Danny Czekalinski and Darla Jaye teamed up in October 1997 with Liz Wilde holdover Cory Lingus (Cory Gallant) until August 1998. EC horror comics, Fritz the Cat, Rocky and Bullwinkle, and Looney Tunes all served as inspirations for the "bird of prey with attitude" concept. The top 40 format also failed to make any major ratings impact. The change was done for many reasons: as a nod to the sudden influence Z100's format had on the Malrite group; Gorman and Sanders intention to stay with the current music trends as the album-oriented rock (AOR) format was, even then, in a state of decline; and as a means to attract a female audience. MLB At Bat", "Play-By-Play Streaming Rights: 'The Goal Posts Are Moving. Friday 5/26: 7:30pm: Orville Johnson 8:30pm: Birch Pereira Trio Saturday 5/27: Saturday House Band: Al Pignataro/guitar, bass/Brad Papineau/drums 12pm: Scotty Lee group 1pm: Mercedes Nicole group 2pm: Sheila/Mikel Rollins All rights reserved. On October 26, 2010, Rover hired a witch doctor to curse LeBron James after the NBA star left the Cleveland Cavaliers. In other words, the carrion-eating bird represented "death and dying" a darkly comic reflection of the city's decline. John Anderson. [35] The fall 1998 Arbitron books showed WMMS with a substantial increase in listeners; Plain Dealer radio critic Roger Brown commented, "the scam worked" claiming it drove people to listen to the station again for what was supposedly the format's final days. Use the 'Report' link on Bayfest 1998 took place in October, 1998 and the headliners were Creed and Candlebox. The people who put it together aren't even smart enough to know where our city boundaries are." Besides enjoying the music and outdoor atmosphere, one wouldnt want to miss the crowning of the 2022 Buzzard Princess on Saturday and 2022 Buzzard Queen on Sunday! [26][38][39][75][76][77], The World Series of Rock was a recurring, day-long and usually multi-act summer rock concert held outdoors at Cleveland Municipal Stadium from 1974 through 1980. racist or sexually-oriented language. [120], Co-hosts Duji (Susan Catanese) and Dominic Dieter each worked on Rover's Morning Glory before the move to WMMS; since then, the show has expanded to include sound engineer Chocolate Charlie (Mike Toomey), phone screener Mattitude/Flatitude (Matt Novick), Video Anthony Snitzer, Producer Dumb (Shaun Street) and former intern Jeffrey LaRocque. Bush Buzzard Fest 1995 - May 21, 1995 May 21 1995 Following concerts Bush Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH - May 23, 1995 May 23 1995 Bush Planetfest 1995 - May 24, 1995 May 24 1995 Last updated: 21 Feb 2023, 01:01 Etc/UTC 10 people were there I was there too arastoo Creamer005 IcyHot JasonBradshaw LuciferSam Neeson onnasake ssefcik sykorac It was a gorgeous day for the 37th Annual Mullet Fest at Stans in Goodland and the crowds proved it was as popular as ever. [148][146][152][153][154][155], A devoted fan of heavy metal, Cox considers himself more of a comedian than a disc jockey. Hey, this setlist was played at a festival: Use this setlist for your event review and get all updates automatically! DJ additions included station engineer Ric Bennett as "Rocco the Rock Dog,"[86] Scooter (WMMS music director Brad Hanson), former WRQC nighttime Personality and later WNCX Afternoon Drive and Production Director, Tom "Jack" Daniels (who returned to the Cleveland airwaves after a successful stint as Program Director of WLEV, Allentown, PA), Lisa Dillon[86] and station veteran Matt the Cat,[86] (who returned to the midday slot in 1990 after a two-year absence.) Not only did six-year-old Saylor Cox win the First Place trophy in Saturday's Buzzard Princess contest, but she also won best costume and took home the runner-up prize too. [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. That will never be done again. In November 1972, WMMS was sold to Malrite Communications, a Michigan-based firm that relocated to Cleveland upon purchase. Share with Us. [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. [144] Rover's contract with CBS was set to expire, but it was an affiliate contract inherited from the Free FM stintCBS transferred him back to WKRK-FM after WCKG cancelled itand not a talent contract, thus he was not subject to a non-compete clause. [url=https://www.setlist.fm/edit?setlist=7bd21220&step=song]Edit this setlist[/url] | [url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlists/milla-jovovich-43d7b397.html]More Milla Jovovich setlists[/url], Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, USA, Nine Inch Nails Invite Former Members on Stage for Cleveland Show, Late Night With Conan O'Brien, New York, NY, An Evening with Women for the Los Angeles LGBT Center 2014, Suite Sessions - "Electrical" by Tai Verdes at Curio Collection by Hilton. 