Radio Daze Stories from the Front in Cleveland’s FM Air Wars by Mike Olszewski 2003, 474 pp ISBN 0-87338-773-2 Paper, $29.00 courtesy of our partner, Atlas Books Call (419) 281-1802 to order by phone.

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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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