The Jukebox: Radio Archive

“Scoped” classic radio airchecks from “The Jukebox,” hosted 1995–2000 by Mike Saffran on “Oldies 98.9” WKLX — later known as “99 BBF” — in Rochester, N.Y.

The Jukebox: Radio Archive is a music podcast hosted by Mike Saffran, with 190 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #40

  The Jukebox: Sept. 14, 1996

  Sep 15, 202631 minS4

  “Jukebox Saturday Night,” hosted by Mike Saffran, on “Oldies 98.9”/WKLX-FM (98.9), Rochester, N.Y. Originally aired 7 p.m.–Midnight Sept. 14, 1996. Callers aired and other show highlights: 00:24 First of multiple references to show-sponsor Henrietta Discount Liquor 00:33 Mark/Middleport (“Dead Skunk”) 01:24 Unidentified female (“I Will Survive”) 02:22 Mindy/Driving in Webster (“Escape [The Pina Colada Song]”) 02:58 Ed/Wellsville (“Reflections Of My Life”) 3:21 Indirect reference to Burger King “Whopper” commercial featuring the song “Mr. Big Stuff” 03:35 Frank (“Smokin’ In The Boys Room”) 04:08 Unidentified male (“Midnight Train To Georgia”) 04:38 Mark/Henrietta (“Copacabana”) 05:04 “WKLX, Rochester” legal ID jingle 05:35 Lisa/Pittsford (“Beep Beep”) 06:05 First of multiple references to “All-Request Weekend,” “Winners Weekend” and upcoming concert-ticket giveaways to “An Evening with Elvis Aaron Presley Jr.” (with special guest East Coast Connection) 06:57 Carla/Henrietta (“My Love”) 07:34 Charlie/Greece (“Respect” — dedication to Susie) 07:58 Susie/Greece (“Old Time Rock & Roll”) 08:20 First of two live on-air contest giveaways of tickets to “An Evening with Elvis Aaron Presley Jr.,” with special guest East Coast Connection, Sept. 26, 1996, at Diplomat Party House 09:22 JB/Greece (contest winner) 09:55 “WKLX, Rochester” legal ID jingle — followed by “Mike Saffran” customized name-shout jingle (including snippet of Jr. Walker & The All Stars – “Shotgun”) 10:34 Michelle/Bergen (“Sugar, Sugar”) 10:54 “Go ahead, keep dancing [crunch SFX] … I’ll play more!” :-) 11:09 Teri/Fairport (“Yellow Submarine”) 12:29 First of a couple “Beatle Brunch” with Joe Johnson and Hawley Dodge/Batavia (sponsor) references 13:09 Unidentified male (“Superstition”) 13:24 Tail-end of