Thats how big MMS was. Arriving from Boston in Cleveland in September 1976, BLF was highly opinionated. They were rewarded with a night that they would remember for the rest of their lives. [140] The Maxwell Show gradually evolved from airing mostly music to all talk, with Maxwell joined by WMMS music director Dan Stansbury and Tiffany "Chunk" Peck, the program's phone screener. Marilyn Manson served as an opener. Springsteen played the Agora in the spring of 1974 as part of "The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle Tour." [123] WMMS veteran John Gorman has remained a vocal critic of iHeartMedia, once remarking on the company's former Cleveland executive, Kevin Metheny (dubbed "Pig Virus" by Howard Stern during their time at WNBC): "He had a volatile time here. [96] Gorman changed the WMMS format to alternative rock,[97] playing new acts like Nirvana, The Offspring, and Nine Inch Nails, on October 27. As a kid he was part of a sophisticated bootleg radio station in his neighborhooduntil the FCC shut it down. Over the next twenty years Matt did mostly middays and hosted the weekly "Coffee Break Concerts", likely introducing more concerts than anyone in Cleveland history. The flick which takes place in the 70s tells the story of a teenage boy who writes for Rolling Stone with the main focus being the rock band Stillwater. He offered "Solid Goldbergers" and ordered us to "EN-joy". 19 Concerts. Already strained by ongoing contract renewal negotiations, the incident further alienated the two parties, and by November of that year the show was cancelled. [115][116], The next of these multi-act shows, simply titled BuzzardFest, was held in May 1996 at Blossom Music Center and featured performances from 311 and No Doubt, along with Candlebox, The Nixons, Goldfinger, Gods Child, Dash Rip Rock, Holy Barbarians, and Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip. Brian and Joe talk to Rob Thomas from Matchbox 20. Those guys are f--kin' heroes!" July 11, 1995. Judas Priest was one of those bands that made a stop at the Agora before they became famous during the 1970s. The debut issue of Buzzard Bone, arrived in September of 1995 and featured the brand new Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as the cover story, with an article tracing the history of the museum, which had its grand opening that same month. Concerts Skillet & Theory Of A Deadman at The Agora Mar 03, 2023. During the 20th anniversary broadcast, Mike Olszewski, along with Jeff & Flash, spoke with Wally Bryson of the Raspberries and one of the National Guardsmen. ", It's a snapshot of one of the most important all-female rock bands at their peak. Attendance was by general admission. U2's arrival at the Agora came smack dab in the middle of the band releasing its first two albums -- "Boy" and "October." : Michael K. 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Fans were encouraged to drop off a self-addressed stamped envelope to a local record store in order to score tickets. We all have such respect for what this station did back in the day. The band clearly enjoyed performing on Nautica's stage, right next to the waterfront, with Weiland stopping at one point to point out the large boats that were passing by. He played just seven songs, two of which were covers. Spring Bling Fine Arts And Crafts Show. Boom also spent time on the Buzzard Morning Zoo and filled in during other air shifts. He finds himself traveling to LA to kill someone but ends up becoming a part of the theater scene. [33][34], Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, WMMS had a stable of personalities that remained fundamentally unchanged,[26][27] attained a dominant market share in the local ratings[27][35][36][37] and posted market record-high figures "never duplicated by any other Cleveland radio station since. Denny Sanders & Fred Griffith. The program ran on the station from the early 70s to the early 80s and featured an amazing number of noteable performers in performance from the WMMS studios. [105] John Gorman, who has since openly criticized the industry's current state, departed for CBS Radio in Detroit, but soon moved to media consulting. Thus, the recording of its raucous Agora