Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Will Inundate The Airwaves

For those not lucky enough to wangle a trip to Cleveland for today’s grand opening of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, there is hope - HBO, VH1 and MTV will air hours and hours of coverage of the gala goings-on.

HBO has exclusive rights to the mega-concert attached to the opening, and plans to telecast from start to finish, which could be about six hours. “The Concert for the the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” gets under way at 4:30 p.m. Saturday PDT. A small sampling of the stellar lineup: George Clinton, Jon Bon Jovi, Sheryl Crow, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Natalie Merchant and Jerry Lee Lewis.

VH1 takes the most-coverage award, with an expected 96 hours of programming, which began earlier this week. Included in the week-long package will be a telecast of the 10th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Saturday at 10 a.m. and a pre-concert show at noon as a lead in to HBO’s concert telecast.

Meanwhile, sister service MTV will base its “Week in Rock” newscast in Cleveland and is also expected to have its “Top 20 Countdown” anchored from the Hall of Fame site.