The Jukebox: Oct. 9, 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 Oct. 9, 1999. Callers aired and other show highlights: 00:28 John/Rochester (“Maybe Baby”) 02:06 Doug (“Bend Me, Shape Me”) 02:43 Reference to Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen performance last week at Dinosaur Bar-B-Q (Rochester) 03:40 Lee (“Lightnin’ Strikes”) 04:08 One of a few references to both the Yankees and Mets reaching the MLB postseason (and hopes for a “Subway Series”! :-) 05:20 Dave/Kendall (“I Got A Line On You”) 05:47 Larry/Phelps (“Georgia On My Mind” — on the 39th anniversary of the song reaching #1 on the Billboard chart) 07:18 Kelly and Marie (“A Teenager In Love”) 08:30 Becky/Farmbrook (Farmington) (“Monday, Monday”) 10:04 Carla/Driving to Geneseo (“Do Wah Diddy Diddy”) 10:52 Highlighting three recent Democrat and Chronicle letters to the editor for common sense espoused (and reference to the host’s dog, Dutch :-) 12:22 Tim/Driving in Brighton (“Sweet Pea”) 13:09 First of a couple references to River Romance Weekend 13:13 Nancy (with husband)/Livonia (“Lucille”) 13:46 “99 BBF Name Game” promotion plug 14:36 Mark/SUNY Brockport (“Gimme Gimme Good Lovin’”) 15:44 Reference to Brighton Barons (my H.S. alma mater) beating Spencerport in varsity football (to remain undefeated at 6-0) 16:02 Melanie/Rochester (“The Twist”) 16:45 Chuckling a bit at myself for initially saying the request line wrong! ;-) 16:52 Dan/Rochester (“[We’re Gonna] Rock Around The Clock”) 18:07 Tom/University of Rochester (“Yellow Submarine”) 18:50 Elena/Gates (“I Want To Hold Your Hand”) 18:52 Tongue-in-cheek reference to the “staff of many” working on “The Jukebox” (it always was just me … doing it all! :-) 19:32 Norm/Driving home from the movies (“Ruby Baby” — dedication to wife, Ann) — and quick movie review of “Double Jeopardy” (“awesome/excellent”), starring Tommy Lee Jones (“top notch/great”) 20:18 Rachel/Greece (“Beep Beep”) — including an “apology” (“sorry, Bobby”) to the program director for playing the song so much! ;-) 21:00 Reference to the ageless Little Richard! :-) 22:04 Andrew/Driving home from and calling in to say thanks and give a review of 99 BBF’s Oldies Show (earlier tonight) featuring the Coasters, The Drifters and The Platters 22:31 Robin/Caledonia (“Jailhouse Rock”) 23:00 Dan/Farmington (“Sloop John B”) 23:35 Jen/Irondequoit (“Whatever Gets You Through The Night”) — with birthday wishes to John Lennon and The Who’s John Entwistle 25:18 Playing “Talkin’ Yankees Baseball” :-) 25:54 Rob (“Chantilly Lace”) 26:20 Another reference to 99 BBF’s Oldies Show (earlier tonight) featuring the Coasters, The Drifters and The Platters 27:31 Lenora/Chili (“She’s Not There”) 28:00 Dave/Hamlin (“Johnny B. Goode”) 28:31 Doug (“Hungry”) — picking on Rochester a little and Genesee Honey Brown reference 29:27 Sharing another “pet peeve”: Why can’t pizza joints cut the pizza all the way through?!  29:35 References to Swiss Chalet (Henrietta) and my MG sportscar (that I’ve had since I was 16 years old — and paid for with money earned while working at Swiss Chalet! :-) 30:43 Barry/Rochester (“Teddy Bear”) 30:58 “Elvis Only” with Jay Gordon, SUNY Brockport and Pillsbury (sponsors) references 31:33 Paying tribute to Diocese of Rochester Auxiliary Bishop Dennis Hickey (who recently passed away) — including reference to my being a former altar boy 32:27 Scott (“Ohio”) All content (radio aircheck, audio podcast – all components, and show notes): © Michael J. Saffran