Alison Steele, The Night Bird, WNEW-FM

One of her intros to the show, WNEW-FM, 102.7, New York. Stern may make fun, but we sure appreciated her back then. Miss that station. BTW, there is a Facebook WNEW-FM Fan Club.

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[waynatra]

She was a very nice woman. I uses to pick her up in my cab at the radio station, on 46 St. just East of 5th Ave. at 2:00 AM, after her show. She would sit in the front seat, and we would just talk about stuff. She lived on 72 St. between 1 & York Ave. I moved to Vegas in 1980 and we lost touch. I miss her. RIP Allison.

[NJtoTX]

@waynatra Thanks for sharing that!

[RitaFz]

It was because of Alison Steele I have such a love for the Moody Blues. I first heard them on her show.

[NJtoTX]

@RitaFz True, I think she started shows with Nights in White Satin more than a few times.

[vmt1]

Alison's voice!! Back in the late 60s to mid-70s every radio I had was tuned to 102.7. Free-form radio - the DJs could play what they wanted, and every BIG rock name stopped by their studio. They turned me on to some music I love to this day. Anyone else remember Scott Muni's weekly "Things From Britain"? The night they broadcast Bruce LIVE from the Bottom Line in '75? "Born to Run" hadn't been released. I still have that tape. RIP Alison, Scott, and THE BEST FM station in New York City. EVER.

[Themanwhocameback2]

Woe unto Howard if he is mocking her out. I wouldn't want to have that low life's karma. He's going to have to pay for every rotten nasty thing he has ever said. Just wait and see ......

[Themanwhocameback2]

Good Lord, what memories that voice brings back! Lying in bed at night, listening to her as a schoolboy, before I fell to sleep. Remember "The Goodie Box? Alison would play stuff from a new release, and describe the cover for her listeners - the stores would not have the albums for days or even weeks. I can specifically remember her describing Joni Mitchell's "For The Roses" and the Rolling Stones' album "Goat's Head Soup". What a wonderful woman!

[GinoAtlanta]

Grew up listening to WNEW-FM..loved it so much, I landed a job at WNEW TV....Pete Fornatele, Vince Scalia, can still be heard on both Sirius and Fordam University Radio thru iTunes

[bearmassaro]

Fuck Howard Stern...

[Nitebeat]

Alison also ran a "cat" store on the East Side of Manhattan, the name was simple, can't remember it at the moment though. Listening to her late at night was like an "out of body" experience and certainly made you think, if you put your mind into it. Thankfully we have these types of websites to recall this type of nostalgia. Compared to today's JUNK on the radio, well, there is NO comparison, WNEW-FM was a great radio station, that I listened to loyally. Miss it much! :-(

[mypulseyourpulse]

@RitaFz Oh, me too. Psychedelic.........

[TheKdotsey]

@vmt1 wow you remeber i am just surfing through all the old days archives of wnew and am all teary eyed now listen to johnathan on wnyc weekends

[TheKdotsey]

i don't know how i stumbled upon all this but i have been listening and searching all day long about wnew-fm archives and am fullof tears in my eyes and just want to say thanks to those who preserved all this nostalgia and it is so sad the world will never be entertained or enchanted by the likes of wnew air peronalities ever again

[valnaples]

Yes yes yes...this audio clip takes me back to the Jersey shore in the 70's...I always listened to Alison Steele in my high school days and my siblings all did too...she was really something else...a welcome break from Cousin Brucie, but HE had his own style too which I still appreciate and played great lead-in music.

[waynatra]

Your welcome NJtoTX.