The Jukebox: July 24, 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 July 24, 1999. Callers aired and other show highlights: 00:57 Unidentified male (“Teddy Bear”) 01:37 First of multiple references to Woodstock ’99, July 22–25, at the former Griffiss Air Force Base, Rome, N.Y. — including later mention of cost ($70 for single-day pass) and plugs about live weekend updates (more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock_'99) 02:01 Linda/Clifton Springs (“Peggy Sue”) 02:59 Jerry/Driving in LeRoy (“Wild Thing”) 04:05 Cliff/Driving on Transit Road (Buffalo) (“Foolish Little Girl”) 04:28 Reference to the City of Buffalo’s moniker: Queen City 04:38 “We got more great oldies than RG&E has watts!” 04:49 Dave (“Liar”) 06:38 Reference to malfunctioning request lines and talking to Don of Frontier Communications tech support 07:00 Sharon (“Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini”) 07:56 Live promo about the chance to win tickets, next week, to “Oldies Fest ’99,” featuring Tommy James & The Shondells, Jan & Dean, Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels and Ruby Shooz, at the New York State Fairgrounds 08:24 Tongue-in-cheek reference to WHEC-TV (Channel 10) newscaster Rich Funke 08:39 Robert/Newark (“Bottle Of Wins”) 08:49 Newark power-outage reference 09:24 “More great oldies than Lollypop Farm has cats and dogs!” (Note: I think I might have been laughing a little at myself for the ‘clunky’ way that came out! ;-) 09:34 Rita (“[We’re Gonna] Rock Around The Clock”) 10:08 Unidentified male caller asking about the date of an Olivia Newton-John concert (and claiming he knows Olivia personally and attended her wedding! I don’t know if I believe him … still! ;-) 10:20 “When the commercials come on, I’m usually answering telephones and stuff like that — so I don’t listen to them that carefully. I hate to say that … if I was home, I’d be listening intently to each and every commercial … supporting our sponsors!” ;-) 11:47 Chuck/Working at Dollar Tree (The Marketplace) (“Judy In Disguise [With Glasses]”) 12:43 “More great oldies here than the Seneca Park Zoo has animals!” 12:48 Reference to recently visiting Seneca Park Zoo (for the first time since I was a child), with my sister and nephew, and to riding the carousel at Ontario Beach Park (Charlotte) 13:18 Russ (“Never My Love”) 13:58 Neil/Bounty Harbor (“The Night Has A Thousand Eyes”) 14:30 Caught a little off guard once again by a song coming to its end! ;-) 15:33 Cindy/Hornell (“I Got You Babe” — dedication to Tom) 16:30 Danielle/Avon (“Lil’ Red Riding Hood”) 16:44 Vintage Drive-In (Avon) and Silver Lake Drive-In (Perry) references 18:22 Margaret/Newark (“Surfer Girl” —dedication to mother, Michelle, on her 50th birthday) 19:30 Jackie (“[I Can’t Get No] Satisfaction”) 19:34 Reference to pickup truck shopping (and working split shifts) 20:53 Fletch (“You Are Everything” — dedication to Helen at Kodak) 22:07 Reference to my cars (at the time): ’86 Pontiac Grand Am and ’73 MG Midget (sitting in my garage leaking fluids) 22:45 “More great oldies than Uncle John’s Pancake House had pancakes!” 22:56 Debbie (“American Pie” — dedication to her son Bobby) 23:29 Missy (with Cory) (“Hot Rod Lincoln”) 24:10 “Great oldies to ‘park’ by…!” ;-) 25:16 Dick/Geneseo (“Maybe”) 25:39 Reference to Geneseo Family Restaurant (and its proprietor, Gus) 27:04 Douglas (“Donna”) 28:16 Dinosaur Bar-B-Que reference (free plug) 28:24 “Somebody took his pizza and went home!” (Note: This was an inside joke about filling in Sunday for “Bobby O.” — who was told by the program director, at recent a full-staff announcer meeting, to leave the meeting: “Take your pizza and leave”; Tom Noonan and I later often joked that we should have the phrase printed on one side of a T-shirt … with another phrase, “Pot the f---ing thing down!” — exclaimed years earlier by a different PD to the same DJ — put on the other side! ;-) 28:34 Jackie (“Brother Louie”) All content (radio aircheck, audio podcast – all components, and show notes): © Michael J. Saffran