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Alison Steele  Radio Music Director, Disc Jockey

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Alison Steele

Alison Steele Tribute, 1997

Pioneering disc jockey Alison Steele recalls how she created her legendary “Nightbird” character after being assigned the overnight shift on progressive rock station WNEW-FM in New York.
 

Career Includes

Disc Jockey and sometime Music Director, WNEW–FM, (1966–79); Writer, Producer, Correspondent, Limelight, CNN (1982–85); Disc Jockey, WNEW–AM (1984–86); Disc Jockey, WXRK (1989–95)
 

Born

January 26, 1937
Brooklyn, New York

 

Died

September 27, 1995
New York, New York

 

 

 

 

 


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