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 191 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Mike Saffran hosts The Jukebox: Radio Archive, a music show with 191 episodes published.

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  Episode #42

  The Jukebox: Sept. 28, 1996

  Sep 29, 202623 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. 28, 1996. Callers aired and other show highlights: 00:33 Unidentified male (“Takin’ Care Of Business”) 01:01 Carolyn/Henrietta (“Maggie May”) 02:03 Ed/Wellsville (“Radar Love”) 02:44 Jim (with Jo)/Chili (“Escape [The Pina Colada Song]”) 03:24 Don/Working at Thendara Inn (Canandaigua) (“Stayin’ Alive”) 04:15 First of a few references to “All-Request Weekend” 04:21 Nancy (with daughter Maggie)/Clifton Springs (“The Streak” — dedication to Paul) 05:10 Live legal ID 05:33 James (“Brandy [You’re A Fine Girl]”) 06:25 Jessica/Fairport (“Sweet Pea”) 06:47 Jim/Henrietta (“Beep Beep”) 07:02 “Go ahead, keep dancing [crunch SFX] … I’ll play more!” :-) 07:42 Frank (“Rock ’N’ Roll Music”) — including reference to “Zippo in the Morning” (syndicated morning show) (Note: This seems to be a first-time reference to this show) 08:18 “The Beatle Years” and City Mattress (sponsor) references 08:59 Kristin/Webster (“The Lion Sleeps Tonight”) 09:19 Unidentified male (“Ronnie”) 10:05 First of a couple “Oldies Night” (with WKLX’s Nick Evans) at Maxwell’s (Irondequoit bar) plugs 10:31 Tricia/Henrietta (“I’m Henry The VIII, I Am”) 11:01 Lorna/Rochester (“You Don’t Have To Be A Star [To Be In My Show]”) 11:33 Shane/Belleville, Ontario, Canada (“Maybe I’m Amazed” — dedication to wife, Carol) 12:08 Cassette tape ran out :-( 12:21 “Celebrity Birthdays” and The Paper Store, Southtown Plaza/Henrietta (sponsor), references 12:57 Jane/Rochester (“Patches” — dedication to sister Doralee) 13:11 Robert (“Happy Together” — dedication to Avor) 13:55 MG sportscar reference :-) 14:32 Kim/Henrietta (“The 59th Street Bridge Song [Feelin’ Groovy]”) 14:55 Mike (“Day After Day” — dedication to Meg) 15:23 References to John F. Kennedy Jr. (“John John”) wedding to Carolyn Bessette (Sept. 21, 1996) and his past informal title as one of “the world’s most eligible bachelors” (“That leaves me … ‘the world’s most eligible bachelor!’” ;-) 15:57 Avor (“Smile A Little Smile For Me” — dedication to Robert) 16:29 Naomi/Webster (“She Loves You” — dedication to Paul) 17:00 Sarah (“Stand By Me” — dedication to Chris) 17:24 SOS (“Are You Lonesome Tonight?” — dedication to Junior, Chris and Tom) 17:36 Carl (“The Wanderer” — dedication to Markie) 18:06 Pizza Hut “Pie Day” promotion and “Classic Café” with Abby Rhodes plugs 18:49 “Backseat Memories” (partial imaging) 18:52 Katherine (“Puff The Magic Dragon” —dedication to Dan) 19:11 Amy (with aunt) (“Bobby’s Girl” — dedication to Bobby) 19:50 Laura/Marion (“My Guy” — dedication to Brian) 20:17 Emma/Penfield (with Carrie, Rachel, Adam, Ron, Randy and Kristin) (“Leader Of The Pack”) 20:52 Becky/Rochester (“Calendar Girl”) — including Domino’s Pizza reference 22:29 Katie (with Fran) (“In My Life”) All content (radio aircheck, audio podcast – all components, and show notes): © Michael J. Saffran