show is a must for diehards. The next Artful Dodger concert is on June 03, 2023 at Brockwell Park in London, England, United Kingdom. The Clash played just nine shows during its first trip to North America in 1979. And look out for the epic solo during the encore. In 2014, Springsteen finally released the Agora concert officially on CD and download. Image of Bill Hader above wearing WMMS shirt for his upcoming HBO series called Barry. A major contributor to the ratings success was an airstaff that remained fundamentally unchanged for many years: personalities like Kid Leo, Jeff & Flash, Matt the Cat, Dia Stein, Denny Sanders, Murray Saul, Debbie Ullman, Betty "Crash" Korvan, Ruby Cheeks (Debra Luray), BLF Bash (Bill Freeman), TR (Tom Renzy) and the late Len "Boom" Goldberg were invaluable to the station's popularity. He made his debut on WMMS in 1984. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. [139], Bo Matthews (Alex Gutierrez), who became the station's program director in early 2004, hired Ohio native Benjamin "Maxwell" Bornstein that April for a more "personality-driven" afternoon show following the departure of Tim "Slats" Guinane for WXTM. Spring Bling Fine Arts And Crafts Show. Concerts Morgan Wade at The Agora Mar 04, 2023. Matt remains one of the most popular air personalities from WMMS' fifty year history. Prince did show up and hopped on stage to perform with Sheila E. Lauper was becoming one of the biggest stars in music in 1983. Phil Keaggy & Lynn Nichols ~ Gentle Eyes - WMMS Coffee Break Concert4/28/78 - WMMS Coffee Break Concert featuring Phil Keaggy and Lynn Nichols doing a rare . "I gotta blast this baby all the way to New Jersey," Springsteen quipped. With content being supplied by journalists and WMMS personnel, it was the perfect companion to what WMMS was doing on air at the time with a focus on the new bands and artists of the alternative music era. In 1988 The Plain Dealer printed a story which said the employees of WMMS had stuffed the ballot box to reign as 10 year champions. [142], On April 3, 2009, The Maxwell Show went on the air claiming that Metallicain Cleveland for the 2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony the very next daywas playing a free show in the WMMS parking lot later that evening. Cleveland Police briefly detained Ky-Mani Marley after the singer threatened Rover for comments made during an April 20, 2010 in-studio interview. Yes, that includes "More Than a Feeling. [171][173][174], For the Bath, Maine, radio station which identified as WMMS from 1957 to 1964, see, "This radio station is known for breaking the rules, changing the game, and being successful. WMMS' decline culminated on April 14, 1994, with the high-profile departure of Jeff Kinzbach, effectively ending "Jeff & Flash" on WMMS (Ferenc would leave the station several weeks later; both would pair up again at WWWE). YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. In 1966, in an effort to make the medium more commercially viable, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) mandated that FM stations could no longer duplicate the programming of their AM sister stations. Dean DePiero, then mayor of Parma, criticized the song and its accompanying YouTube video: "It's pretty sick. In May 1994, Trent Reznor came home in support of his epic "The Downward Spiral" album. Brian Chalmers, Rock 'N' Roll Artist", "Film; Paul Schrader Plumbs Grassroots Rock", "iHeartMedia Cleveland To Move To New Facility As Company Begins Cloud Based Tech Rollout", "Downtown TV station group may move to the suburbs", "Cleveland Broadcast Radio Archives WMMS timeline", "Rock in Akron: The Music Of Greater Akron", "The Second WMMS Music Marathon Station TV Spot", "Recalling a couple of wacky radio guys", http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1994/RR-1994-11-04.pdf, http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1994/RR-1994-12-02.pdf, "Billboard/Airplay Monitor Radio Awards Bestowed", "Kevin Metheny, a.k.a. - Recorded live performance on 7/23/83 during Breaker's WMMS's Coffee Break Concert Series. Under Malrite ownership, WMMS would become an album-oriented rock (AOR) powerhouse, much in the same vein as its former MetroMedia