)

01:27 Unidentified female (“The Show Must Go On”)

02:41 Kristin/Rochester (“The Joker”)

03:22 “Cabin Fever Reliever” contest plug (including Universal Studios and USAir references)

03:47 “’70s at 7 Flashback” — “These are the songs that were great back when you used to party at Art Stock’s Playpen North on Scottsville Road!”

04:15 Amy/Brockport (“The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald”)

05:04 Unidentified male (“Low Rider”)

05:54 First of many reference to “Special Super Bowl Weekend Edition” — and Super Bowl XXX (Dallas Cowboys vs. Pittsburgh Steelers, Jan. 28, 1996, at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Ariz.)

06:04 Mary Lou (“Little Bit O’Soul”)

06:51 Tongue-in-cheek reference to Riveredge Resort TV commercial mentioning Chinese New Year

07:32 Terry (with Brenda and Kim)/Wellsville (“A Hundred Pounds Of Clay”)

08:15 Sandy/Hilton (“Birthday” — dedication to Nancy on her birthday)

08:56 Jim/LeRoy (“[Your Love Keeps Lifting Me] Higher And Higher”)

09:41 Kim/Henrietta (“We Can Work It Out”)

10:43 Cassette tape ran out :-(

11:07 Julie/Penfield (“Son-Of-A Preacher Man” — dedication to Carrie on her 13th birthday)

12:41 John (“American Pie”)

13:08 Mike/Warsaw (“Revolution”)

14:29 Misty/Rochester (“Angel Of The Morning”)

15:04 Unidentified male and Venice/Henrietta (“Strawberry Fields Forever” — dedication to Aaron)

15:39 “Daddy” (“Day Tripper” — dedication to Allison)

17:01 Robin (with Amber and Ally) (“My Girl” — dedication to Aaron)

17:40 Olivia (“I Think We’re Alone Now” — dedication to Ashley)

18:23 Unidentified female/Penfield (“Come Go With Me” — dedication to her parents, Tim and Jill, on their 15th anniversary)

19:05 Kelly/Greece (“You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me” — dedication to Tim)

19:55 Linda/Brockport (“Breaking Up Is Hard To Do”)

20:36 Tara/Pittsford (“Penny Lane”) — first of a Beatles “quadruple spin”

21:05 “The Countess” (“Free As A Bird” — dedication to “The Count”)

22:06 Amber (“Something” — dedication to Jim)

23:18 Emily (“Love Is All Around” — dedication to Zach)

23:33 Dave (“Cecilia” — dedication to Marisa) — including rare use of ramp jingle under phone call

23:50 First of a few references to my one-year anniversary as “Jukebox Saturday Night” host (without missing a single Saturday night — “It is my favorite night of the week”); and to currently being the longest-serving DJ on WKLX (mentioning prior host Nick Evans)

24:53 “Gypsy” (“In The Still Of The Nite” — dedication to Wayne)

25:33 Dave (“Baby Talk” — dedication to Sue)

26:25 Jessica (“Runaway” — dedication to Andy and Jess)

26:38 Jim (“The Lion Sleeps Tonight” — dedication to wife, Charlotte, on their 23rd anniversary)

26:58 Jessica (“Are You Lonesome Tonight?” — dedication to Chris)

27:05 Cassette tape ran out :-(

27:20 “The Beatle Years” with JJ Jackson, City Mattress (sponsor) and “Beatles By Request” with Tom Noonan references

28:08 Reference to fellow WKLX DJ Chuck McCoy

28:12 Tom (“Groovy Kind Of Love” — dedication to Tricia)

29:08 “Oldies Night” at the Garage Door (Irondequoit bar) plug — including references to fellow WKLX DJs Tom Noonan and Johnny Angel

29:24 Joe (“Candy Girl” — dedication to Carol)

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“Jukebox Saturday Night,” hosted by Mike Saffran, on “Oldies 98.9”/WKLX-FM (98.9), Rochester, N.Y. Originally aired 7 p.m.–Midnight Jan. 20, 1996.