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. Taking place from 29th-31st July in North Yorkshire, Deer Shed Festival have announced even more acts set to join this year's festival. Bayfest 2011 took place from October 7-9, 2011 and the lineup included: Korn, Blake Shelton, 3 Doors Down, Duran Duran, Hinder, Eric Church, Toby Keith, Ludacris, Drowning Pool, Anthony Hamilton, Theory of a Deadman, Shaggy, Wiz Khalifa, NEEDTOBREATHE, The Campaign 1984, and Dennis Nelson. [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. setlist request forum, 2 activities (last edit by RockerFanV, 1 Mar 2020, 17:04 Etc/UTC). The team did later relocate to Cleveland, but lasted only a few months until an acrimonious breakup between Wolf and Mulrooney. 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 "The Buzzard".Widely regarded as one of the most influential rock stations in America throughout its history, the station has also drawn controversy for unusually aggressive tactics both on and off the air. Due to the cancellation of the Fall 2008 show, the Spring 2009 show was called Buzzfest XXII (instead of Buzzfest XXIII). Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, Saturday, Mar 4, 2023 from 10:00am to 2:00pm. Bayfest 2005 took place from October 7-9, 2005 and the lineup included: Widespread Panic, Grand Funk Railroad, Jason Aldean, The Grass Roots, Hot Apple Pie, Craig Morgan, Dark New Day, Elvin Bishop, The Lowdown, Kool & the Gang, and Adam Holt & The Blues Congregation. The station serves as the FM flagship for both the Cleveland Cavaliers and Cleveland Guardians radio networks. "[32] "De-emphasized" in the fall of 2007, the scavenger was revived the following spring to coincide with the station's 40th anniversary and with the arrival of morning personality Rover. May 20, 1995 Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (Buzzard Fest 1995) May 24, 1995 Pine Knob Music Theatre, Clarkston, MI (Planet Fest, supporting Duran Duran) . Johnny and June Carter Cash. During this time, WMMS also began broadcasting a remarkable number of live concerts, many of which originated in Cleveland and were produced by the station itself. Brian and Joe were moved to afternoons in February 1997 after a change in ownership, with shock jock Liz Wilde (Anne Whittemore) from WPLL/Miami taking their place; her firing less than a year later sparked a successful lawsuit against both the station and then-owner Nationwide Communications. 1992 - Sandy Goddard from Ft. Lauderdale Florida 1993 - Lauise Sutton from New York 1994 - Sandy Bryson from Goodland 1995 - Mary Miller from Michigan 1996 - Kellie from New York Watch live streaming video from hughesproductionstv at livestream.com The three-day festival attracts nearly 5,000 people to Goodland. 1976 - 1994. A line-up and announcement party was scheduled for Thursday March 12, 2009 during a live broadcast with Dan Jantzen from 3pm to 7pm at House of Blues in Downtown Houston. The Mullet Festival celebrates Old Florida at its finest, and carries on the traditions established by Stan Gober (may he rest in peace! The Alan Cox Show is rated #1 in several key demographics, and readers of Cleveland Scene named Alan Cox the best Cleveland radio personality four straight years (201013). 