page_title: WMMS
section_title: Current programming
hierarchical_section_title: WMMS / Current programming
caption_attribution_description: English: FM radio broadcast of WMMS/Cleveland -- Radio Data System (RDS) text displayed on car radio
context_page_description: WMMS – branded 100.7 WMMS: The Buzzard – is a commercial radio station licensed to Cleveland, Ohio, serving Greater Cleveland and much of surrounding Northeast Ohio. 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.
  Owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., and broadcasting a mix of active rock and hot talk, WMMS serves as the flagship station for Rover's Morning Glory, the Cleveland affiliate for The House of Hair with Dee Snider, and the home of radio personality Alan Cox. The station also serves as the FM flagship for the Cleveland Cavaliers and Cleveland Indians radio networks. Besides a standard analog transmission, WMMS broadcasts over three HD Radio channels, and is available online via iHeartRadio. The WMMS-HD2 digital subchannel – which relays its signal over a low-power FM translator – airs an all-news format, while WMMS-HD3 airs an alternative rock format.
  The WMMS studios are located at the former Centerior Energy building in the Cleveland suburb of Independence, while the station transmitter resides in neighboring Seven Hills.
context_section_description: Hot talk accounts for all programming during weekday drive times, and the station serves as the FM flagship for both the Cleveland Cavaliers and Cleveland Indians radio networks. However, WMMS continues to air rock music during regular middays, nights, overnights, and weekends; on the HD3 digital subchannel; and online during Cavaliers and Indians play-by-play. Cleveland Magazine has also described the morning and afternoon drive programs as "talk shows with a rock-oriented sensibility".
  WMMS airs regular traffic and weather updates via the Total Traffic and Weather Network and former sister station WOIO (TV channel 19), and the station satisfies U.S. Federal Communications Commission-mandated public affairs programming on Sunday mornings with the City Club of Cleveland's Friday Forum.  Most station imaging is produced out-of-market by national voice talents "David Lee" Olejniczak, Malcolm Ryker, Rena-Marie Villano, and former WMMS creative services director Miles Hlivko; additional voice-over audio is produced on-site by WMMS imaging director Billy Black.  WMMS also transmits text to compatible analog receivers, such as station IDs and artist and song information, via the Radio Data System (RDS); similarly, WMMS transmits text to HD Radio receivers known as Program Service Data (PSD). On December 4, 2017, Keith Abrams – who serves as senior vice president of programming for iHeartMedia's North Ohio region – was named the new WMMS program director following the exit of "Chris Tyler" Merluzzo. On February 1, 2018, former Lex and Terry producer Jason Carr was named the new WMMS assistant program director.
  "This radio station is known for breaking the rules, changing the game, and being successful.  We all have such respect for what this station did back in the day.  That will never be done again.  All we can do is hope to create something cool so that in 20 years people will say, 'Man, remember what WMMS used to be like? It really was an awesome time.' "
   — Former program director Bo Matthews (2004–14)
caption: Car radio with RDS display, tuned to WMMS in the station listening area
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