The Buzzard: Inside the Glory Days of Wmms and Cleveland Rock Radio--a Memoir
by John Gorman
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Author: John GormanAdapter: Tom Feran
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-09-21
ISBN: 1886228477
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Gray & Co., Publishers
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Book Review: The End of the Century
Summary: 4 Stars
It was a special time in Cleveland, Ohio, when stations on something called FM radio became more than playing programming from its AM affiliate.
Though WMMS had been building a solid local following by late-1969, it was the early-1970s when the station became a powerhouse through amazing creativity and having an atmosphere of ownership with the audience.
July 1973 was a watershed moment for the station, as John Gorman was hired as music director and was soon promoted to program director & operations manager, the posts he held until 1986. Gorman and co-author Tom Ferran provide an insider's account to those golden years when WMMS ruled the roost in northeast Ohio and beyond.
From the unique Buzzard logos - created by local artist David Helton, Gorman and Denny Sanders - to promotional tie-ins with Belkin Productions, Blossom Music Center, the Agora Ballroom, and the Front Row Theater & unique programming like the live Coffee Break Concert, it was a party that was never going to end, that included monster ratings and propelling artists into the national spotlight.
By the time Gorman left in 1986, the FM landscape had changed and the popularity of WMMS began a swift descent. Gorman briefly returned to the station in the 1990s as vice president and director of operations, but the magical time was gone for good.
But it was a wild ride and Gorman's recollections are an important piece to the rock-n-roll puzzle in this amazing era for pop culture in the "Rock-n-Roll Capital of the World."
Summary of The Buzzard: Inside the Glory Days of Wmms and Cleveland Rock Radio--a Memoir
This rock and roll radio memoir takes you behind the scenes at the nation's hottest station during FM's heyday, from 1973 to 1986. Sex and drugs, music and merchandising--it was a wild time when the FM airwaves were wide open for innovation.John Gorman led a small band of true believers who built Cleveland's WMMS from a neglected stepchild into an influential powerhouse. The station earned high praise from musicians and even higher ratings from listeners.
Gorman tells how WMMS remade rock radio while Cleveland staked its claim as the "Rock and Roll Capital" by breaking many major international music acts. The fun may have died when FM went corporate in the late 1980s, but it was a hell of a ride while it lasted.
Filled with juicy insider details, this fast-paced story will entertain anyone who listened in during those glory days when FM delivered excitement and the Buzzard ruled the airwaves.
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