Callers aired and other show highlights:

00:35 Unidentified male (“Thunder Island”)

01:28 Unidentified female (“Stayin’ Alive”) — including snippet of parody song, “Table Five” (sung by Homer Simpson on “The Simpsons”)

02:18 Christine/Rochester (“Spiders & Snakes”)

03:41 Unidentified female  (“You’re So Vain”)

04:06 “’70s at 7 Flashback” — “Here on the program playing the songs that were great back when you did your grocery shopping at Star Supermarkets!”: Introducing 1979 clip of Tom Noonan (then of WVOR-FM) saying “Star” backwards spells “rats” (line that got him fired by “Smiling Jack” Palvino — even though “Wegmans sure had a helluva lot more to do with” Star Markets ultimate demise) (Note: Only the start of clip is heard; I could kick myself for not letting aircheck tape roll!)

05:16 Unidentified female (“Heart Of Glass”)

06:10 Unidentified female (“Lay Down [Candles In The Rain]”)

06:42 “WKLX, Rochester” legal ID jingle, followed by beginning of “Mike Saffran” name-shout jingle

07:12 John (“If”)

08:45 Kim/Henrietta (“Here Comes My Baby”)

09:16 Unidentified male (“Brandy [You’re A Fine Girl]”)

09:57 Lynn/Driving from Rochester to Lyons (“In The Still Of The Nite”)

11:20 Deb (“No Reply”)

12:16 First of a couple “Oldies Night” (with WKLX’s Nick Evans) at the Garage Door (Irondequoit bar) plugs

13:03 Megan (with Sarah) (“If You Wanna Be Happy” — dedication to Katie)

13:58 Tricia/Henrietta (“Love Potion Number Nine”)

14:32 Unidentified female (“Splish Splash”)

15:39 Fran/Penfield (“Birthday” — dedication to son Jeff, on his 13th birthday, skiing at Swain Ski Resort)

16:36 Courtney (“A Horse With No Name” — dedication to Carl)

16:57 Chad (“Carrie-Anne” — dedication to sister Carrie-Anne)

17:23 Rachel/Rochester (“Chapel Of Love” — dedication to mother, Delaine)

17:48 Jim (“Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me”— dedication to Barb)

18:53 Heather (“Hey Jude”)

19:08 Dawn/Hilton (“It’s All In The Game” — dedication to Chester)

19:33 John/Driving home from Wegmans (“A Whiter Shade Of Pale” — dedication to Judy)

20:29 Mary/Greece (“Last Kiss” — dedication to Bob)

21:00 WBBF-AM reference

21:14 Kathleen/Webster (“She’s A Fool” — dedication to cousin Jennifer)

22:15 Katie (“Love Me Do” — dedication to Justin)

22:53 Amy/Brockport and Michelle/Fairport (“Here, There And Everywhere” — dedication to Jessica)

23:40 Morgan/Marion and Jessica/Geneseo (“Unchained Melody” — dedication to Autumn)

24:38 Jessica/Leicester (“Baby Love” — dedication to Chris)

25:14 “Thanks, Rich Funke!” (then-Channel 10 newscaster/sportscaster undoubtedly must’ve done voiceover for prior commercial)

25:43 Kim/Henrietta (“Crimson And Clover” — dedication to Brian)

26:11 Mark (“Down On The Corner” — dedication to Andrea)

26:43 Reference to Shelley Fabares 52nd birthday (Jan. 19)

27:11 Julie (“Love Me Tender” — dedication to Dave)

27:52 Eileen (with Lynn and Jacqueline) (“Build Me Up Buttercup” — dedication to Lisa)

28:14 Laken (“California Dreamin’” — dedication to Tyler)

29:03 Unidentified female (“Dedicated To The One I Love”)

30:03 Jess/York (“You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me” — dedication to Chris)

30:55 Kathleen/Webster (“Sunshine, Lollipops And Rainbows” — dedication to Anthony)

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“Jukebox Saturday Night,” hosted by Mike Saffran, on “Oldies 98.9”/WKLX-FM (98.9), Rochester, N.Y. Originally aired 7 p.m.–Midnight Jan. 13, 1996.

