“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 Oct. 23, 1999.
Callers aired and other show highlights:
00:08 Tail end of show’s opening “theme song” (Nino & The Ebb Tides – “Juke Box Saturday Night”) is heard
00:28 1999 World Series Game 1 (New York Yankees at Atlanta Braves) reference — and playing “Talkin’ Yankees Baseball” :-)
00:55 Brad (“Rag Doll”)
01:52 Pam/Driving to Auditorium Theatre (“Stop! In The Name Of Love”)
02:46 Brian (“Knock Three Times”)
03:24 “’70s at 7,” with Chuck McCoy, plug
03:42 First of a couple references to Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young upcoming concert tour in 2000
04:25 “We have formidable competition with the World Series on!”
04:46 Bob/Driving his limo home from Webster (“Hot Rod Lincoln”) — reference to Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen performance, Oct. 2, at Dinosaur Bar-B-Q (Rochester)
05:43 Jamie (“Be My Baby”)
06:46 Jeff/Caledonia (“Somebody To Love”)
07:25 Douglas (“Band Of Gold”)
07:53 Kate/Fairport (“Leader Of The Pack”)
09:09 Blake/Working at Burger King (East Rochester) (“Beep Beep”)
10:20 Jimmy/Irondequoit (“Dead Man’s Curve”)
11:10 Sam/Honeoye (“Solitary Man”)
11:33 Jimmy/Irondequoit (“The Little Old Lady [FromPasadena]”)
12:57 Gary/Greece (“Out In The Country”)
13:27 Backselling a “DJ’s Choice” (“Going Up The Country”)
13:54 “Beatle Brunch” with Joe Johnson and SUNY Brockport (sponsor) references
14:07 References to last Sunday’s plethora of great sports on TV: Oakland Raiders at Buffalo Bills, Atlanta Braves at New York Mets (NLCS Game 5) and New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox (ALCS Game 4); watching so much sports, I saw a lot of commercials, including one for Taco Bell’s chalupa … but, asking listeners, “Just what the hell is a chalupa anyway?!” (You’d think I’d know from working, for part of a summer, 16 years ago, at Chi-Chi’s Mexican Restaurante in Henrietta!)
15:04 Nate/Henrietta (“Heart Of Gold”)
16:00 Patty — answering the question (and educating me) about chalupas! :-)
17:00 Jamie/Hilton (“American Pie”)
18:06 Kim/Greece (“Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me”)
18:51 Soft Cell – “Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go” 1981 medley reference
19:04 Bruce/Lyons (“I’m A Man”) — and Erie Canal references
20:58 Bob (cassette tape ran out near the start of this phone call :-(
21:46 Roger/Bloomfield (“Be-Bop-A-Lula”)
22:33 Unidentified female (“Spooky”) (Note: It sounds like playing the sweeper was a “misfire,” when I probably had instead intended to play the usual coin-into-slot SFX; but it was a nice recovery! ;-)
23:16 Jimmy/Irondequoit (just calling in to say how much he loves 99 BBF: “I’ll tell ’ya, this is the only station I ever listen to!” :-)
23:59 Snippet of start of O’Connor Chevrolet (Henrietta — now West Herr Chevrolet) commercial (featuring Karen Bond voiceover) is heard
24:33 Steve/Lyndonville (“La Bamba”)
25:00 Reference to Atkins Diet controversy — and offering a dieting tip: “If you wanna lose weight, just get a job working in radio … you never know where your next meal’s coming from!” ;-)
25:21 Wendy (“Devoted To You”)
25:44 1999 World Series Game 1 update: The Yankees beat the Braves, 4-1 — and playing “Talkin’ Yankees Baseball” … again! — just in case it’s a four-game sweep and I won’t have another chance by next weekend! (Note: The Yankees did sweep the Braves in four games! :-)
26:14 Snippet of a weekend jingle is heard (somewhat rare because typically I didn’t talk around jingles)
27:12 D.J./Shortsville (“The Lion Sleeps Tonight”)
27:27 “I almost didn’t have dime ready to go here … I’m busy yakking on the phone!” ;-)
28:08 Jimmy/Irondequoit (“Love Her Madly” — another “DJ’s Choice”)
29:04 Christina/Working at McDonald’s (Geneseo) (“Good Lovin’”)
29:38 Danielle/Greece (“Mellow Yellow”) — beginning of my customized “Mike Saffran ‘Name Shout’ Jingle,” featuring a snippet from “Mellow Yellow,” is heard :-)
30:19 “Elvis Only” with Jay Gordon, SUNY Brockport and Pillsbury (sponsors) references
31:08 Heather/Fairport (“Son-Of-A Preacher Man”)
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