ALISON STEELE

Alison Steele was an American radio personality who was also known by her air name, The Nightbird.

She amassed a large audience on her night shifts on WNEW-FM in New York City during the late 1960s and 1970s. Her show featured progressive rock and artists associated with the counterculture of the time, combined with listeners' calls and Steele's own unique brand of conversation. Her original Nightbird show ran from 1968 to 1985. She then joined New York's WXRK in 1989 until 1995.

Steele was honored with the Billboard award for FM Personality of the Year (1976), and she was the first woman to receive it. Years later, the same magazine established a new award in her honor, The Alison Steele Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Steele was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.