Callers aired and other show highlights:

00:17 “It’s my favorite night of the week, because broadcasting live from the Benjamin B. Forman Building, the Saturday ‘’70s at 7’ — simulcast across Heritage Media Corp. stations from Rochester to Terre Haute, Ind. — is on the air! So, fire up those ‘simultinis’!” ;-)

00:42 Unidentified male (“Little Willy”)

01:19 “Poopers” (“You Sexy Thing” — dedication to “Froggy”)

01:49 Charles/Rochester (“Chevy Van”)

02:53 Amy/Brockport (“Love Will Keep Us Together”) — including references to Toni Tennille performance with RPO the same night; and to Casey Kasem’s year-end countdown show (Note: I was correct: The song was Billboard’s #1 single for 1975)

03:39 “These are the songs that were great back when Rochester was home to the Lancers!” — including reference to Rochester Lancers alumni reunion the same weekend

03:57 Lily/Brighton (“The Streak”)

04:37 Dee Dee/Rochester (“Kung Fu Fighting”)

05:10 Reference to fellow WKLX DJ Chuck McCoy

05:42 Annie/Greece (“One Tin Soldier”)

06:03 “WKLX, Rochester” legal ID jingle, followed by beginning of “Mike Saffran” name-shout jingle

06:35 AJ/LeRoy (“Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In”)

07:35 Kim/Henrietta (“Red Rubber Ball”)

08:08 Unidentified male (“Walk Don’t Run”)

09:05 Reference to Eastman Kodak Co. and Manning & Napier cited in Forbes magazine

09:40 Unidentified male/Park Avenue (“Build Me Up Buttercup”)

10:43 Tricia/Henrietta (“I’m A Believer”)

11:31 References to record-high temperature one year earlier and to “NewsSource 13” meteorologist Mike Brookins

12:15 Frank/Amherst (“Rhapsody In The Rain”)

13:30 Unidentified female (“Chantilly Lace”)

14:30 Wendy/Rochester (“Born To Be Wild”)

15:21 Kristin/Marion (“Unchained Melody” — dedication to Gordie)

16:05 Unidentified male (“Scarborough Fair/Canticle”)

16:27 Unidentified female (“Everlasting Love” — dedication to fiance)

16:41 John/Rochester (“Crimson And Clover — dedication to Jessica on her birthday)

17:59 Shelly (with Mary and Pam) (“Last Kiss”)

18:29 Dawn (with Missy) (“Lean On Me” — dedication to Eric and Eric)

19:22 Fred/Rochester (“Jennifer Juniper” — dedication to Kathy)

19:47 Kim/Henrietta (“Let It Be” — dedication to Brian)

20:21 Shout-out to oldies bands Ruby Shooz (The Creek, Henrietta) and Soul Source (Newport House, Irondequoit)

21:10 “BCT” (“Soldier Boy” — dedication to “Beast”)

22:00 Dave (with Amy, Linda and Mary)/Gates (“It’s All In The Game”) — including reference to fellow WKLX DJ Tom Noonan

22:51 Kim/Hamlin (“My Boyfriend’s Back” — dedication to husband, Jeff)

22:59 Cassette tape ran out :-(

23:53 Unidentified female (“Book Of Love” and “Next Door To An Angel”)

24:49 Sandy/Ogden (“You Don’t Own Me” — dedication to wife, Linda)

25:28 Sarah (“Come Go With Me”)

25:57 Cathy (“Cathy’s Clown” — dedication to Tony)

26:36 Carl/Irondequoit (“Those Were The Days” — dedication to wife, Laurie)

