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Cleveland. Dick Clark wrote back that when the Rock Hall was built, it would be in Los Angeles. In 1984, Hank and Nick met with Michael Benz of the Greater Cleveland Growth Association to assist in developing a proposal to establish the Rock-And-Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. Michael vowed to do his best to field a team of Cleveland leaders and requested Hank and Nick to do the same with music industry leaders. Hank called an old friend, Norman Nite, a nationally syndicated New York disc jockey and author of the book “Rock On.” Mr. Nite was on the newly- formed National Board of the Rock-And-Roll Hall of Fame in New York and agreed to assist Hank with the project. Hank and Mr. Benz, along with a most distinguished lineup of professionals, rewrote the history of rock.
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was Ted Nugent. That same year The
Cleveland Agora was the first to broadcast live Rock-and-Roll from its stage in association with WNCR-FM Radio, “WNCR Live From The Agora.” In 1971, The Agora and WNCR broadcast concerts with Iggy Pop and the Stooges and Alice Cooper. These legendary WNCR live broadcasts from The Agora gave birth to The Agora’s first weekly radio program, “Live From The Agora.” WNCR went on to become the number one progressive radio station in the U.S. On January 1, 1973, WNCR changed formats, and WMMS began to record “WMMS Live From The Agora” on Mondays and run the broadcast from WMMS on Wednesdays. WMMS soon thereafter became the number one radio station in the U.S., cementing Cleveland as the Rock-and-Roll capital of the world.
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videotaped production, “Onstage at the Agora,” was broadcast live on television, featuring
Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes. This TV special went on to feature such acts as Todd Rundgren, Eddie Money, Meatloaf, Ian Hunter with Mick Ronson, Iron City House Rockers, The Boyzz, Toto, and Charlie Daniels. These Emmy nominated shows were simulcast live on CBS – WJW TV and WMMS and broadcast to 300 markets in 46 states.
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there in August 1978. Bruce’s live show was eventually released on
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tactics so prevalent in the music business. In a scene riddled with scam artists, he was a straight shooter. He jump started the careers not only of musicians, but also his legendary crew members the “Rowdy
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