Showing posts with label WNEW-FM. Show all posts
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Wednesday, April 12, 2023

The Alison Steele Method For Creating a Hit Late-Night Radio Show



How do you make a successful radio show, far from the prime-time hours? Follow these five steps Alison Steele took when she became a deejay for the first time.
by Rich Watson 

Alison Steele (no connection to The Real Don Steele) deejayed late at night, removed from the more popular early morning breakfast hours or the afternoon commute home from work. 

Yet during the seventies she amassed a substantial and loyal audience despite having no experience at the job.

She had to learn as she went.

Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Scott Muni, Hostage Negotiator


In 1975, a gunman holding hostages called veteran FM disc jockey Scott Muni on the air. How did he handle the situation?

by Rich Watson 


Scott Muni was an institution in rock and roll radio. He was there when the Beatles arrived in America. He was one of the first “progressive rock” New York deejays, favoring long-form album tracks over singles. And he was the heart of one of the best-known “classic rock” radio stations in history.

One thing he isn’t as remembered for, though, is the time in 1975 when he was forced to negotiate on the air for the lives of hostages, held by a fan.