27:03 “Rochester’s most-popular radio program!” :-)

27:51 “Oldies Night” (with WKLX’s Nick Evans) at the Garage Door (Irondequoit bar) reference

28:05 Unidentified female (“Imagine” — dedication to her mother)

29:10 Unidentified female (“The Great Pretender”)

30:01 Unidentified female (“Mack The Knife”)

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“Jukebox Saturday Night,” hosted by Mike Saffran, on “Oldies 98.9”/WKLX-FM (98.9), Rochester, N.Y. Originally aired 7 p.m.–Midnight Jan. 6, 1996.

Callers aired and other show highlights:

00:12 For a while, I used snippet of The Cars – “Good Times Roll” as part of intro to the Saturday edition of “’70s at 7”

00:23 B. Forman Office Building reference

00:35 Unidentified female (“Mr. Big Stuff”)

00:50 Wearing three layers — including “long johns” — due to frigid, sub-zero weather (prior night: minus-8)

01:19 Christine (“Saturday Night”)

01:45 Unidentified male (“[Last Night] I Didn’t Get To Sleep At All”)

02:36 WAXC and WBBF references

02:45 Unidentified female (“Kiss You All Over” — song that fits into four different music formats!)

03:38 Mike/Rochester (“The Night Chicago Died”)

04:10 WROC and WSAY references

04:21 Unidentified male (“Lay Down [Candles In The Rain]”)

04:39 Cassette tape ran out :-(

05:01 Donna/Rochester (“Magnet And Steel” — dedication to Chris)

05:22 “WKLX, Rochester” legal ID jingle, followed by beginning of “Mike Saffran” name-shout jingle

06:07 Rose/Lyons (“Eli’s Coming”)

06:24 First-of-the-night use of “coin-into-slot” SFX (apparently, I reserved its use only for the “Jukebox” — even though I often considered “’70s at 7” to be part of the larger show)

07:28 “The better team did win” — reference to Buffalo Bills 40–21 loss earlier in the day to Pittsburgh Steelers in AFC Division Playoff game — plus, citing Bills losses in Super Bowls XXV–XXVIII (but noting I still wore my Bills jacket to work!)

07:52 Unidentified male (“Brown Eyed Girl”)

08:13 Jennifer (“Limbo Rock” — dedication to Natalie on her birthday)

08:39 Full WKLX “Jukebox Saturday Night” ramp jingle

08:58 Norma (“Spirit In The Sky”)

09:50 Gay/Penfield (“Birthday” — dedication to Jay on his 41st birthday)

10:15 “Seemingly, things must be a little bit slow downstairs” — references to station’s fifth-floor business offices in B. Forman Office Building (radio studios were on sixth floor) and to light commercial load

10:29 First of a few references to show-sponsor City Mattress

10:45 Tom/McDivot’s (Hornell) (“Go Now!”)

12:04 Unidentified female (“Sir Duke”)

12:29 Lissa/Henrietta (“Soul Man”)

13:11 Vickie (“Johnny B. Goode”)

14:14 Katie/Brockport (“Rockin’ Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu”)

14:33 Start of “Backseat Memories” (Note: At some prior point, “Backseat Memories” expanded from an hour, 11 p.m.–midnight, to two hours, 10 p.m.–midnight)

14:47 Jean/Spencerport (“96 Tears” — dedication to Bob)

15:24 Rose (“Then He Kissed Me” — dedication to fiance)

16:01 Brianne (“Unchained Melody” — dedication to Christine)

16:15 Tim/Rochester (“The Sounds Of Silence”)

17:19 Carolyn/Pittsford (“Burning Love”)

17:41 Carrie/Picton, Ontario, Canada (“Seasons In The Sun” — dedication to her mother)

18:01 Unidentified female (“My Boyfriend’s Back” — dedication to Josh)

18:47 Gina/Greece (“Free As A Bird”)

