“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 Sept. 11, 1999.
Callers aired and other show highlights:
00:42 Chuck/Working at Dollar Tree (The Marketplace) (“Day After Day”) — and a question about the show’s opening “theme song” by Nino & The Ebb Tides – “Juke Box Saturday Night”
02:31 Tom/Canandaigua (“I Got You Babe” — dedication to wife, Rita)
03:29 Stacy/West Bloomfield (“Sweet Caroline”)
03:37 “Sister station” WBEE-FM DJ “Big Daddy” Dave Beck briefly pops into the studio
05:15 Lauren/Rochester (“Respect”)
05:53 Joe/Manchester (“Look Through Any Window”)
07:13 Sandy/Ontario (“The Lion Sleeps Tonight”)
08:48 Jim (“Sweet Cherry Wine” — dedication to Jackie)
09:55 Easterseals annual golf tournament, Sept. 27, at Blue Heron Hills Golf (Macedon) reference
10:25 Cindy/Irondequoit (“Burning Love” and “Young Girl”)
12:44 “Some things are better left sitting in the garage”: Sharing frustration at recently dropping $600 in repairs to my MG sportscar (“Makes me wish that I had a son who I could give it to … ‘Here you go, son, Happy 16th Birthday, here are those keys and now it’s your problem! ’” ;-)
13:27 Holly/Mendon (“Mellow Yellow” and “Breaking Up Is Hard To Do”)
13:50 Reference to cover version of Donovan – “Mellow Yellow” being used in a Gap TV commercial for corduroys (see it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4Hu6up9Xng)
14:42 Playing my customized “Mike Saffran ‘Name Shout’ Jingle” featuring a snippet from “Mellow Yellow” :-)
15:23 Buffalo Bills at Indianapolis Colts upcoming game reference
15:49 Joe (“Carrie-Anne”)
16:00 Reference to Connie Chung’s 1995 CBS interview with then House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s mother, Kathleen, in which his mother referred to Hillary Clinton as a “b*tch” (more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_to_Eye_with_Connie_Chung)
17:03 Sharing TMI: “My streak ended, as I bowed to the porcelain goddess” — including references to “Seinfeld”; my dog, Dutch; and bar-hopping last night at local bars The Distillery, Woody’s, Bug Jar and Love Shack
17:57 Frederick/Culver Road (“[Marie’s The Name] His Latest Flame”) — and sharing the story about a cute girl named Marie who I knew in college
19:05 Cassette tape ran out (seemingly as I was about to introduce the Buffalo Bills theme song, “Shout”)
19:15 Jackie (“Splish Splash”)
20:07 Marcia and “Kaka”/LeRoy (“Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” and “Tighter, Tighter”) — with reference to 1995 Class C state-champion Oatka Knights
22:25 Cliff/Driving on the State Thruway near Batavia (“Have I The Right?”)
23:10 Confession: I pulled a girl’s pony tail Friday night at the Love Shack (High Falls bar) — including a subtle reference to The B-52’s – “Love Shack”
24:48 Jessica/Rochester (“Mustang Sally”)
25:18 Inspired to play more Doors songs after listening earlier in the week to a Syracuse radio station on my way to the State Fair
25:52 Matt/Pittsford (“Little Bit O’Soul”)
26:02 Sharing a cure for the hiccups: Drink out of the wrong side of a glass of water!
26:18 Unidentified male (“When Will I Be Loved”)
27:33 Andrea/Irondequoit (“Catch Us if You Can”)
27:56 Kaufmann’s (Irondequoit Mall) reference
28:21 “Sister station” WBEE-FM DJ “Big Daddy” Dave Beck briefly pops into the studio … again! (But he cannot help answer the question: What account executive has the Kaufmann’s national account?)
29:50 Unidentified female (requesting a song we don’t have — with no backup request :-(
29:53 “There are no strange requests, only strange callers!” ;-)
30:33 Playing a “DJ’s Choice” (“Shout! Shout! Knock Yourself Out”)
30:51 Geri/Rochester (“Mr. Bojangles”)
31:28 ABVI Goodwill Vision Walk ’99, Sept. 26, at Cobbs Hill Park reference
31:44 I have no idea what commercial I was putting down … but I knew better than to ever disparage an advertiser (so it must’ve been especially bad! ;-)
32:28 Liz (“You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me”)
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