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John Gorman | |
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Born |
Malden, Massachusetts, United States | May 7, 1950
Education | Boston College |
Occupation(s) | Radio executive, author, media consultant, Chief Content Officer |
Website | GormanMediaBlog.blogspot.com |
John Gorman is a radio personality, executive, and author from Cleveland, Ohio. In 2007, he published his first book, The Buzzard: Inside The Glory Days of WMMS and Cleveland Rock Radio. [1]
John Gorman was born in Malden, Massachusetts. At the age of 12, he first began operating a private radio station from his family home.[ citation needed] As a teenager, he worked in the commercial radio industry as a programming assistant, music director, and talk show producer, where he remained until his move to Cleveland in 1973. [2]
John Gorman worked at WMMS for 13 years in Cleveland, where he adjusted the format of WMMS based upon a broad interpretation of the category of rock and roll music. [3] [4] [5]
In 2000, Gorman was inducted into the Broadcaster's Hall of Fame. Gorman was inducted into the Cleveland Association of Broadcasters' Hall of Fame in April 2008. [6]
In 2015, Gorman was the chief content officer of oWOW Radio, an Internet radio station based in Cleveland. oWOW Radio was taken off the air in January 2021. [7] [8]
Gorman, John (2007). The Buzzard: Inside the Glory Days of WMMS and Cleveland Rock Radio—A Memoir. Cleveland, OH: Gray & Company, Publishers. ISBN 978-1-59851-051-5