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  Episode #41

  The Jukebox: Sept. 21, 1996

  Sep 22, 202628 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. 21, 1996. Callers aired and other show highlights: 00:22 Gail/Byron (“Laughter In The Rain”) 01:18 Johanna/Canandaigua (“No No Song”) 02:06 “The ’70s at 7” (partial jingle) 02:21 Jennifer/Webster (“Maybe I’m Amazed”) 03:00 Louise/Lakeville (“Dead Skunk”) 03:41 Lindsey/Rochester (“Imagine”) 04:12 Sarah/Palmyra (“Saturday Night”) — including reference to fellow WKLX DJ Johnny Angel 05:00 Ray/Working at Jackson’s Bakery (Greece) (“The Candy Man”) 05:47 First of many reference to “All-Request Weekend” 05:57 Jane/Rochester (“Old Time Rock & Roll” — dedication to grandson Colin) 06:13 Live legal ID 06:39 Josh/Canandaigua (“Lola”) 07:02 Unidentified female asking about “Beatlemania” tickets — including first of multiple references to “Winners Weekend” (and what would seem, on this night, to be a new music bed going into commercial breaks) 07:34 Louise/Lakeville (“Mony Mony” — dedication to Mona) 07:54 John/Holley (“Rock Me Gently”) 08:18 Cassette tape ran out :-( 08:37 Shelly/Brighton (contest winner) 09:11 Dave/Driving on the State Thruway to Buffalo (“I’d Love You To Want Me”) — including reference next day’s Dallas Cowboys at Buffalo Bills game (Sept. 22, 1996 — won by Buffalo, 10–7); Johnny Angel is heard in the background 10:09 Reference to Buffalo Bills running back Thurman Thomas 10:21 “Go ahead, keep dancing [crunch SFX] … I’ll play more!” :-) 10:31 Ashley/Rochester (“The Twist”) 11:11 Forbes magazine’s “Top 40” highest-paid entertainers list — including The Beatles and The Rolling Stones — references 11:51 Amy/Working at Chester Cab Pizza (Park Avenue) (“Blue Moon”) 12:09 Jenna/Hamlin (“Hound Dog” — dedication to her dog, Gunner, for earning second place in a dog show) 12:38 Second of two live on-air contest giveaways of concert tickets to “Beatlemania,” Sept. 29, 1996, at Buckwheat Festival (Keuka Lake) 13:26 Jane/Rochester (contest winner) 14:18 Cara/Greece (“Chapel Of Love” — dedication to Eli) 15:11 Nancy (“Breaking Up Is Hard To Do” — dedication to Ron) 15:34 Tricia/Henrietta (“Here Comes My Baby”) 15:51 Unidentified male (“Suspicious Minds”) 16:34 Ellen/Penfield (“I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” — dedication to Jim) 16:58 Carolyn/Henrietta (“Maggie May” — dedication to the host :-) 17:27 George/Springwater (“Great Balls Of Fire”) 17:44 Theresa/Wellsville (“Hit The Road Jack” — dedication to Erin and the Dallas Cowboys) 18:07 Megan (“Leader Of The Pack” — dedication to Alicia) 18:30 Carl/Rochester (“Stand By Me” — dedication to Heather) 18:50 “Celebrity Birthdays” and The Paper Store, Southtown Plaza/Henrietta (sponsor), references 19:20 Jennifer (“Good Morning Starshine — dedication to Kelly) — including Secrephone (East Rochester) reference 20:04 Carrie (“You’re The One That I Want” — dedication to mother, Liz) 20:29 Megan/Rochester (“Do You Want To Know A Secret” — dedication to Ashley) 20:58 Erin (“In My Life”) 21:24 Katherine/Rochester (“Happy Together” — dedication to Dan) 22:06 Unidentified male (“Memories”) 22:23 Debbie/Macedon (“Be My Baby” — dedication to John) 23:12 Butch (with wife, Kelly) (“Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen” — dedication to daughter Glenna on her 16th birthday) 23:47 Jennifer/Rochester (“Under My Thumb”) 24:27 Jane (with husband and friends)/Henrietta (“Travelin’ Man”) 25:13 Unidentified female (“Summer Nights” — dedication to Christy) 25:39 Chris/Webster (“You Got A Friend” — dedication to dog, Jessie) 26:07 Dave/Gates (“My Girl” — dedication to Linda) — including full ramp jingle under phone call 26:31 Unidentified female (“Walk Like A Man” — dedication to Buffalo Bills) 27:20 Scott/Driving home from Toronto (“Walk Don’t Run” — dedication to sister Jenny on her birthday) All content (radio aircheck, audio podcast – all components, and show notes): © Michael J. Saffran

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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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