The Jukebox: April 10, 1999

“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 April 10, 1999. Callers aired and other show highlights: 00:50 Geri/Rochester (“Spirit In The Sky”) 01:22 First of many references to “Double-Play Weekend” (featuring “twin spins”) marking Rochester Red Wings home opener earlier the same day (Rochester lost 3-0 to the Syracuse Sky Chiefs in front of around 12,000 fans at Frontier Field) 02:12 Julia/Hamlin (“Twist And Shout”) 02:53 First of multiple references to Kaufmann’s sponsorship 02:59 Kathy/Webster (“Old Time Rock & Roll”) 03:31 Sharon/Walworth (“Hot Rod Lincoln” — dedication to husband, Mark) 04:06 “Matchmaker Oldies Party” (with 99 BBF’s Nick Evans) at Maxwell’s (Irondequoit bar) reference 04:29 Douglas/Rochester (“Band Of Gold”) 05:15 Denise/Henrietta (“Tallahassee Lassie”) 06:34 Fletch/Gates (“Smiling Faces Sometimes”) 07:07 Reference to tax time :-( 08:01 Happy Anniversary (April 6) to WDKX-FM (including my friend Jim Jordan) — marking 25 years on the air (all under a single owner; in contrast, WBBF had four owners during the past two years) 08:35 Remembering the anniversary (April 8, 1974) of Hank Aaron breaking Babe Ruth’s all-time home-run record by airing the audio of Curt Gowdy’s play-by-play call of Aaron’s 715th career home run 09:13 Jeff/Lakeville (delivering pizzas for Pizza Paul’s) (“Louie, Louie”) 10:03 Christina/Geneseo (“Born To Be Wild”) 10:31 Aunt Cookie’s Sub Shop (Geneseo) reference 11:15 Idea: The name of Clinton Avenue be changed ;-) 11:39 Disha/Dansville (“Yellow Submarine”) 12:08 Rachel/UR (“Runaway”) 12:34 Dave/LeRoy (“Ode To Billie Joe”) 14:06 Laura/Fairport (“Moondance”) 14:48 “In addition to having time for Monica and concealing all of his misdeeds last year, ‘Slick Willie’ also found time to raise our taxes! So, I’m not very happy about that. I’ll tell ’ya … Bill Clinton, spending like a drunken sailor, but in the immortal words of ‘RR’ [Ronald Reagan], ‘At least drunken sailors spend their own money!” ;-) 15:24 Unidentified female (“Palisades Park”) 15:50 “Things are going well in the sales department, I guess!” (Pleased to have Kaufmann’s as a show sponsor! :-) 16:33 Laurie/Batavia (“Blue Moon”) 17:31 Happy 59th birthday to Gary/Canandaigua 17:47 Steve/Charlotte (“Patches”) 18:24 Caroline (with Nicole, Christina, Seth and Steve)/Geneseo (“Chantilly Lace”) 19:18 “More great oldies than RG&E has watts!” 19:25 Jeff/Rochester (“Indian Reservation [The Lament Of The Cherokee]”) 20:18 Doug (“Shout! Shout! [Knock Yourself Out]”) 20:22 Reference to fellow 99 BBF DJ Mike Vickers 21:02 Reference to fellow 99 BBF DJ Tom Noonan 21:46 Rebecca/Fairport (“Leader Of The Pack” — dedication to Laurie on her 17th birthday) 22:31 Laura/Fairport (“Let’s Stay Together”) 24:25 Emily/Rochester (“Eight Days A Week”) 24:57 Veterans Memorial Bridge and Driving Park Bridge references All content (radio aircheck, audio podcast – all components, and show notes): © Michael J. Saffran