Get an email notification whenever someone contributes to the discussion. [90][92], During the now infamous broadcast, WMMS engineer William Alford snipped a broadcast wire used for the Stern show's satellite feed. [6] All ticket sales were invested directly back into the festival for upcoming events.[2]. Founded in 1988, the festival has welcomed over 2,000 acts including Gregg Allman, Buddy Guy, Lucinda Williams, Taj Mahal, Gary Clark Jr., Robert Plant, Mavis Staples and Trombone . 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. Best costume prize went to Tracy Cox from Highlands, Michigan. 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). Buzzard Fest 1995; Buzzard Fest 1996; View all Buzzard Fest setlists [3], The 2008 lineup included Better Than Ezra, Bow Wow, Buckcherry, Eric Church, Kid Rock, Nelly, Puddle of Mudd, Sister Hazel, Three Days Grace, and Wynonna Judd. 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). [145] WMMS itself also airs The Rover Rewind, a weekly recap show on Saturday mornings. [91] As promised, Stern held a party for his fans on the streets of Cleveland a "Funeral" for his local rivals, much like similar events held in New York, Los Angeles and Philadelphia and broadcast it nationwide. Data Provided By The cold snap at Christmas droppe. The cold snap at Christmas droppe. [47] Owned by Malrite Communications from 1972 to 1993, subsequent consolidation in the radio industry saw WMMS change ownership five times in seven years, and has been in iHeartMedia's portfolio (originally under the Clear Channel name) since 1999. [148][146][152][153][154][155], A devoted fan of heavy metal, Cox considers himself more of a comedian than a disc jockey. Bayfest 2001 took place from October 5-7, 2001 and the headliner was Live. Tanya Tucker. *Inspired by Stan Gober's song, Buzzard Lope, depicting the strange dance that buzzards do as they hover over roadkill. She won a $500 cash prize which she immediately donated back to hospice. During a June 19, 2012 interview with Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler, the show broke news of the delayed release for Music from Another Dimension!, the band's first studio album in eight years. It is an all-day arts festival for children from age 3 to 17 which provides interactive, multidisciplinary hands-on artmaking at no cost to families. 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. 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]. Download an order form. Phil Lesh & Friends The Turnpike Troubadours Sam Bush Band Tenacious D Tyler Childers The Infamous Stringdusters Sierra Hull & Justin Moses Telluride House Band featuring Sam, Bla, Jerry, Edgar, Bryan & Stuart Greensky Bluegrass Bla Fleck My . Teenage Head The Pursuit of Happiness The Saints Friday, august 5, 2022. The Charlie Daniels Band. 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. Past affiliates at WMMS include WAMX/Huntington, WMFS-FM/Memphis, WNDE/Indianapolis, WXEG/Dayton, WRXS/Columbus, and the now defunct Extreme Talk. [141] Maxwell was known for having feuds with other radio personalities during the show's time at WMMS, including Rover of Rover's Morning Glory and fellow WTAM afternoon host Mike Trivisonno; by 2009, Maxwell had become the number one afternoon program in several key demographics. On October 26, 2010, Rover hired a witch doctor to curse LeBron James after the NBA star left the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Buzzfest in Houston is a bi-annual show hosted by the radio station 94.5 The Buzz while the Buzzfest in Nashville is an annual show (usually in the late summer) hosted by the radio station 102.9 The Buzz. Join our linker program. Each fall, vultures fly over Makanda and the surrounding areas and signal the beginning of fall and the arrival of the incredible fall colors of Makanda and southern Illinois. WMMS was the first radio station to employ full-time promotion and marketing directors: Dan Garfinkel and his successor, Jim Marchyshyn. [133] "Chris Tyler" Merluzzo, former program director for Providence's WHJY, took over for Bo Matthews as WMMS program director on February 17, 2014. "The Rights and Rank to Which We Are Entitled": Arkansas in the Early Statehood Period, 1836-1850 CHAPTER EIGHT. With an extra $150 thrown in by Dan Keegan, all-in-all Saylor went home with about $400 in cash. On May 13, 1994, a brand new music festival was born in Atlanta. [51] Like most early FM stations, WHK-FM mostly simulcast the Top 40 programming of its AM sister station. ), whose offbeat music was the inspiration for the Buzzard Lope Dance and Queen Contest! 