custom sweeper featuring “The Eagle has landed” (actual audio of U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong after Apollo 11’s Lunar Module Eagle landed on the moon) is heard 13:27 Unidentified female (“In The Summertime”) 13:44 Second of two live on-air contest giveaways of concert tickets to “An Evening with Elvis Aaron Presley Jr.,” with special guest East Coast Connection, Sept. 26, 1996, at Diplomat Party House 14:27 Judy/East Rochester (contest winner) 15:30 Unidentified male (“Hey Jude”) 15:49 Unidentified female/Henrietta (“Let It Be”) 16:03 Cory/Trenton, Ontario, Canada (“You Belong To Me” — dedication to wife, Carol) 16:20 Anita (“Close To You” — dedication to Avor and Robert) 17:17 “The Beatle Years” with JJ Jackson and City Mattress (sponsor) references 17:54 Venice/Henrietta (“Crimson And Clover”) 18:24 Rich (“When A Man Loves A Woman” — dedication to wife, Brenda) 18:52 First of a couple “Oldies Night” (with WKLX’s Nick Evans) at Maxwell’s (Irondequoit bar) and Maxwell’s Office Party promotion plugs 19:39 Andrea/Webster (“Here Comes The Sun”) 19:56 Kathy/Auburn (“Here Comes The Sun”) 20:28 Robert (“Ticket To Ride” — dedication to Avor) 21:28 Emily (“Cat’s In The Cradle” — dedication to Dana) 21:56 Unidentified female (“Strawberry Fields Forever”) 22:23 Judy/East Rochester (“Eleanor Rigby” — dedication to son Michael) 22:55 Erin/St. John Fisher College (“American Pie” — dedication to Kristin) 24:50 Reference to spending part of the day cleaning old “Texaco” metal toy firetrucks 26:00 Kim/Henrietta (“Here, There And Everywhere” — dedication to Kenny) 26:21 Katie/Conesus (“The Name Game” — dedication to Mike and Jay) 27:19 Amy (“My Cherie Amour”— dedication to Frank) 27:45 Unidentified male/York (“Fun, Fun, Fun”) — including reference to fellow WKLX DJ Tom Noonan 28:09 Jenny/Hilton (“My Guy” — dedication to Jason) 28:30 Mike (“Day After Day” — dedication to Meg) 29:14 Laurie/Sodus (“I’m Into Something Good” — dedication to William) 30:04 Laura/Rochester (“Lil’ Red Riding Hood” — dedication to husband, Clarence) All content (radio aircheck, audio podcast – all components, and show notes): © Michael J. Saffran

