Wmms the buzzard history book

After being away from the station in the early 90s, he returned as a member of the buzzard next generation staff, performing a variety of duties for the remainder of the decade, both onair and behind the scenes in programming. The head zookeeper is jeff kinzbach and his sidekick newsman is. The show also drew national attention after holding a book burning party for fifty shades of grey on july 8, 2012. Gorman, who managed wmms the buzzard for years, from 1973 to 1986, spoke of stars, legends, rock gods and onehit wonders sunday at the geneva state park lodge, promoting his book the. And one of the hottest stations was wmms, known as the buzzard. Buzzard sings glory of radio stations heyday for several generations, one of the hottest radio towns in the nation was cleveland. Spaceman scott joined wmms in the mid80s, initially as a member of the expanded buzzard morning zoo with jeff and flash. For those who grew up listening to the beat of the buzzard wmms while they went about their lives, gormanaos book might be just the ticket. Clevelands rock station, home of rovers morning glory, the alan cox show, and fm home of cleveland indians baseball. John gorman was head of clevelands wmms radio station. John gorman led a small band of true believers who built clevelands wmms from a neglected stepchild into an influential this rockradio memoir goes behind the scenes at the nations hottest station during fms heyday in the late 1970s to the mid1980s. A nostalgic, narcotic ride through the history of a station that broke some of musics top groups while leaving local competitors in the dust. But gorman and his wmms team wanted the buzzard to reflect a broader.

I scoured the internet for the other side of the story on how gorman and. Inside the glory days of wmms and cleveland rock radio. Cowritten by plain dealer reporter tom feran, its filled. John gorman describes in exclusive, behindthescenes detail the state of rock n roll from the early 70s to the late 80s, when just about anything happened and everyone looked the other way. John gormans memories and behindthescenes accounts are the next best thing to having the wmms of the late1970s to mid1980s still on the air. A big part of the stations legacy has been the buzzard. The story of the buzzard begins officially as former wmms programmer john gorman recollects in his book, with a complaint letter from david. 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 and the wingedcreatures classification as a scavenger. Gorman has written a memoir about his year run with the station the buzzard. Inside the glory days of wmms and cleveland rock radioa. The move caught john gormans attention, and the rest is history. John gorman has 26 books on goodreads with 277 ratings. The buzzard john gorman describes in exclusive, behindthescenes detail the state of rock n roll from the early 70s to the late 80s, when just about anything happened and everyone looked the other way. The story of the buzzard begins officially as former wmms programmer john gorman recollects in his book, with a complaint letter from david helton, who had moved to cleveland and was working at.

Filled with juicy insider details, this fastpaced story will entertain anyone who listened in during those glory days when fm delivered excitement and the buzzard. August 9, 1978, the legendary rock station celebrated its 10th. A quick look back at cleveland history shows the events and people who helped make. Program director john gorman says he came up with the idea while driving to. Hatching the buzzard the buzzard became the official mascot of wmms in the early 1970s. I collect and radio and television history books which is sadly a thin category. Wmms buzzard morning zoo lost tapespart 1 new years. Were celebrating the 50th anniversary of wmms with an oral history thats this weeks cover story. A brief history of the wmms buzzard scene and heard. The buzzard morning zoo was the bomb on the way to school, literally. How wmms, cleveland and the agora created and preserved. Wmms buzzard morning zoo lost tapes from new years eve. This book gives the back stories on how wmms put cleveland on the map and also explains how it was picked to house the rock and roll hall of fame.