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. [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. The Cleveland Free Clinic staffed aid stations in the stadium with physicians, nurses and other volunteers, and through 1977, made its treatment statistics public. People in radio say he was not an easy guy, that dealing with him was like a daily root canal. Vulture Festival is a pop culture spectacle where Vulture (the website, not the bird) comes to life right before your very eyes. [58][59] During this time, WMMS used slogans derived from its call sign: first as "Music Means Satisfaction", and later as the place "Where Music Means Something". The Waterfront Blues Festival is downtown Portland's largest and longest-running music festival and one of the most renowned celebrations of the blues in the world. Other stations carried their birthday show. PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK. Don't Threaten. TLC cancelled due to set not being ready) WMMS's studios are located at the Six Six Eight Building in downtown Cleveland's Gateway District;[48][49] the station transmitter resides in neighboring Seven Hills. She took home the cash prize of $250 for Best Costume. He joined the station in early 1972 before its sale to Malrite, and stayed in different capacities until 2004. The Mullet Festival celebrates Old Florida at its finest, and carries on the traditions established by Stan Gober (may he rest in peace! [151] In addition to the live broadcast, the show is available on demand through iHeartRadio; and can be downloaded as a podcast through iTunes. We present them here for purely educational purposes. S. Premium Arena (P1-P4, PA&PB) - $175 Party Pit - $145 Premium Arena 2 (P5-P8) - $145 Box Seats - $115 Ross Brittain temporarily filled in prior to the arrival of The Brian and Joe Radio Show on the Buzzard Morning Zoo, hosted by Brian Fowler and Joe Cronauer. Tony Tilford, WMMS program director (19992003), WMMS shifted format to active rock on February 17, 1997, under the direction of Bob Neumann, who had previously programmed WNCX and WENZ. 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. 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. EC horror comics, Fritz the Cat, Rocky and Bullwinkle, and Looney Tunes all served as inspirations for the "bird of prey with attitude" concept. He was best known as the voice for the station's hourly IDs, music segues, sweepers, and commercials, and was also a member of The Buzzard Morning Zoo in the mid-80s. Bayfest 1998 took place in October, 1998 and the headliners were Creed and Candlebox. 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. All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. If you want to pay online, click the PAY ONLINE button below. Yann Wehrling, vice-prsident de la rgion le-de-France, charg de la Transition cologique, et Patrice Leclerc, maire de Gennevilliers et Prsident du groupe Front De Gauche la . Subscribe to Stathead Baseball: Get your first month FREEYour All-Access Ticket to the Baseball Reference Database. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, Saturday, August 19, 1995 P 23 (Deutz-Messegelnde), Cologne Clawfinger H-Blockx Kyuss Monster Magnet NOFX Paradise Lost Silverchair Spermbirds White Zombie dEUS Presenting the 2022 Buzzard Queen Contestants. This little Buzzard Princess hails from Highland, Michigan. Yes, the station had lost its way for a bit, but MMS was the standard. [124], Following Jacor's takeover, WMMS ran a "Death of the Buzzard" month-long stunt in October 1998. We all have such respect for what this station did back in the day. [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. [102], While the change in programming alienated many longtime listeners, many of whom switched to WNCX and their full-time classic rock format, WMMS boosted its ratings for the first time in years with a new, younger audience. [104] John Gorman was named Program Director of the Year (Rock) in 1995. 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. [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. [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. Bayfest 2007 took place from October 5-7, 2007 and the lineup included: Velvet Revolver, Alice in Chains, Blue yster Cult, Big & Rich, LeAnn Rimes, Ludacris, Daughtry, Hellyeah, Flyleaf, John Miller, Luke Bryan, Willie Clayton, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Sparta, Operator, The S.O.S. They are Buteo in behavior Buzzards are Buteo in behavior, meaning they soar in the sky using their broad wings. 