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  Episode #39

  The Jukebox: Sept. 7, 1996

  Sep 8, 202629 minS4

  “Jukebox Saturday Night,” hosted by Mike Saffran, on “Oldies 98.9”/WKLX-FM (98.9), Rochester, N.Y. Originally aired 7 p.m.–Midnight Sept. 7, 1996. Callers aired and other show highlights: 00:25 Katie/Penfield (“I Will Survive”) 01:03 Carrie/Greece (“Bennie And The Jets”) 01:29 Tobie/West Irondequoit (“Knock Three Times”) 02:37 Karen/Driving home to Bloomfield from work at Strong Memorial Hospital (“Playground In My Mind”) 03:14 Linda/University Avenue (“Couldn’t Get It Right”) 04:05 Mark/Chili (“Le Freak”) 04:23 Cassette tape ran out :-( 04:39 Michelle/Fairport (“Dancing Queen”) 05:14 “WKLX, Rochester” legal ID jingle 05:38 Unidentified male (“Rhythm Of The Rain”) 06:33 Reference to fellow WKLX DJ Tom Noonan 06:57 Claudia/University of Rochester (“Sweet Caroline [Good Times Never Seemed So Good]”) 07:31 “Celebrity Birthdays” and The Paper Store, Southtown Plaza/Henrietta (sponsor), references 07:51 Frank (“Popcorn”) — including brief in-studio crosstalk with fellow WKLX DJ Tom Noonan 08:41 “Go ahead, keep dancing [crunch SFX] … I’ll play more!” :-) 09:04 Andy/Conesus (with Lee, Mandy and Martha) (“Sugar, Sugar”) 10:02 Al/Greece (“Question” — dedication to 401st Civil Affairs Battalion peacekeeping forces deployed to Bosnia as part of Operation Joint Endeavor) 10:29 “WKLX, Rochester” legal ID jingle 10:50 Doralee (with nephew and daughter Nicole)/Rochester (“Old Time Rock & Roll“) 11:58 Mary/Greece (“Copacabana”) — including “Oldies Night” (with WKLX’s Nick Evans) at Maxwell’s (Irondequoit bar) plug 12:44 Tricia/Henrietta (“Here Comes My Baby”) 13:19 Amy/Rochester (“She’s A Lady”) 14:33 Jen/Working at Princess Restaurant (Lake Avenue) (“Another Saturday Night” — dedication to the cooks) 15:16 Teri/Southern Tier (“What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted”) 15:47 Kathy/Greece (“In My Life”) 16:22 Becca/Rochester (“Turn! Turn! Turn!”) 17:06 Unidentified male (“Suspicious Minds”) 17:25 Erin/Rochester (“Reflections” — dedication to Audrey) 17:59 Avor (“Afternoon Delight” — dedication to Robert) 18:52 Dick/Driving home in Ontario, Canada (“The Lion Sleeps Tonight” — dedication to daughter, Shelby, and son, Curt, for their birthdays) 19:47 First of a couple “Traveling Oldies Show” at Clothesline Art Festival, Sept. 8, 1996, Memorial Art Gallery, plugs — including reference to fellow WKLX DJs Abby Rhodes, Tom Noonan and Chuck McCoy 20:31 Karen/Gates (“Unchained Melody” — dedication to husband, Bill, on his 50th birthday) 21:08 Tom/Rochester (“The Tears Of A Clown” — dedication to Amy) 21:23 Katie/Brockport (“Mama Said” — dedication to Barb) 21:42 Stephanie/Chili (“I Want To Hold Your Hand” — dedication to Jill) 22:05 Joanne/Rochester (“Penny Lane”) 22:31 “SOS” (“Devoted To You” — dedication to Junior, Chris and Tom) 23:23 Erin (“I Can’t Stop Loving You”) 23:50 Thomas (“Since I Fell For You” — dedication to Vanessa) 24:10 Kim/Henrietta (“Red Rubber Ball” — dedication to the host :-) 24:39 Mike (“Love Child” — dedication to Meg) 25:01 Becca/Pittsford (“Chapel Of Love” — dedication to Vickie) 25:15 Jim/Rochester (“Why” — dedication to wife, Kathy) 25:51 Dawn (“Hot Rod Lincoln” — dedication to Jeff) 26:10 Bobby/Henrietta (“The Wonder Of You” — dedication to Theresa Marie) 26:33 Hugh/Webster (“Radar Love” — dedication to wife) 27:15 Hilary/Oakfield (“Let It Be” — dedication to Jeff) 28:23 Margaret/Rochester (“Real Love” — dedication to Mike) All content (radio aircheck, audio podcast – all components, and show notes): © Michael J. Saffran