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. (New Rock 102.1 Fest) June 3, 1995 RFK Stadium, Washington, DC (HFStival 1995) June 10, 1995 Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank, CA (MTV Movie Awards 1995) The music structure also was modified at this time as artists such as Michael Jackson, Madonna and Prince soon found airplay on WMMS. [51] In order to firmly establish a separate identity, and to reflect the station's ownership,[55] the WHK-FM callsign was changed to WMMS on September 28, 1968. PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. REG: $79.50 BOX: $115.00 TICKET SALE DATES REG / BOX Public Onsale: April 22, 2022 10:00 AM to July 9, 2022 9:00 PM All tickets that were not refunded in 2020 or 2021 are still valid for 2022. After perceived poor lineups, fewer acts and increasing ticket prices caused some years of diminishing interest, organizers for Bayfest announced its ending two weeks before its planned 2015 festival. In July 1973, John Gorman joined WMMS as music director and was promoted to program director and operations manager two months later where he remained for thirteen years. Thats how big MMS was. The crowd-pleasers this year included Luke Bryan, Zac Brown Band, Lady Antebellum, Alan Jackson, Darius Rucker, Brett Eldredge, Randy Houser, Eli Young Band, Kelsea Ballerini as well as up-and-coming artists like Cody Johnson, Kane Brown, Brett Young, Michael Ray, Logan Brill, and RaeLynn, not to mention a ton of other country artists that were Tracy is the mother of Saylor! Bayfest 2004 took place from October 1-3, 2004 and the lineup included: The Beach Boys, The Charlie Daniels Band, Travis Tritt, Collective Soul, Three Days Grace, Breaking Benjamin, Seether, Uncle Kracker, Ruben Studdard, George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Josh Turner, John Miller, Brad Cotter, Regina Belle, Buddy Jewell, The Commodores, Will Downing, Andy Smith, Dr. Hook, Edwin McCain, Emerson Drive, The Movement, Debbie 'The Delta Diva' Bivens and Dennis Nelson. Among the more significant moves taken by WMMS was the formatting of the morning zoo concept created by Z100's Scott Shannon onto the show Jeff & Flash (Jeff Kinzbach and Ed Ferenc) were already hosting. [33] Regarding the change, WMMS program director Bo Matthews (Alex Gutierrez) said, " nobody's killing anything Chief Wahoo is not on every piece of Indians promotional material Ronald McDonald is not in every McDonald's commercial We're not losing the letters. It was hot and I got terribly sunburned but it was so worth it. 1. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WMMS broadcasts over two HD Radio channels and is available online via iHeartRadio. Based on considerably high record sales in the Cleveland market, Bowie (in his Ziggy Stardust persona alongside The Spiders from Mars) kicked off his first U.S. tour in "The Rock Capital" (a term coined by Bass). *Inspired by Stan Gober's song, Buzzard Lope, depicting the strange dance that buzzards do as they hover over roadkill. If you were there then Cox also frequently takes calls from listeners, and often interviews guests in studio and over the phone. Belkin Productions staged these events, attracting popular hard rock bands and as many as 88,000 fans. "[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. Annie Dilonardo, a local resident, was crowned the 2022 Buzzard Queen. [31] In 1981, Radio & Records identified "the malevolent feathered figure" as "the best-known station symbol in the country. The entertainment schedule for the summer is as follows: June 11: Rebecca Correia June 18: Craig DeMello June 25: Butch McCarthy July 2: Toph and Tom July 9: Gerald Dineen July 16: Donnelly and. Bob the Buzzard was somewhere North of the Mason-Dixon Line, freezing his "feathers" off, when he suddenly decided there had to be a better life. [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. Use the advanced player (webradios, current track .) Past affiliates at WMMS include WAMX/Huntington, WMFS-FM/Memphis, WNDE/Indianapolis, WXEG/Dayton, WRXS/Columbus, and the now defunct Extreme Talk. [107][108][109][110], During this time, WMMS held a series of sold-out rock festivals that featured many of the new up-and-coming artists receiving station airplay. Cleveland Police briefly detained Ky-Mani Marley after the singer threatened Rover for comments made during an April 20, 2010 in-studio interview. Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. "[33] By April 2008, the station had reverted to branding as The Buzzard but using a road sign-style logo similar to a U.S. Route shield in an allusion to the mascot. The concert series continued on well into the 1990s and early 2000s, albeit much less frequently.