“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. 2, 1999.
Callers aired and other show highlights:
00:22 Seemingly new station branding: “Cool FM” (used throughout the show)
00:51 Evelyn/Gates (“Everybody Plays The Fool”)
02:03 Tom/Canandaigua (“Hot Rod Lincoln”)
02:49 Kristin/Rushville (“Brandy [You’re A Fine Girl]” — dedication to Amanda)
03:32 “99 BBF Name Game” promotion plug
03:49 New “two-punch” top-of-the-hour live imaging (“Rochester’s number one oldies station!”) and jingle
04:20 Kim/Rochester (“Yellow Submarine”)
05:06 Doug (“Shout! Shout! Knock Yourself Out”) — including first of a couple references to Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen performing tonight at Dinosaur Bar-B-Q (Rochester); and fellow 99 BBF DJ Tom Noonan
07:03 Laura/Working at Convenient Food Mart (Brockport) (“What’s New, Pussycat?”) — including reference to recently canceled Tom Jones concert
08:28 Donna (with husband, John, and son)/Driving home from Tillman’s Village Inn (Albion) (“Do Wah Diddy Diddy”)
09:34 Gary/Broken down on the side of the road in Mendon (“Just Dropped In [To See What Condition My Condition Is In]”)
10:45 “Beatle Brunch” with Joe Johnson and SUNY Brockport (sponsor) references
11:37 Christina/Geneseo (“A Whiter Shade of Pale”) — including references to McDonald’s, Inn Between bar and Aunt Cookie’s Sub Shop (Geneseo)
12:54 Matching network and local-TV station slogans with “The Jukebox” (to see if they fit) — including reference to panhandlers at the Midtown Plaza (Rochester) bus station
14:27 Ashley/Pittsford (“Crocodile Rock”)
14:45 First of a couple plugs of 99 BBF’s Oldies Show featuring the Coasters, The Drifters and The Platters, Oct. 9, at Auditorium Center
15:39 Sean/Bloomfield (“409”)
16:38 Patty/Pavilion (“Classical Gas”)
17:16 Reference to WHEC-TV (Channel 10) recent news story about “Searching for the Worst Boss of the Millennium” (worstboss.com)
18:08 Cassette tape ran out
18:40 Greg/Walworth (“No Time”)
19:20 Unidentified female (“My Girl” — dedication from Tony to Kathleen)
19:53 References to Domino’s “HeatWave”; and Pizza Hut’s gimmick of sending a billboard into space on an unmanned Russian rocket
20:22 Randy/Honeoye Lake (“Kentucky Rain”)
20:50 “Elvis Only” with Jay Gordon, SUNY Brockport and Pillsbury (sponsors) references
21:45 Mary/Driving home from work (“The Lion Sleeps Tonight”)
22:40 Recently hitting the mothelode of Cherry Coke at Vix! :-)
23:03 Doug (“Secret Agent Man”)
23:20 References to Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen performing tonight at Dinosaur Bar-B-Q (Rochester); University of Rochester Palestra; the host’s first-ever concert: AC/DC – “For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)” tour (1981); and Genesee Honey Brown and Cream Ale beer!
24:55 Liz (“Walkin’ After Midnight”)
26:46 Cassette tape ran out
27:13 Patty/Rochester (“Love Potion Number Nine”)
27:43 Scott/Shortsville (“Peggy Sue”)
28:09 Peggy/Penfield (“La Bamba”)
28:57 AccuWeather meteorologist Joe Sobel reference
29:38 Eric/Hamlin (“Tighten Up”)
30:25 Chris (“An Old Fashioned Love Song” — dedication to girlfriend, Holly)
30:46 Tanya/University of Rochester (“If You Wanna Be Happy”)
31:27 Shoutout to Burger King (Fairport)
32:08 Carol/Rochester (“Midnight Train To Georgia”)
All content (radio aircheck, audio podcast – all components, and show notes): © Michael J. Saffran
