Envision Networks' Wardlaw Compiles Oral History of WMMS

RADIO ONLINE | Tuesday, August 21, 2018 | 12:21pm CT

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Envision Networks Director of Operations Matt Wardlaw recently penned an oral history of the legendary WMMS-FM (100.7 FM The Buzzard)/Cleveland for its upcoming 50th anniversary for Scene Magazine. The oral history features some of the biggest names from The Buzzard's 50-years as a heritage station including Billy Bass, Denny Sanders, John Gorman, Jeff & Flash, Betty Korvan, B.L.F. Bash, Kid Leo, Joe Cronauer, Jennifer Wylde and Bo Matthews.

Wardlaw, who worked at WMMS early in his career, said, "It's been a wild ride and I credit my time at WMMS as the source of so much of the knowledge I've applied in the years that have followed. It was a real thrill to help craft this mammoth story with Scene's Jeff Niesel. I felt like it was a chance to repay a bit of the debt that I owe to ‘MMS. My closet will always have Buzzard t-shirts in double digits."

Scene Magazine Music Editor Jeff Niesel, and co-writer of the article, added, "In the '70s and into the '80s, WMMS became synonymous with rock 'n' roll in Cleveland. With the station's 50th anniversary looming on the horizon, Scene Magazine is excited to present an oral history of the station that includes interviews with many of the people who made the station so influential."