Front Row Theater
The Front Row Theater was a 3,200-seat performance space in Highland Heights, Ohio, which operated from 1974 to 1993. Construction and opening The Front Row was located in Highland Heights, Ohio, in suburban Cleveland, on Wilson Mills Road just west of Interstate 271. Its construction was completed in 1974, at a cost of $3 million (). Its architect was Richard R. Jencen. The Front Row was a theater-in-the-round, with the stage rotating during each performance, and absence of pillars that ensured clear views. Its capacity was 3,200. Nate Dolin, a former vice president of the Cleveland Indians, was a leader of the partnership that founded and ran the theater. The Front Row opened July 5, 1974, with a performance by Sammy Davis, Jr. Performances The Front Row was primarily a music venue. Musicians and comedians advertised or reported as performing there included (in rough order of their first performance there): Sammy Davis, Jr., the Jackson 5, the Pointer Sisters, Marlene ...
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WMMS (100.7 FM) – 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, and broadcasting a mix of active rock and hot talk, WMMS is currently the flagship station for ''Rover's Morning Glory'', the FM flagship for the Cavaliers AudioVerse and Cleveland Guardians Radio Network, the Cleveland affiliate for ''The House of Hair with Dee Snider'' and the home of radio personality Alan Cox. Signing on in 1946 as the FM adjunct to WHK, the WMMS call letters were affixed in 1968 under Metromedia ownership, having stood for "MetroMedia Stereo" and meant as a compliment to the newly established progressive rock format, but have since taken on a variety of ot ...
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