“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 May 15, 1999.
Callers aired and other show highlights:
00:18 Reference to my headphones being too big due to a recent buzz cut! :-)
00:42 Tom/Canandaigua (“I Got You Babe” — dedication to Rita)
01:23 First of multiple references to the ongoing Lilac Festival (and “Kodak Town” mention)
02:01 Unidentified female (“Hawaii Five-O”)
02:22 Cliff/Driving on “The Youngmann” (I-290/Buffalo-Niagara Falls) (“Which Way You Goin’ Billy?”)
03:08 “Matchmaker Oldies Party” (with 99 BBF’s Mike Vickers) at Maxwell’s (Irondequoit bar) reference
03:48 First of multiple references to show-sponsor Shepard Ford (Canandaigua)
03:53 Christina/Geneseo (“In The Summertime”)
04:13 Burger King, Aunt Cookie’s Sub Shop and Inn Between bar (Geneseo) references
04:50 John/Gates (“For Your Love”)
05:24 Ellis B. Feaster weekday morning-show and Star Wars movie-tickets promotion plugs
05:56 Sarah (“La Bamba”)
06:20 Don (“Ruby Baby”)
06:39 Jill/Victor (“Happy Together”)
07:16 Senior Fair, May 18, at Irondequoit Mall reference
07:42 Rob/Krony’s Pizza (Churchville) (“In The Still Of The Nite”)
08:26 Avor (“This Diamond Ring”)
08:41 Good bartender (knows your drink before you ask for it)/Good DJ (recognizes your voice on the phone) analogy ;-)
09:52 Brian/Irondequoit (“Elusive Butterfly”)
10:21 Gary/Meigs Street (“Like A Rolling Stone”)
11:42 Laura/Fairport (“Crocodile Rock”)
12:11 Bobby/Irondequoit (“Twistin’ The Night Away”)
12:38 In search of the best Bloody Mary in Rochester: According to Bobby Rinck, he and friends found it, a couple years earlier, at Tut’s Villa (Buffalo Road, Gates; owned by Gary and Joey Nucci) (2024 update: Members of the Nucci family now run Nucci’s Italian Seafood & Steakhouse in Webster)
13:26 1999 Greater Rochester Soap Box Derby (June 5-6) plug
13:30 References to fellow 99 BBF DJs Bobby Hatfield and Nick Evans
14:24 Vera (“Sport”)/Williamson (“In My Life”)
15:41 ”Got the MG out today, so I was cruisin’ with the top down!” :-)
16:11 Tim/Spencerport (“Runaround Sue”) (Caller: “Not much is going on…” Host: “That sounds like Spencerport to me!” ;-)
16:47 Laura/Fairport (just calling in to talk about hair…)
16:59 Reference to fellow 99 BBF DJ Tom Noonan
17:17 Doug (“Me And You And A Dog Named Boo”)
18:28 Joe/Rochester (“Wildflower”)
18:57 Sue (with husband, Tom)/Brighton (“Under My Thumb”)
19:32 Denny/Sodus (“Shut Down”)
21:10 Jasmine/RIT (“Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie”)
21:50 Lou/Greece (around a campfire) (“You Are Everything”)
22:35 “We play more great oldies than Highland Park has lilacs … and than my yard has weeds!” :-)
22:47 Allison/RIT (“Brown Eyed Girl”)
23:23 Jeff/Fairport (“All I Have To Do Is Dream”)
24:20 Sherry/Holley (“The Lion Sleeps Tonight”) (“Terry?…Kerry?… Oh, Sherry!” It’s sometimes difficult to hear exact names on the studio speaker phone! ;-)
25:12 “Maybe see you tomorrow at the Lilac Festival…!”
25:33 Liz (“You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me”)
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