progressive rock siblings. Young liked his performance at the Agora so much that some of the recordings were released on the archival set "Bluenote Caf.". For the station's tenth anniversary in 1978, WMMS hosted and broadcast a live Springsteen concert at the Agora Ballroom independent of his concert tour. The Buzzard became synonymous with WMMS, Cleveland radio and the city itself, spawning a series of T-shirts so numerous that they are now impossible to catalog, many with slogans like "Where Music Means Something" and "Ruler of the Airwaves.". In 1984, Mellencamp delivered one of the greatest concerts in the WMMS Coffee Break series, opting to go acoustic at the height of his popularity for a set highlighted by stunning covers of. One of their biggest contributions to our fine city was spearheading a grass roots effort to get the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame here in Cleveland. Album deejay Denny Sanders was brought in from Boston and key WNCR personnel (including former WHK-FM/WMMS personalities Martin Perlich and Billy Bass, and station newcomer David Spero) were soon hired by WMMS, taking most of their audience with them. WMMS also streams it's coverage of selected games on iHeartRadio, even outside of the Cleveland market. David Helton who at the time was working for American Greetings is the man responsible for giving us the iconic symbol we still use to this day. Police arrested Williams after the show, causing legal troubles for the band and the venue. [131][132], In September 2007, WMMS management chose to "de-emphasize" both The Buzzard and WMMS call letters, referring to the station as simply "100.7", save for the FCC-mandated legal ID at the top of every hour. On November 11, 1948,[54] the station adopted the callsign WHK-FM. Following the prank announcement, station management placed Maxwell on probation for 90 days. Until Aug 27, 2022. Jeff & Flash were also credited as being major contributors in bringing the Rock Hall to Cleveland, by heavily promoting on-air a USA Today reader poll to decide which city should get it.[82]. [117] BuzzardFest 2000 was held on June 30, 2000, at the Nautica Stage; Stone Temple Pilots, performing in Cleveland for the first time in six years, headlined the event.[118]. "[61], Under the leadership of station manager Billy Bass and program director Denny Sanders, WMMS helped break many new rock artists nationally, most notably David Bowie. But her Agora set was modest, featuring just seven songs. In 1976, Bash began the tripped out tradition of playing Funkadelic Maggot Brain in its entirety every Saturday night at midnight. WMMS DJs interviewed then-little known acts such as U2 and John Cougar Mellencamp when they came through town, many of which would play the station's fabled Coffee Break Concert series too.. Lorton. It was the first time Stone Temple Pilots performed in Cleveland in six years. The very first logo to ever be created for WMMS was a red and white rainbow. Date Unknown, William Lionel Freeman, better known by the name of his long time overnight show, "The BLF Bash" began his radio career in Fargo and later landed on the east coast in Boston. Springsteen and the band hit the stage full throttle, opening appropriately with a cover of "Summertime Blues," with Springsteen promising, "I'm a gonna raise a fuss/ I'm a gonna raise a holler.". In November 1972, WMMS was sold to Malrite Communications, a Michigan-based firm that relocated to Cleveland upon purchase. Seth "the Barbarian" Williams took the overnight shift when Pennington moved to evenings in 2001. WMMS during this period would play a key role in breaking several major acts in the U.S., including: Rush, Roxy Music, Bruce Springsteen, Southside Johnny, Fleetwood Mac, Meat Loaf, The Pretenders, the New York Dolls, Lou Reed, Mott the Hoople, Boston, and The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. The broadcast consists entirely of talk, a mix of current events, pop culture, and stories from the staff. The WMMS Coffee Break Concerts were booked and directed by Denny Sanders and hosted by Len "Boom" Goldberg, Debbie Ullman, and later, Matt the Cat. [120] Finally, The Bob & Tom Show aired in the time slot from 2006 