125 years ago today the jukebox was introduced in downtown San Francisco. Tonight we celebrate the music to recording artists and the dancing from the jukebox era. Its all straight ahead on a second look. Hi everybody im Frank Somerville and welcome to a second look. Today were celebrating the jukebox. It was on this day, november 28, 1979 that visitors to an establishment in San Francisco saw this instrument. The inventors had placed four inner tubes allowing four people. The nickel until slot had earned over 1,000. Which would be about 26,000 today. As jukeboxes became automatic and amplified their popularity grew even more. Due in parts to restrictions on the music played by radio stations. Early radio rarely played records by black musicians known as rhythm and blues. But the player could be stocked with whatever the listener wanted. They became popular in juke bars and the name jukebox stuck. As joe fonzi reported back in 2000, in the 40s the jukebox was more than just a way to he