Aaron Yonka tuned in to 97X back in high school, then got a full-blown fever for the station and the music the summer before he started at Miami University in 1991. He became an around-the-clock listener… other than when he was co-hosting a music show on Miami’s student radio station. And after he graduated, he still tuned in, especially to catch his college friend Matt Sledge, and joined the 97X message boards to keep a sense of community with fellow listeners and station staff. In this “Rumblings” episode, Aaron shares tales of gift card laundering, grilled breakfast pastries, anchovy pizzas and what makes a tune a “97X song.” 

If the embed link above isn’t working, you can listen to the podcast here.

Here’s Aaron’s “Last Supper” – a.k.a. the meal he had the night that 97X signed off the airwaves back in 2004:

If you’re a 97X superfan too, please plan to join Steve “Bakerman” Baker, Dave Tellmann, Jen Dalton (former 97X co-producer), Matt Sledge, Bill Douglas and Damian at the 97X “Back to the Future of Rock & Roll” event on Saturday, June 27 in Fairfield.

It’s a fundraiser for the Butler County Historical Society.

Get tickets here and learn more about the event in this article from WVXU, this article from the Hamilton Journal-News, and this interview Bake did with Jen Dalton on WKRC.