WLNR-FM in Chicago also changed in August 1985 to a 24-hour quiet storm program called "The Soft Touch", featuring more instrumental music and even straight-ahead jazz, a mix which sales manager Gregory Brown described as "not so laid-back" as other quiet storm shows. Addressing the misconception that quiet storm was only for blacks, Tanter said his listenership was 40% black, 40% white, and 20% other races. Following in the footsteps of KBLX, Lawrence Tanter of KUTE in Greater Los Angeles changed his station to an all-day quiet storm format from January 1984 until September 1987, playing "a hybrid that incorporates pop, jazz, fusion, international, and urban music". In 1993, Harper took ill and Champaine continued the program as Quiet Storm II. In the New York tri-state late night market, Vaughn Harper deejayed the quiet storm graveyard program for WBLS-FM which he developed with co-host Champaine in mid-1983. In the San Francisco Bay Area, KBLX-FM expanded the night-time concept into a 24-hour quiet storm format in 1979. with a core black, urban listenership adopted a similar format for its graveyard slot. The format was an immediate success, becoming so popular that within a few years, virtually every station in the U.S. "The Quiet Storm" was four hours of melodically soulful music that provided an intimate, laid-back mood for late-night listening, and that was the key to its tremendous appeal among adult audiences. The song developed into Lindsey's theme music which introduced his time slot every night. The name of the show came from the Smokey Robinson song "Quiet Storm", from his 1975 album A Quiet Storm. The response from listeners was positive, and WHUR station manager Cathy Hughes soon gave Lindsey and Shuler their own show. Lindsey's on-air voice was silky smooth, and the music selections were initially old, slow romantic songs from black artists of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, a form of easy listening which Lindsey called "beautiful black music" for African Americans. One thing is sure, if you are a palestinian in Gaza, always make yourself ready to leave your house forever… No one is an exception.Melvin Lindsey, a student at Howard University, with his classmate Jack Shuler, began as disc jockeys for WHUR in June 1976, performing as stand-ins for an absentee employee. Maybe the whole word can’t see the picture of Gaza the right way, and maybe no one cares. Hundreds were killed brutally by israeli artillary and jets. This is life in Gaza.Įvery house, building, area, even hospitsls is a possible target by israeli occupation forces. No electricity, no peace, a killing heat, bombing and explosions every moment, listening to radio all the time for bad news of more killing and new victims…. What? Why? And many endless questions never have answer.Īfter losing all… you might ask whats next… a new journey of misery starts to rebuild a house if one could… a brike by a brike… building evetything from the beginning….Īs I write these words, I keep hearing explosions… fear and terror became a part of our daily life in Gaza… every couples of mintues more and more houses get bombarded and destroyed upon their inhabitants by israeli jets or tanks. Just imagine how do you feel when you look at the ruins of your house seeing all your household destroyed completely under the ruins… how one can forget or forgive… Then they realize that they are homeless… all they have is what they wear while they were sleeping… Those who managed to escape at the right moment were almost dead… They can’t believe what happened. You might get paralyzed waiting for the bombs…Įvery time the phone or mobile rings you get this feeling its your turn… Within mintues, and some times seconds, everything collaps in front of your eyes. Who can say what to do with in minutes! Maybe the last minutes of your life and your family too. Maybe one can’t imagine what to do… what a terrifying sitution! What a Terrorism! What would you do if your phone suddenly rings to recieve a call from israeli occupation forces telling you that they were going to bombard your house within minutes.? Within minutes if you don’t evacuate your house, your house with all inhabitants will be turn into ash and blood…
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