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  Episode #38

  The Jukebox: Sept. 2, 1996

  Sep 3, 202629 minS4

  “All-Request Weekend”/“’70s at 7”/“Backseat Memories,” hosted by Mike Saffran, on “Oldies 98.9”/WKLX-FM (98.9), Rochester, N.Y. Originally aired 6 p.m.–Midnight Sept. 2, 1996. (Bonus podcast episode) 00:14 First of multiple references to “All-Request Weekend” 00:49 Unidentified male (“Johnny B. Goode”) 01:12 Tricia/Henrietta (“Here Comes My Baby”) 01:31 Cassette tape ran out :-( 01:40 Unidentified male (“Return To Sender”) 01:59 First of a couple references to spending part of Labor Day weekend in Syracuse (“Salt City”) 02:29 Unidentified caller (“The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”) 03:18 Montella/Rochester (“Go Your Own Way”) 03:54 Katie/Brockport (“Doctor My Eyes”) 04:50 Gary/Pittsford (“Maggie May” — dedication to daughter Maggie) 05:30 “Traveling Oldies Show” at Clothesline Art Festival, Sept. 8, 1996, Memorial Art Gallery, plug 06:01 Unidentified female (“Run Joey Run”) 06:50 Tammy/Alton (“Hopelessly Devoted To You”) 07:18 Unidentified male (“Yellow Submarine”) 08:08 Amanda/Driving in Victor (“You’ve Made Me So Very Happy” — dedication to mother, Susan) 08:55 Chris/Webster (“Valleri”) 09:31 Kelly (with Jess, Katie, Aileen, Alex and Erica)/Pittsford (“Drive My Car”) — including Pittsford Middle School, Pittsford Sutherland HS, Seneca School and Allen Creek School references 10:26 Unidentified male (“Mr. Bass Man”) 10:40 John (“Take It Easy” — dedication to Elaine) 11:17 Unidentified female (“Birthday” — dedication to Tara on her 14th birthday) — including Byron-Bergen HS and Pembroke HS girls JV soccer references 12:29 Alex (“Lil’ Red Riding Hood” — dedication to daughter, Alex Marie, and Danielle) 13:03 “Weekend Preview” with Dee Dee Sharp and R.C. Shaheen (sponsor) references 13:19 “Muffet” (“Hang On Sloopy” — dedication to “Drifter”) 13:48 Lee/Holiday Inn Downtown (“[Last Night] I Didn’t Get To Sleep At All” — dedication to Nino) 15:49 Unidentified male (“Hey Jude”) 16:10 Unidentified female/Pittsford (“Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band/With A Little Help From My Friends”) 16:30 Gloria (“Love Me Tender — dedication to husband Douglas on their 23rd anniversary) 16:44 Unidentified female (“Chapel Of Love” — dedication to Ronnie Sue) 17:15 Jim/Ontario Center (“Nights In White Satin” — dedication to Cindy) 17:33 Carrie/Webster (“Summer Nights” — dedication to Phil) 17:54 Cory/Trenton, Ontario, Canada (“Pledging My Love” — dedication to wife, Carol) 18:33 Rick (“Lucky Man” — dedication to Judy and Erin) 19:23 Nicole (with Andy) (“Penny Lane”) 20:03 Unidentified male (“Free As A Bird”) 20:36 Donna/Avoca (“Teddy Bear” — dedication to Neil) 20:57 Robin/Bloomfield (“American Pie” — dedication to Holly) 21:07 Gary/Greece (“Soul Deep”) — including reference to fellow WKLX DJ Chuck McCoy 21:48 Rachel/Brighton (“Young Girl” — dedication to Emily) 22:19 Mike (“So Much In Love” — dedication to Jeanine) 22:44 Jamie/Greece (“I Think I Love You” — dedication to Jacob) 23:59 Mike/Irondequoit (“Maybe I’m Amazed” — dedication to Meg) 24:25 Alice/Rochester (“Maybe I’m Amazed” — dedication to David) 24:42 Unidentified male (“Memories”) 24:52 Nancy/Greece (“Stand By Me” — dedication to Kelly) 25:10 Carrie/South Buffalo (“The Name Game” — dedication to Kelly and Jeff) 26:05 Jen/Caledonia (“Unchained Melody” — dedication to Justin) 26:16 Cindy (with husband, David) (“If You Wanna Be Happy”) 26:49 “You’re not an ugly lady?” “No, I’m good!” ;-) 27:31 “Oldies Night” (with WKLX’s Nick Evans) at the Maxwell’s (Irondequoit bar) and Maxwell’s Office Party promotion plugs 28:04 Paul (“Blueberry Hill” — dedication to Julie) 28:42 Erica/Rochester (“Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” — dedication to Meg) All content (radio aircheck, audio podcast – all components, and show notes): © Michael J. Saffran