[64][65]. S. Bayfest 1996 took place from October 4-6, 1996 and the headliner was Widespread Panic. Go to Link Sidepony Express Music Fest November With an extra $150 thrown in by Dan Keegan, all-in-all Saylor went home with about $400 in cash. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Matt Harris served in the interim until WMMS hired Dick Dale (Bert Morris) from WPLA/Jacksonville. [72] Rather, WMMS adopted a buzzard as its mascot in April 1974 because of the then tenuous economic state of Cleveland less than five years away from becoming the first major American city to enter into default since the Great Depression[73] and the winged-creature's classification as a scavenger. Soon after, the station revered back to the Progressive Rock format to battle WNCR of Nationwide Communications, itself filling the void created by the brief absence of WMMS on the album rock scene. Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith. Join our linker program. Browse by Year: 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 Sat, Jan 21, 2023 7:00 PM 19:00 Sun, . 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. Play-by-play itself is also limited to over-the-air FM; due to league restrictions, the WMMS webcast on iHeartRadio does not stream play-by-play coverage online. In 2003, the festival included over 125 live musical acts on nine stages and had an average attendance of more than 200,000 people during the three-day weekend each year. Best costume prize went to Tracy Cox from Highlands, Michigan. [51], Among the most notorious broadcasts of The Howard Stern Show occurred on June 10, 1994. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Wednesday, March 1, 11:02PM. Ratings steadily increased during the time of the First Gulf War, but The Howard Stern Show was soon picked up by a then struggling WNCX. It was named as one of the Southeast Tourism Society's "Top 20 Events" several times beginning in 1995. 7 thoughts on "JazzFest 2006 Lineup Announced" Greg says: 17 Feb 2006 at 2:36 pm That's a fine line up - Fats Domino, Lionel Richie, Paul Simon, Dylan, Dr. John, Elvis Costello, Irma Thomas, Ivan Neville, all people I'd like to see! Sep 09, 1995 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, United States The following local and national media outlets have attributed WMMS with this distinction: The following books have attributed WMMS with this distinction: harvnb error: no target: CITEREFNicks2003 (, "Rock Hall to Celebrate 40 Years of WMMS with New Exhibit", "Radio & Records 1981 on the WMMS Buzzard and Other Station Mascots", "The Media Business; Malrite's Buyout Price Disturbs Wall Street Analysts", "R.I.P. "[83] Negative reaction was swift and widespread;[44][45] some called the scheme a mere "lack of judgement,"[44] while a reporter for the Akron Beacon Journal compared the station's response to that of discredited former Vice-president Spiro Agnew.[84]. 1984. There are many subspecies Archer's Buzzard, Forest Buzzard, Madagascar Buzzard, and Himalayan Buzzard are some of the subspecies of Buzzards. [28][29][30] Owned by iHeartMedia, and broadcasting a mix of active rock and hot talk, WMMS is currently the flagship station for Rover's Morning Glory, the FM flagship for the Cavaliers AudioVerse and Cleveland Guardians Radio Network, the Cleveland affiliate for The House of Hair with Dee Snider and the home of radio personality Alan Cox. Cleveland Magazine has also described both Rover and Cox as "talk shows with a rock-oriented sensibility". Saturday, August 19, 1995 P 23 (Deutz-Messegelnde), Cologne Clawfinger H-Blockx Kyuss Monster Magnet NOFX Paradise Lost Silverchair Spermbirds White Zombie dEUS The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. The 65th buzzard celebration continues on Sunday, March 20 with an all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast and craft fair at the new Hinckley Elementary School at 1157 Ridge Road. [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. [121] The Jacor purchase closed on August 10, 1998; 59days later, on October 8, 1998, Clear Channel Communications won a bidding war for Jacor in a $6.5billion deal. Attendance was by general admission.