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WMMS

WMMS (100.7 FM, "The Buzzard") is a commercial radio station licensed to Cleveland, Ohio, United States, serving Greater Cleveland and much of Northeast Ohio. Owned by iHeartMedia, WMMS features a mix of active rock and hot talk with Rover's Morning Glory and Alan Cox, is the FM flagship for the Cavaliers AudioVerse and the Cleveland Guardians Radio Network, and also carries The House of Hair with Dee Snider. WMMS's studios are located at the Six Six Eight Building in downtown Cleveland's Gateway District; the transmitter is sited in Seven Hills. This station has been widely regarded throughout its history as one of the most influential rock outlets in American radio. Signing on in 1946 as the FM adjunct to WHK, the WMMS call sign was affixed in 1968 under Metromedia ownership. WMMS originally stood for "Metromedia Stereo" and was meant as a compliment to the newly established progressive rock format, which was dropped the following year in favor of automated music but reinstated by 1970. Metromedia sold both WHK and WMMS to Malrite Communications in 1972, which intended to flip WMMS to country but reversed course after significant community protests. John Gorman was hired as program director in 1973, a title he held until 1986.…

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WMMS (100.7 FM, "The Buzzard") is a commercial radio station licensed to Cleveland, Ohio, United States, serving Greater Cleveland and much of Northeast Ohio. Owned by iHeartMedia, WMMS features a mix of active rock and hot talk with Rover's Morning Glory and Alan Cox, is the FM flagship for the Cavaliers AudioVerse and the Cleveland Guardians Radio Network, and also carries The House of Hair with Dee Snider. WMMS's studios are located at the Six Six Eight Building in downtown Cleveland's Gateway District; the transmitter is sited in Seven Hills. This station has been widely regarded throughout its history as one of the most influential rock outlets in American radio. Signing on in 1946 as the FM adjunct to WHK, the WMMS call sign was affixed in 1968 under Metromedia ownership. WMMS originally stood for "Metromedia Stereo" and was meant as a compliment to the newly established progressive rock format, which was dropped the following year in favor of automated music but reinstated by 1970. Metromedia sold both WHK and WMMS to Malrite Communications in 1972, which intended to flip WMMS to country but reversed course after significant community protests. John Gorman was hired as program director in 1973, a title he held until 1986.…

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  1. date of establishment: 1970 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of establishment is "1970". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1378863107

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