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  Episode #37

  The Jukebox: Aug. 31, 1996

  Sep 1, 202630 minS4

  “Jukebox Saturday Night,” hosted by Mike Saffran, on “Oldies 98.9”/WKLX-FM (98.9), Rochester, N.Y. Originally aired 7 p.m.–Midnight Aug. 31, 1996. Callers aired and other show highlights: 00:24 Unidentified female (“Brand New Key”) 00:50 Ed/Wellsville (“The City Of New Orleans”) 01:59 Jen/Rochester (“Copacabana”) 02:49 Kristie/Henrietta (“Kung Fu Fighting”) 03:53 Kevin (“Crocodile Rock”) 04:43 First of multiple references to “All-Request Weekend” 04:52 Jessica/Rochester (“Hopelessly Devoted To You”) 05:12 “WKLX, Rochester” legal ID jingle 05:45 Bob/Rochester (“Leader Of The Pack”) — including reference to Empire Statesmen Drum and Bugle Corps 07:56 Ann/Hamlin (“Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In”) 08:20 Mike/Rochester (“Beep Beep”) 09:01 Carrie/Honeoye Falls (“Birthday” — dedication to Jeremiah on his birthday) 09:54 “WKLX, Rochester” legal ID jingle — followed by “Mike Saffran” customized name-shout jingle (including snippet of Jr. Walker & The All Stars – “Shotgun”) 10:30 Unidentified male (“Superstition”) 11:06 Venice (“Come Together”) — including reference to fellow WKLX DJ Johnny Angel 12:08 “Beatle Brunch” with Joe Johnson plug 12:54 Tammy/Alton (“Under The Boardwalk”) 13:35 Jennelle/Irondequoit (“I Got You [I Feel Good]”) 14:10 “Go ahead, keep singing along [crunch SFX] … I’ll play more!” :-) 14:36 “Oldies Night” at the Maxwell’s (Irondequoit bar) and Maxwell’s Office Party promotion plugs (Note: This seems to be first-time reference to new name for the bar formerly known as the Garage Door) 15:28 Michelle/Hilton (“Le Freak”) 16:16 Kathy/Rochester (“[You’re My] Soul And Inspiration” — dedication to Mike) 16:54 Bobby/Irondequoit (“Mr. Sandman”) 17:21 Marlene/East Avenue (“Never Be Anyone Else But You” — dedication to Al) 18:31 Avor (“96 Tears” — dedication to Robert) — including Rochester Telephone reference 19:33 Stephanie/Chili (“Will You Love Me Tomorrow” — dedication to Curly) 20:00 Larry (with Terry)/Rochester (“Brown Eyed Girl” — dedication to Missy and Tammy) 20:28 Carol/Rochester (“A Hundred Pounds Of Clay” — dedication to Rick and Gary) 21:19 Sharon (“The House Of The Rising Sun” — dedication to Gary) 21:43 Tammy/Alton (“The Night Chicago Died” — dedication to husband, Matt) 22:11 Kim/Henrietta (“Real Love”) 22:44 Darrell (“Hello Mary Lou” — dedication to wife, Mary Lou) 23:01 Mike (with Cara, Allison, Sarah and Sasha)/Canandaigua (“Summer Nights”) 23:59 Laurie/Irondequoit (“Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey” — dedication to Ann) 24:39 Danielle (with Bobby and Sue)/Penfield (“Strawberry Fields Forever”) 24:59 Nick/Wellsville (“Hit The Road Jack” — dedication to Anna) 25:25 Sharing two personal milestones: Marking my longest tenure working at a single radio station (this week); and my 10-year anniversary on Rochester FM-radio airwaves (a couple weeks ago) 26:30 Neil/Conesus (“American Pie”) 26:44 Rick (“Can’t Help Falling In Love”) 27:01 Michelle/Greece (“50 Ways To Leave Your Lover”) 27:47 Reference to Rochester Red Wings clinching a playoff berth in the 1996 International League Governor’s Cup semifinals (starting Sept. 4, 1996, at Silver Stadium) after sweeping a doubleheader tonight against Ottawa 28:48 Angela/Rochester (“Runaround Sue”) — dedicated to herself for her birthday yesterday All content (radio aircheck, audio podcast – all components, and show notes): © Michael J. Saffran