until April 2008. Springsteen Concert Poster - Agora - August 9th, 1978, Springsteen - Agora - Scene Magazine - August, 1978. A few of the live recordings during the band's "Stained Class Tour" gig worked their way onto single releases. WMMS, broadcasting on 100.7 FM, has been a Cleveland-area radio station since 1946, and has had a rock or progressive rock format since the 1960s. Play-by-play announcers Tom Hamilton and Jim Rosenhaus call games on-site. The bands performing are: Kelly Rowland / Aqua / Kelis / Natasha Bedingfield / Rachel Stevens / Beverley Knight / 911 / clea / Jamelia / Jayde Adams / Soul II Soul / Krystal Klear / Arielle Free / hifi sean / Queer House Party / Ekkah / Leo Kalyan / Louis III / Nimmo / Tom Aspaul / Artful . 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This is Marley in his absolute prime and one of the finest live recordings/performances you'll hear from him. [160], WMMS's program lineup currently features Rover's Mornings Glory in morning drive, Dan Stansbury middays, The Alan Cox Show in afternoon drive and Corey Rotic evenings. WMMS Coffee Break Concert 5-26-1982 Encore Host Denny Sanders Statesboro Blues . Todd Rundgren and the Agora will be forever connected, as Rundgren recorded part of his live album, "Back to the Bars," there while touring in support of "Utopia" in 1978. [41] WMMS also lured popular morning personalities Brian Fowler and Joe Cronauer away from rival WENZthen also an alternative rock stationas the successors to Jeff and Flash (Jeff Kinzbach, Ed Ferenc) on The Buzzard Morning Zoo. Cleveland Magazine has also described both Rover and Cox as "talk shows with a rock-oriented sensibility". [122] Closing in May 1999, Clear Channel was renamed iHeartMedia in 2014. [134] Following Merluzzo's departure, senior vice president of programming for iHeartMedia's North Ohio region Keith Abrams was named as program director on December 4, 2017. But the band's 2003 Agora show on its "Elephant" tour was an epic showcase of just how big the band had become. Win a Monster Zero Sugar prize pack from Circle K! The new logo depicted the sex, drugs and rock and roll image that the owner was looking for. Regular segments include "The Shizzy", a daily news update; "Tech Tuesday", where listeners pose consumer electronics questions to an industry expert; and "The Thursday Hook-Up", a call-in dating game. Heard are: John Bassette, Brewer & Shipley, Dan Hill, Tom Waits, Flatbush, Leo Kottke, Buzzy Linhart, Martin Mull, Pete Laughner and Walter Egan. But both were to feature Steve Van Zandt. [38][39] Considered "a true radio legend," WMMS DJ Kid Leo was chosen for Rolling Stone's "Heavy Hundred: The High and Mighty of the Music Industry" (1980) and named "The Best Disc Jockey in the Country" in a special 1987 issue of Playboy. [88] Management ordered a change to the Buzzard by giving it a flat-top and mullet. But she brought The Pretenders back to Northeast Ohio for an epic homecoming show at the Agora on St. Patrick's Day 1980. Count this as one of those shows you still can't believe came to The Agora. [143] Born in Chicago but raised in Las Vegas, Rover worked for rock stations KISW in Seattle and KXPK in Denver prior to arriving in Cleveland. [120] Geared as a format change to contemporary hit radio (CHR) using the "KISS FM" brand,[30][126] the decision was reversed at the last minute by management. [98][106] The sale came almost immediately after passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, a time when radio companies nationwide rushed "at a fever pitch" to acquire new properties. Music News German City Cancels Roger Waters Concert, Calls Him Antisemitic Feb 28, 2023. . One day a co-worker overheard him ranting in the halls of the radio station and got the idea to feature him on the air with a salute to the weekend. Rosenhaus hosts the network pregame show; and Hamilton hosts the network postgame show. Right up until his departure in 1988, Kid Leo played "Born to Run" as his signature sign-off song every Friday night at 5:55 to kick off the weekend for area listeners. Moms to be participated in the bikini contest for a chance to win $1,000. Several of the songs from the album were featured at the show. Murray Saul