“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)
All content (radio aircheck, audio podcast – all components, and show notes): © Michael J. Saffran
