“Jukebox Saturday Night,” hosted by Mike Saffran, on “Oldies 98.9”/WKLX-FM (98.9), Rochester, N.Y. Originally aired 7 p.m.–Midnight Oct. 1, 1994.
Special notes: This show, once again, began with “’70s at 7” (7–8 p.m.) and ended with “Backseat Memories” (11 p.m.–midnight). Interestingly, although I was still around three months away from assuming the role of permanent host, I made no on-air references, as I typically would, to filling in for Nick Evans (aka “Nick at Night”) — which leads me to speculate, today, if Nick, by then, already had been easing out of the role (because he worked full-time in sales and, as I recall, had been looking to relinquish his on-air role). Also, even though clearly I was still using a reel-to-reel tape deck for playback of most phone calls, I wonder if VoxPro had been installed and I was transitioning over to occasionally using it (because I notice a few instances when the phone calls do not, to me, sound like they were played back from the reel-to-reel deck; although I later fell in love with VoxPro for taking and editing listener phone calls, I recall easing into using it due to initial unfamiliarity).
An especially fun aspect of this particular aircheck: Some full station imaging was captured in the recording!
Callers aired and other show highlights:
00:11 Unidentified female (“Gypsy Woman”)
00:21 Full WKLX “’70s at 7” jingle
00:30 Unidentified male (“Frankenstein”)
00:45 Unidentified male (“Hot Rod Lincoln”)
01:23 Unidentified male (“We’ve Got To Get It On Again”)
01:34 Unidentified female (“Put Your Hand In The Hand”)
02:22 “Lakefield In the Morning” (weekday morning show) and Original Bagel Bakeries (Irondequoit and Penfield) contest plug
02:48 Unidentified female (“Green-Eyed Lady”)
03:21 Unidentified female (“Paint It Black”)
04:10 Unidentified male (“Hooked On A Feeling”)
04:47 Rianne (“Paperback Writer” — dedication to Christina)
05:19 “Keeping The ’70s Alive” with Bob Shannon, Disc Go Round (Elm Ridge Center, Greece) and Eastway Nissan (Webster) (sponsors) references
05:36 Full WKLX – Mike Saffran personalized imaging sweeper
05:53 Unidentified female (“Crocodile Rock”)
06:27 Lisa/Irondequoit (“Chapel Of Love” — dedication to Elizabeth and Derrick)
07:26 Unidentified female (“Leader Of The Pack”)
08:05 Unidentified male (“A Whiter Shade Of Pale”)
08:50 “Beatle Brunch” with Joe Johnson and “Beatlerama ’94” (sponsor) references (more: https://buffalonews.com/news/article_8b899002-3e39-5b0d-b7e7-e108516be31c.html)
09:01 Full WKLX – Mike Saffran personalized imaging sweeper
09:14 Unidentified female (“Brown Eyed Girl”)
09:38 Unidentified female (“La Bamba” — dedication to sister Gina and friend Jackie)
10:03 Nicole/Bergen (“Crimson And Clover”)
10:59 Unidentified female (“Louie, Louie”)
12:03 Andrea/Rochester (“Do You Want To Know A Secret” — dedication to Mary)
12:39 Unidentified female (“My Girl”)
13:04 “Lakefield In the Morning” (weekday morning show) plug
13:16 Full WKLX – Mike Saffran personalized imaging sweeper
13:40 Unidentified male (“Bottle Of Wine”)
13:51 Unidentified female (“The Lion Sleeps Tonight”)
14:15 Dan/Webster (“How Sweet It Is [To Be Loved By You]” — dedication to wife, Karen)
14:35 Unidentified female (“Carrie-Anne”)
14:56 Unidentified male (“Incense And Peppermints” — dedication to wife, Mary)
15:18 Unidentified female (“Band Of Gold”)
15:33 Cassette tape ran out :-(
16:12 Unidentified female (“Puff The Magic Dragon”)
16:39 Gary (“Unchained Melody” — dedication to Christine)
17:06 Unidentified female (“Who’s Makin’ Love”)
17:39 Liz (“Cherish” — dedication to Pete)
18:13 Unidentified female (“Let’s Get It On”)
18:30 Sarah/Rochester (“Venus” — dedication to Ryan)
19:34 Unidentified female (“Mama Told Me [Not To Come]”)
20:15 Lisa (“Respect” — dedication to her dad on his birthday)
All content (radio aircheck, audio podcast – all components, and show notes): © Michael J. Saffran
