“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 26, 1999.
Callers aired and other show highlights:
00:44 Unidentified female (“The Little Old Lady [From Pasadena]” — dedication to mother, Antoinette, on her 65th birthday, from her children, Debbie, Jimmy and Joanne)
02:06 First of many references to Rochester Harborfest
02:34 Cliff/Buffalo (“Alley-Oop”)
02:48 “Oldies Night” (with 99 BBF’s Mike Vickers) at Maxwell’s (Irondequoit bar) reference
03:08 “Playing more great oldies than Abbott’s has custard!” :-)
03:18 Jess/Avon (“Yellow Submarine”)
04:33 Larry/Avon (“Shimmy, Shimmy, Ko-Ko-Bop”)
05:20 Katie/Clarendon (“Lil’ Red Riding Hood”)
06:47 Alex (“American Pie” — one of the most-requested songs, along with “Beep Beep,” on “The Jukebox”!)
07:12 “‘Saffran-cisco’ you say…?” (just before playing signature snippet, “The San Francisco Treat,” from Rice-A-Roni commercial jingle ;-)
07:31 Patty (with husband and kids)/Driving on Route 63, in Elba, from Oakfield to Pavilion (“One”)
07:43 Elba “Onion Festival” reference
08:28 “Kid Fest Summer Blast” reference
08:56 Free Frisbee received in the mail from Purina Dog Chow; the only problem: my dog, Dutch (who listens to the show every Saturday night) is afraid of Frisbees!!
09:37 Doug (“Tighten Up”) — including reference to the song then being used on a TV commercial for car insurance
11:00 Yvonne (something by Elvis Presley) (Note: Cassette tape ran out in the middle of this phone call)
12:25 Another “Common sense is not so common observation”: Why does the Democrat and Chronicle print the answers to the Jumble and crossword puzzle on page 2C of the Sunday “Living” section — forcing readers to have to close their eyes (so they don’t see the answers) while reading that part of the paper?!?
13:18 Unidentified male (“Birthday” — dedication to daughter Tammy on her 21st birthday)
14:22 Laura/Hilton (“Cecilia” and “Bernadette”)
16:13 Crazy Joe (“Summertime Blues”)
17:12 “More great oldies here than tall ships at Harborfest!”
17:38 Julianne/Ontario (“If You Wanna Be Happy” and “The Twist”)
18:39 Ray/Driving someplace (“Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On”)
19:29 “In the Center of the Universe: Midtown in Rochester…!” :-)
19:49 Jukebox989@aol.com email plug (2024 update: The Jukebox email address is still active 25 years later — despite the show being long gone!! :-)
20:03 Jenny Lynn/Spencerport (“Brown Eyed Girl” — dedication to Spencerport HS Class of ’99 graduation party)
20:59 Rochester Harborfest girl-watching opportunities and fireworks references! :-) (Note: Fireworks heard actually were SFX)
21:19 Dennis/Sodus (“Shut Down”)
22:19 Unidentified male/Gilmore’s Bar and Grill (“Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright”) (Note: Did such a bar ever exist in Rochester…?)
23:20 Giving directions to Harborfest, Ontario Beach Park, Charlotte: “Head straight up Lake Avenue — ‘The L.A. Strip!’” (including reference to Rochester rock-music legend Lou Gramm, former lead singer of Foreigner, who sang about Rochester’s ‘L.A. Strip’ — which is shorthand for Lake Avenue — in the Foreigner song “Rev On The Red Line”)
24:14 Allison/Webster (“Love Me Do” — dedication to Toby)
24:57 Tara (“Beep Beep”)
26:03 Bonnie/Cuylerville (“Dizzy”)
27:06 Pat (with Mike)/Driving home from Darien Lake (“My Boyfriend’s Back”)
27:45 Robin/Rochester (“The Beat Goes On”)
27:59 Reference to McDonald’s “Big Mac” and Burger King “Whopper” commercial featuring the song “Mr. Big Stuff”
28:58 Doug (“G.T.O.”)
29:32 MG (“Morris Garage”) sportscar reference
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