
Radio Daze
Stories from the Front in Cleveland's Fm Air Waves
Mike Olszewski(Author)
Kent State University Press
Will be published approx. on 31. December 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
474 pages
978-0-87338-773-6 (ISBN)
Description
Essentially the story of WMMS, Radio Daze captures the radio scene during the '70s and '80s, chronicling how this small FM rock station became the top-rated station in Northeast Ohio and made Cleveland one of the most important radio markets in the world. Mike Olszewski obtained exclusive interviews with many radio legends, revealing how insidious and destructive the battle for radio dominance became. Among other things, he exposes the story behind the reports of ballot box stuffing by WMMS to win the prestigious Rolling Stone magazine Readers' Poll for best radio station in the country and some of the dirty tricks played by radio stations to get the edge on their competitors.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Kent, OH
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
75 illustrations, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87338-773-6 (9780873387736)
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E-Book
10/1999
The Kent State University Press
€19.49
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Person
Mike Olszewski is a veteran radio personality best known for his work at the legendary WMMS-FM. He is an educator teaching a wide range of media, speech and communications classes at Kent State University, the University of Akron and Notre Dame College. Mike is also the curator and archivist for the Ohio Broadcast Archive and Museum, a statewide project at the University of Akron documenting the history of Ohio's radio and television.