19:14 David (“My Girl”)

19:50 Liz (“I Got You Babe” — dedication to Don)

20:22 Erin/Rochester (“Chapel Of Love” — dedication to Tim and Kevin)

20:47 Jim/Henrietta (“Spinning Wheel” — dedication to Gayle)

21:13 Kim/Henrietta (“Never My Love”)

21:40 “There’s no place I’d rather be!” :-)

21:56 Liz (“So Much In Love” — dedication to Steve)

22:14 Louis (“Hooked On A Feeling” — dedication to Jessie)

23:20 Beginning of “Backseat Memories” “whisper” imaging

23:37 Christie/Webster (“Someday We’ll Be Together” — dedication to Matt)

24:09 Tricia/Henrietta (“Dedicated To The One I Love”)

24:36 Tom (“Stay” — dedication to Stacy)

25:00 Rita/Canandaigua (“The Wonder Of You” — dedication to Tom)

25:26 Erin (“Mellow Yellow” — dedication to Charity and “Hard Driver”)

26:11 John (“Colour My World” — dedication to Christie)

26:44 “Oldies Night” at Garage Door reference

27:17 Stacy/Rochester (“Daydream Believer” — dedication to Vinnie)

28:02 Kevin (“Happy Together” — dedication to Jevette)

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New Year’s Day/“All-Request Weekend,” hosted by Mike Saffran, on “Oldies 98.9”/WKLX-FM (98.9), Rochester, N.Y. Originally aired 6 a.m.–Noon Jan. 1, 1996. (Bonus podcast episode)

Special note: Starting with this week’s podcast episode, we’re jumping ahead to Jan. 1, 1996 (a Monday — thus, technically, this isn’t a “Jukebox,” but show includes call-in requests as part of an “All-Request Weekend”); plus, returning to regular weekly posting — in celebration of the 30th anniversary of shows from calendar year 1996.

Callers aired and other show highlights:

00:10 Full “WKLX, Rochester” legal ID jingle

00:29 First of many references to “All-Request Weekend”

00:35 First of a few uses of “Crunch” SFX (Note: As elaborated in “Jukebox” show notes for July 31, 1999 [podcast episode posted on July 31, 2024], I occasionally used “crunch” sound effects typically with a lighthearted line such as, “Keep dancing [crunch] … I’ll play more!” (meaning we’ll never run out of great oldies to dance to). Its origin actually was the old Dorito’s TV commercial featuring Jay Leno saying, “Crunch all you want. We’ll make more.”

00:41 First of many uses of New Year’s party-horn SFX

01:06 B. Forman Office Building reference

01:36 Tracy (“Sukiyaki”)

02:48 Saundra/Working at Frontier Long Distance (“Crystal Blue Persuasion”)

03:43 A little good-natured chiding of other Rochester radio stations for airing “canned” (prerecorded programming) on the holiday; and first of a few references to fellow WKLX DJs Tom Noonan and Johnny Angel (who, just for fun, Noonan and I sometimes called “John J. Angelowski Jr.” :-)

04:23 Becky (“Signs”)

04:43 Donna (“Lil’ Red Riding Hood” — dedication to Burt)

05:41 Evie/Greece (“Ben”)

06:21 “Good day for a hangover!” ;-)

07:01 Shannon/Driving from North Chili to Swain Ski Resort (“Beep Beep”)

07:48 Unidentified caller (“Hot Rod Lincoln”)

08:13 Chet (“Spirit In The Sky”)

08:31 Ron/Rochester (“Taxi” — dedication to Renée)

09:04 Shirley/Rochester (“Year Of The Cat”)

09:21 Cassette tape ran out :-(

09:27 “’70s at 7,” with Johnny Angel, plug

10:35 Unidentified male (“Cowboys To Girls”)

11:03 Unidentified female (“Living For The City”)

12:02 Todd/Working at Video Factory (Monroe and Goodman) (“Nowhere Man”)

