“The All-Request Rock ’n’ Roll Jukebox,” hosted by Mike Saffran, on “99 BBF”/WBBF-FM (98.9), Rochester, N.Y. Originally aired 7 p.m.–Midnight July 24, 1999.
Callers aired and other show highlights:
00:57 Unidentified male (“Teddy Bear”)
01:37 First of multiple references to Woodstock ’99, July 22–25, at the former Griffiss Air Force Base, Rome, N.Y. — including later mention of cost ($70 for single-day pass) and plugs about live weekend updates (more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock_'99)
02:01 Linda/Clifton Springs (“Peggy Sue”)
02:59 Jerry/Driving in LeRoy (“Wild Thing”)
04:05 Cliff/Driving on Transit Road (Buffalo) (“Foolish Little Girl”)
04:28 Reference to the City of Buffalo’s moniker: Queen City
04:38 “We got more great oldies than RG&E has watts!”
04:49 Dave (“Liar”)
06:38 Reference to malfunctioning request lines and talking to Don of Frontier Communications tech support
07:00 Sharon (“Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini”)
07:56 Live promo about the chance to win tickets, next week, to “Oldies Fest ’99,” featuring Tommy James & The Shondells, Jan & Dean, Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels and Ruby Shooz, at the New York State Fairgrounds
08:24 Tongue-in-cheek reference to WHEC-TV (Channel 10) newscaster Rich Funke
08:39 Robert/Newark (“Bottle Of Wins”)
08:49 Newark power-outage reference
09:24 “More great oldies than Lollypop Farm has cats and dogs!” (Note: I think I might have been laughing a little at myself for the ‘clunky’ way that came out! ;-)
09:34 Rita (“[We’re Gonna] Rock Around The Clock”)
10:08 Unidentified male caller asking about the date of an Olivia Newton-John concert (and claiming he knows Olivia personally and attended her wedding! I don’t know if I believe him … still! ;-)
10:20 “When the commercials come on, I’m usually answering telephones and stuff like that — so I don’t listen to them that carefully. I hate to say that … if I was home, I’d be listening intently to each and every commercial … supporting our sponsors!” ;-)
11:47 Chuck/Working at Dollar Tree (The Marketplace) (“Judy In Disguise [With Glasses]”)
12:43 “More great oldies here than the Seneca Park Zoo has animals!”
12:48 Reference to recently visiting Seneca Park Zoo (for the first time since I was a child), with my sister and nephew, and to riding the carousel at Ontario Beach Park (Charlotte)
13:18 Russ (“Never My Love”)
13:58 Neil/Bounty Harbor (“The Night Has A Thousand Eyes”)
14:30 Caught a little off guard once again by a song coming to its end! ;-)
15:33 Cindy/Hornell (“I Got You Babe” — dedication to Tom)
16:30 Danielle/Avon (“Lil’ Red Riding Hood”)
16:44 Vintage Drive-In (Avon) and Silver Lake Drive-In (Perry) references
18:22 Margaret/Newark (“Surfer Girl” —dedication to mother, Michelle, on her 50th birthday)
19:30 Jackie (“[I Can’t Get No] Satisfaction”)
19:34 Reference to pickup truck shopping (and working split shifts)
20:53 Fletch (“You Are Everything” — dedication to Helen at Kodak)
22:07 Reference to my cars (at the time): ’86 Pontiac Grand Am and ’73 MG Midget (sitting in my garage leaking fluids)
22:45 “More great oldies than Uncle John’s Pancake House had pancakes!”
22:56 Debbie (“American Pie” — dedication to her son Bobby)
23:29 Missy (with Cory) (“Hot Rod Lincoln”)
24:10 “Great oldies to ‘park’ by…!” ;-)
25:16 Dick/Geneseo (“Maybe”)
25:39 Reference to Geneseo Family Restaurant (and its proprietor, Gus)
27:04 Douglas (“Donna”)
28:16 Dinosaur Bar-B-Que reference (free plug)
28:24 “Somebody took his pizza and went home!” (Note: This was an inside joke about filling in Sunday for “Bobby O.” — who was told by the program director, at recent a full-staff announcer meeting, to leave the meeting: “Take your pizza and leave”; Tom Noonan and I later often joked that we should have the phrase printed on one side of a T-shirt … with another phrase, “Pot the f---ing thing down!” — exclaimed years earlier by a different PD to the same DJ — put on the other side! ;-)
28:34 Jackie (“Brother Louie”)
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