joined the WMMS staff as a salesman. The show is now syndicated to WKGB-FM/Binghamton, WRKK/Williamsport, and WZNE/Rochester; replays continuously on a dedicated iHeartRadio channel; is available on demand through iHeartRadio; and broadcasts over the Livestream video platform. The live recordings would make up his most popular album, "StagePass.". It was the perfect way to keep the party rolling. WMMS (100.7 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Cleveland, Ohio, serving Greater Cleveland and much of surrounding Northeast Ohio, commonly identified as "TheBuzzard". Tickets, $24 to $275, plus fees, at the box office, ticketmaster.com and livenation.com and by. Recording information: - Recorded live on 7/23/83 at the Cleveland Agora for the Coffee Break Concert Series. People in radio say he was not an easy guy, that dealing with him was like a daily root canal. [163] The station hosts two additional HD Radio subchannels: WMMS-HD2 is the Cleveland affiliate for the Black Information Network, [136][164], WMMS airs regular traffic and weather updates via the Total Traffic and Weather Network and former sister station WOIO (TV channel 19),[165] and the station satisfies U.S. Federal Communications Commission-mandated public affairs programming on Sunday mornings with the City Club of Cleveland's Friday Forum. The cast included Casey Coleman on sports, Pat Brady with traffic, Len Boom Goldberg as the voice of the morning show, Ruby Cheeks, Spaceman Scott, Captain Kenny Clean and Mr. Leonard. The show also drew national attention after holding a book burning party for Fifty Shades of Grey on July 8, 2012. In other words, the carrion-eating bird represented "death and dying" a darkly comic reflection of the city's decline. There were other really good rock stations around, but those other stations opted in to carry the live broadcast of the MMS birthday show (in 1978). Gorman credits his decision to leave to changes in management, and the station's overall shift to a more "corporate" mentality. [145] WMMS itself also airs The Rover Rewind, a weekly recap show on Saturday mornings. Radio Daze: Stories from the Front in Clevelands FM Air Wars by Mike Olszewski (Kent State University Press), Cleveland Radio Tales by Mike & Janice Olszewski (Gray & Co., Publishers). Ida Lee Park. [170][171][172], WMMS has also served as the FM flagship station for the Cleveland Guardians Radio Network since 2013, again sharing network flagship status with AM sister station WTAM. Official Post from melodicrock. Seth's Big Fat Barbarian Wedding - August 19th, 2005 at Shooters on the Water. Matt the Cat was permanently let go in December 1992 due to "budget problems. The announcement came less than two weeks before the show. Some other possible meanings "Where Music Means Something" or "Weed Makes Me Smile". That will never be done again. WMMS Coffee Break Concert, The Agora, Cleveland 1982 by Michael Stanley Band (Bootleg): Reviews, Ratings, Credits, Song list - Rate Your Music Black Friday Sale: 30% off yearly subscriptions for first-time subscribers WMMS Coffee Break Concert, The Agora, Cleveland 1982 Rate/Catalog --- Catalog Set listening Tags Review Track ratings 1 Issue WMMS did remote interviews at KSU all morning which included an interview from 1972 presidential candidate, Senator George McGovern, KSU student and gunshot survivor, Dean Kahler, other May 4th wounded who survived, Governor Dick Celeste, current students and others. [62] The WMMS-sponsored concert was a "phenomenal success"[58][63] and prompted the station to sponsor a second show that year. Her first major headlining tour, in support of "Shes So Unusual," came to the Agora, where Lauper delivered a 12-song set. Talking Heads' 1978 Agora show is so beloved by fans the original master tapes have gone up for auction. WMMS will celebrate its 50th anniversary at the 7:30 p.m. Sunday Ozzy Osbourne show at Blossom. His album with backing band The Bluenotes "This Notes For You," was different than anything Young had released before. Other shows, like The Buzzard Morning Show with Rick and Megalis (Rick Eberhart, Tom Megalis) and WMMS Mornings with Sean, Cristi, and Hunter (Sean Kelly, Cristi Cantle, Hunter Scott), came