12:35 “Backseat Memories,” with Johnny Angel, plug

13:25 Frank/Brighton (“Personality”)

13:44 Unidentified female (“Good Day Sunshine”)

14:04 Rich (“Someday We’ll Be Together” — dedication to Joy)

14:54 Jordan/Farmington (“Happy Together”)

15:25 Tongue-in-cheek introduction of an Emergency Broadcast System (EBS) weekly test (actual prerecorded intro features the voice of colleague Todd Blide) (Note: EBS did not change to Emergency Alert System, or EAS, until a year later, Jan. 1, 1997)

15:51 Brenda/Greece (“American Pie”)

17:06 Tricia/Henrietta (“California Dreamin’”)

17:35 Unidentified female (“Honey”)

18:18 Borrowing Tom Noonan’s “spitting into spittoon” SFX by way of introducing him ;-)

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“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 27, 1995.

Callers aired and other show highlights:

00:23 Unidentified male (“Fernando”)

01:03 Unidentified female (“Escape [The Pina Colada Song]”)

01:12 “FM 99” (station’s prior moniker — when it was WHFM-FM) reference

01:43 Unidentified male (“Who Do You Think You Are”)

02:39 Unidentified female (“The Night Chicago Died”)

03:23 First of a couple Original Bagel Bakeries (Irondequoit and Penfield) contest and Mike McKay weekday morning-show plugs

04:05 Unidentified female (“I Will Survive”)

04:17 First of a few “Cars and Cash” promotion plugs

04:40 Unidentified male (“Brandy [You’re A Fine Girl]”)

05:54 Unidentified female (“Hair”)

06:33 Unidentified male (“All Shook Up” — dedication to his boss)

08:01 Unidentified female (“Vehicle”)

08:40 Unidentified male (“Yellow Submarine”)

09:38 Unidentified female (“Lil’ Red Riding Hood”)

10:09 Unidentified male/Working at Sunoco (Winton Road) (“Old Time Rock & Roll”)

10:58 Sissa/Hilton (“The Shoop Shoop Song [It’s In His Kiss]”)

11:57 Unidentified male (“Sweet City Woman”)

13:50 Tammy (“Do You Want To Dance”)

14:36 Unidentified male (“The Pied Piper”)

15:26 “NewsSource 13” (WOKR-TV) weather forecast every 10 minutes — with Mike McKay (weekday morning-show host) plug

15:46 Unidentified male (“Willie & The Hand Jive”)

16:15 Amelia/Pittsford (“Love Child”)

16:33 Cory/Penfield (“I Feel Fine”)

17:00 Shannon/Rochester (“Johnny Angel”)

17:13 Unidentified female (“A Teenager In Love”)

18:00 Julie/Hilton (“Last Kiss” — dedication to Mike)

18:21 Unidentified male (“Honey”)

18:44 Unidentified caller (“Chapel Of Love”) — including reference to seeing a bride riding in a Model T-type car, with “Just Married” on the back, on South Avenue (on my way into the station)

20:09 Lisa and Lindsey/York (“I Love How You Love Me” — dedication to parents on their 15th anniversary and reference to fellow WKLX DJ Nick Evans)

20:58 Justine and Natalie/Hilton (“It’s My Party” — dedication to mother)

21:15 Unidentified male (“Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds”)

21:40 Heather (“Sea Of Love” — dedication to husband, Fred)

22:06 David/Driving on State Thruway to Batavia (“The Lion Sleeps Tonight”)

22:46 Melissa and Molly (“[You Make Me Feel Like] A Natural Woman” — dedication to Trevor and Jimmy)

23:10 “Big D” (“Mr. Lonely” — dedication to Jennifer)

24:00 Debbie/Warsaw (“Leader Of The Pack” — dedication to husband, “Dinger,” and friends Connie and Dale)

24:46 Gary (“Unchained Melody” — dedication to Ida)

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