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. [137] Cantle later called the failure of Sean, Cristi and Hunter as "a real team effort" and compared herself unfavorably to Johnny Manziel: "too young, too overconfident and too drunk to handle the responsibility however I have no intentions of playing Canadian football". WMMS also streams it's coverage of selected games on iHeartRadio, even outside of the Cleveland market. FANTASY FEST 1995-1996 This is a list of Edgefest lineups, sorted by year. 94.5 The Buzz is Houston's Rock and Alternative with big personalities like the Rod Ryan Morning Show, Theresa, A.D., Karah Leigh and more playing artists such as Muse, Beck, Twenty One Pilots, Foo Fighters, Theory of a Deadman, Cage the Elephant and more! No. SNOW AND STARS FEST w/ Oak, Ash & Thorn + Celestial Wizard + Starwraith + Skldvgg . [136], From the 1994 exit of Jeff Kinzbach and Ed Ferenc until the arrival of Rover's Morning Glory in 2008, WMMS gained notoriety for airing 13 distinct shows in morning drive. In time, the station adopted new slogans reflecting the callsign: "We're your Modern Music Station" and "your Music Marathon Station. Past Lineups - MerleFest Past Lineups From Doc Watson to Willie Nelson to Dolly Parton, here is a complete history of artists who have performed at MerleFest since 1988. Saturday, May 20, 1995 Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH Our Lady Peace Ramones Add Setlist Sunday, May 21, 1995 Below is everything you need to know to plan an unforgettable Essence . WMMS-HD2, which relays its signal over low-power FM translator W256BT (99.1 FM), is the Cleveland affiliate for iHeart's all-news oriented Black Information Network. Buzzards Crowned at 37th Annual Mullet Fest. Notifications from this discussion will be disabled. Cleveland Magazine has also described both Rover and Cox as "talk shows with a rock-oriented sensibility". 11 talking about this. Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free. . [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. During this time, with Denny Sanders as his creative services director and Rhonda Kiefer as programming assistant, WMMS broke all Cleveland ratings and revenue records. All we're doing is shifting an image. The line-up was Korn, Shinedown, 311, The Red Jumpsuit Apperatus, Papa Roach, 10 Years, Blue October, Hoobastank, Theory of a Deadman, Anberlin, The Toadies, Framing Hanley, Electric touch, Aranda[4], Last edited on 25 November 2022, at 18:30, "BuzzFest Flashback - 94.5 - the Buzz - Houston's New Rock Alternative", "Official Clear Channel Radio press release regarding change of venue", "BuzzFest XXII - 94.5 the Buzz Houston's New Rock Alternative Music", "BuzzFest XXIII - 94.5 the Buzz Houston's New Rock Alternative Music", AWOLNATION Cancels Buzzfest 27 Appearance, http://www.thebuzz.com/pages/bf32/bands.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buzzfest&oldid=1123791527, This page was last edited on 25 November 2022, at 18:30. Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. It was named as one of the Southeast Tourism Society's "Top 20 Events" several times beginning in 1995. Bayfest 2010 took place from October 1-3, 2010 and the lineup included: Godsmack, Shinedown, Mtley Cre, Nelly, Five Finger Death Punch, Saving Abel, Lady Antebellum, Adelitas Way, Papa Roach, Sick Puppies, Skillet, Fuel, Tonic, Rehab, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Grayson Capps, Evans Blue. Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. 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 Buzzard Fest 1995 Setlists May 20 1995 Date Saturday, May 20, 1995 - Sunday, May 21, 1995 Venue Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, USA Report festival So far there are setlists of 6 gigs. 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. 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. The downtown event, hosted by Grand Saline Main Street, featured a cook off, Mr. and Mrs. Old Buzzard Contest, karaoke, car show, a beard and leg hair competition and outhouse races among other. The tilapia we stock in the spring for weed control and for forage fish to feed the bass typically die off in the winter. The Hinckley Chamber of Commerce Buzzard Day (Sunday, March 17, 2013) On-site, play-by-play announcer Tim Alcorn calls games alongside color analyst Jim Chones, a former Cavaliers center. Matt Harris served in the interim until WMMS hired Dick Dale (Bert Morris) from WPLA/Jacksonville. setlist request forum, 2 activities (last edit by RockerFanV, 1 Mar 2020, 17:03 Etc/UTC).