and went in quick succession. It was the same logo used by all of the FM radio stations owned by Metromedia at the time. Outdoor events nearby. Goldfinger, The Refreshments, Triple Fast Action and others played the second stage at the top of the hill. Sat 27 May 2023 Hersheypark Stadium Hershey, PA, US. CLEVELAND, Ohio -- If you plan on going to the Agora in the near future, you'll notice a few eye-popping changes. [112] WMMS scheduled a second Green Day performance just two months later this time at Blossom Music Center and at a near-record-low cost of $5 per ticket, the station gave fans a "second chance" to see the band live. Bruce held on to the innocence and the romance. Metallica had yet to release "Ride the Lightning," but there was no denying the power of its 1983 Agora show. [87] Unable to service its growing debt, Malrite chose to leave radio and sold off all its remaining properties in 1993:[37] WMMS went to Shamrock Broadcasting, the Roy Disney broadcasting firm. On October 26, 2010, Rover hired a witch doctor to curse LeBron James after the NBA star left the Cleveland Cavaliers. ', Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 19781984, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WMMS&oldid=1137903859, The Cleveland Plaza/Statler Office Tower (now, This page was last edited on 7 February 2023, at 00:47. Born in Belgium, but raised in Cleveland and Maple Heights, Matt the Cat Lapczynski was a radio fan from an early age. Peak Iggy Pop in 1977 would be enough to make this list. . By 1984, the WMMS format moved to an CHR/AOR hybrid, playing a great deal of Top 40 rock singles in hot rotation mixed with album cuts; this new blended rock/Top 40 format was soon known by those at the station as Rock Forty. The year 1988 was a weird stretch for Neil Young. [104] John Gorman was named Program Director of the Year (Rock) in 1995. Leesburg, VA. Read More . [168], WMMS has served as the FM flagship station for the Cleveland Cavaliers AudioVerse since 2014, sharing network flagship status with AM sister station WTAM. 1201 S Joyce St Arlington, VA. Bands that played the CBC. Listen free to Marc Cohn - WMMS Coffee Break Concert (The Wooden Woman, Interview and more). Cox also frequently takes calls from listeners, and often interviews guests in studio and over the phone. The Buzzard in Cleveland is one of the country s most well-known commercial FM radio stations. . Created in April 1974 as "an ironic twist on Cleveland's down-and-out reputation as a decaying Rust Belt city," the station's longtime promotional mascot has been an anthropomorphic "Buzzard" cartoon character. The WMMS Coffee Break Concert was a weekly music-interview show broadcast live from the station's studio, and later with an audience at the Agora Ballroom. Coffee Break Concert WMMS DENNy carleton originals . [81], In the mid-1980s, WMMS was an important contributor in organizing a campaign (along with former Cleveland ad agency president Edward Spizel and author-deejay Norm N. Nite) which brought the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to Cleveland. On-site, play-by-play announcer Tim Alcorn calls games alongside color analyst Jim Chones, a former Cavaliers center. While both Rover and Alan Cox are primarily "hot talk" programs, rock music airs during regular middays, nights, overnights, weekends and online during Cavaliers and Guardians play-by-play. One lucky WMMS listener won a Harley Davidson signed by Sammy Hagar! WMMS Art Director, Brian Chalmers was approached by Dreamworks to provide artwork and logos for their movie Almost Famous which came out in 2000. [51], Among the most notorious broadcasts of The Howard Stern Show occurred on June 10, 1994. On May 4, 1970 four students were killed by gunfire from the Ohio National Guard at Kent State University. Waits had a few memorable shows in Cleveland early in his career. No Doubt performed Buzzard Fest on May 18, 1996. No Doubt shared the 2 stage show at Blossom with Candlebox, Patti Rothberg, The Tragically Hip, 311, and the Holy Barbarians. Copyright - OceanWP Theme by Nick Close Menu Candlebox headlined the 2 stage show at Blossom Music Center on May 18, 1996. 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