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  Episode #36

  The Jukebox: Aug. 24, 1996

  Aug 25, 202627 minS4

  “Jukebox Saturday Night,” hosted by Mike Saffran, on “Oldies 98.9”/WKLX-FM (98.9), Rochester, N.Y. Originally aired 7 p.m.–Midnight Aug. 24, 1996. Callers aired and other show highlights: 00:21 First of a few references to show-sponsor Bob Johnson Chevy-Geo (Greece) 00:30 Unidentified female (“Love Will Keep Us Together”) 00:56 James/Avon (“Venus”) 01:25 Unidentified male (“She’s A Lady”) 02:34 Unidentified female (“Rhiannon”) 03:13 Jessica/Churchville (“Playground In My Mind” — dedication to brother Andrew) 03:55 Amy/Rochester (“I Will Survive”) 04:48 First of multiple references to “Beatles Twin-Spin Weekend” 04:53 Unidentified male (“The Love I Lost [Part 1]”) — including reference to WKLX traffic reporter Glenn Garman (for whom I had been filling in all summer) 05:31 “WKLX, Rochester” legal ID jingle — followed by “Mike Saffran” customized name-shout jingle (including snippet of Jr. Walker & The All Stars – “Shotgun”) 06:08 Unidentified male (“The Lion Sleeps Tonight“) 06:31 “Tan, tan, tan … working on my tan!” (Coppertone Tanning Lotions and Oils commercial-audio snippet featuring song parody of Beach Boys – “Barbara Ann” :-) 06:41 “Go ahead, keep dancing [crunch SFX] … I’ll play more!” :-) 07:06 First of a couple “Beatle Brunch” with Joe Johnson and HCR Home Health (sponsor) references 07:52 Kate/Victor (“Who Put The Bomp [In The Bomp-Sha-Bomp]”) — including subtle reference to old TV commercial with line, “Who put the candy bar in Mary Miller’s milk?… Candy Cow” 08:34 Rick/Gates (“Suspicious Minds”) 09:11 First of a few “’70s at 7,” Bob Johnson Chevy-Geo/Greece (sponsor) and “Keeping The ’70s Alive” with Bob Shannon references 09:30 “WKLX, Rochester” legal ID jingle 09:57 Gina/Rochester (“Maybe I’m Amazed”) 10:25 Offering kudos to Maple Street (Rochester) resident who, the prior night, sent one of two home invaders/would-be robbers to the morgue 11:17 Steve/Working at McDonald’s (Spencerport Road) (“Let’s Twist Again” — with congratulations to co-worker Mike on his wedding) 11:45 Carly/Naples (“Do Wah Diddy Diddy”) 12:10 Phil/Spencerport (“Tighter, Tighter”) 13:13 James/Avon (“Denise”) 13:47 Gina/Rochester (“A-B-C”) 14:13 Sharon/Driving home from Syracuse to Brockport (“Crimson And Clover”) 14:58 Barb/Driving to Greece (“Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me” — dedication to Bob) 15:29 Robert (“Happy Together” — dedication to Avor) 16:55 Unidentified female (“My Sweet Lord”) 17:26 Brett (“The Shoop Shoop Song [It’s In His Kiss]” — dedication to Uncle Vincent and Aunt Tracy) 18:26 John/Gates (“I Only Have Eyes For You”) 19:03 Karen/Greece (“Stand By Me” — dedication to Mike) 19:41 Gardner (“Smile A Little Smile For Me” — dedication to Maria on her 29th birthday) 20:20 Sarah/Canandaigua (“Nights In White Satin”) 20:36 Lois/Penfield (“Unchained Melody”) 20:59 Tony (“Leader Of The Pack” — dedication to cousin Annie Marie) 23:10 Liz/Irondequoit (“Dancing In The Moonlight”) 23:35 Jessica (with Taylor and Marissa)/Fairport (“Calendar Girl”) 24:14 Unidentified female (“Levon“ — dedication to parents) — including almost full ramp jingle under phone call 24:28 Ridge (“Can’t Help Falling In Love“) 24:45 Natasha/Greece (“Love Train” — dedication to Gary) 25:04 Lisa/Chili (requesting any Beatles song) 25:28 Cassette tape ran out :-( 26:15 Albert/Williamson (“Love Me Do” — dedication to Jenny on her birthday) All content (radio aircheck, audio podcast – all components, and show notes): © Michael J. Saffran

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