Sunday, September 27, 2009

ALISON "THE NIGHTBIRD" STEELE


When Mess was a kid in New York, the coolest thing you could do was stay up all night and listen to The Nightbird on WNEW FM. The DJ who pioneered "progressive" rock radio was the smoky, sultry voiced Alison Steele. One of the most popular radio DJ's of all time, Steele passed away on this day in 1995 from stomach cancer at the age of 58.

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