“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 June 12, 1999.
Callers aired and other show highlights:
00:21 Reference to “sister station” WBEE-FM DJ “Big Daddy” Dave Beck (and to recently shaving off my beard!)
00:51 Roger/Rochester (“The Lion Sleeps Tonight”)
01:44 First of multiple references to LPGA Tour Wegmans Rochester International, June 10–13, at Locust Hill Country Club (final round coming up the next day; tournament was won by Karrie Webb; more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wegmans_Rochester_International)
02:12 Connie/Greece (“California Dreamin’”)
02:55 Donna/Driving on 104-West (“I Can’t Get Next To You”)
03:24 Sarah/Pavilion (“Hot Rod Lincoln”)
03:45 Reference to reaching 90 degrees today in downtown Rochester
04:16 “More great oldies here than Hooters has, well, shall we say … waitresses!” ;-)
04:35 Sean/Driving to Canandaigua (“Too Late To Turn Back Now”)
05:17 Unidentified female (“Patches”)
06:23 Ben/Working at Pizza Hut, Monroe Avenue (Brighton) (“At The Hop”)
07:15 Norm/Gorham (“Summer In The City”)
07:39 Helen/Rochester (“Bernadette”)
09:01 Donna (with her son) (“Do Wah Diddy Diddy”)
09:35 Weight-loss “tip”: Get into a big fight with your girlfriend and stop talking (“I dropped 10 pounds in a week!” — getting down to my college weight from appetite loss! “We’ll see if there’s anything left of me come next week! I don’t really recommend this method, though, actually. Yeah, I know … sometimes even I think I share too much of my personal life on this radio program!” ;-)
10:12 Theresa/Rochester (“Gloria”)
10:38 “I dunno … pretty soon, maybe be calling me ‘The Shadow’ around here … losing all this weight!” (including references to “sister station” WBEE-FM DJs “The Phantom” Mark Davis and “Big Daddy” Dave Beck)
11:37 Dave/LeRoy (“Things We Said Today”)
12:33 Shelly (“Born To Be Wild”)
13:18 Kim/Rochester (“Splish Splash”)
13:54 “Oldies Night” at Maxwell’s (Irondequoit bar) reference
14:13 Carl/East Rochester (“Someday We’ll Be Together”)
14:44 Cheryl/Spencerport (“Penny Lane”)
15:11 Dutch/Phelps (“War”)
16:15 Shout-out to host’s dog, Dutch (listening at home :-)
16:42 Street Machines of Rochester Car Show, June 13, at Dewey-Latta Park, Greece, reference
17:13 Jessica/Warsaw (“Georgy Girl”)
17:36 Derrick/On I-490 East (at Plymouth Avenue) — driving home from work at Strong Memorial Hospital (“Magic Carpet Ride”)
18:11 “Saturday Night All-Request Rock ’n’ Roll Jukebox” sweeper (Note: I can’t say for sure, all these years later, if playing the sweeper here was intentional or a “misfire” — although I strongly suspect it likely was a mistake, as sweepers normally aired cold between songs; plus, notice how the start of the sweeper slightly overlaps with what I was saying — suggesting, to me, that I had intended to drop the “coin-into-slot” SFX underneath my voice. Here once again, however, the good instinct was to ‘just go with it,’ as listeners would’ve been none the wiser. “Behind the scenes”: During an intensive, live show like this, which included not only the usual — such as preparing mike breaks and loading music and commercials — but also taking requests, talking on the phone, editing phone calls and loading requested songs, minor mistakes, such as pre-loading the wrong pre-recorded element, were always possible. Doing the show required great focus ‘in the moment’ — while also making it sound, on the air, like simply a blast (which it truly was). I think I usually succeeded in creating, for listeners, this “party on the radio” atmosphere. But, looking back, it’s slightly amazing “misfires” didn’t occur more often!)
19:13 Marie/Macedon (“Loves Me Like A Rock”)
20:11 Richard/Penfield (“Give Me One More Chance”)
21:02 Mike (“Walk Don’t Run” — dedication to Kristin)
21:23 “Sister station” WBEE-FM DJ “Big Daddy” Dave Beck stops by … :-)
21:34 Jackie/North Chili (“Crimson And Clover” — dedication to husband, John)
22:14 Laurie/Williamson (“To Sir With Love”)
23:20 Flag Day (June 14) reference
23:27 Liz (“Ooh Baby Baby”)
All content (radio aircheck, audio podcast – all components, and show notes): © Michael J. Saffran
