Melvin Lindsey, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Melvin Lindsey

American teelvision personality

Date of Birth: 08-Jul-1955

Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Date of Death: 26-Mar-1992

Profession: journalist, radio personality

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Melvin Lindsey (July 8, 1955 – March 26, 1992) was an American radio and television personality in the Washington, D.C.
area.
He is widely known for originating the "Quiet Storm" late-night music programming format. Lindsey began his broadcast career as an intern at Howard University radio station WHUR-FM.
In 1976, he brought the "Quiet Storm" to the station's late-night lineup, titled after a romantic hit single by tenor crooner Smokey Robinson.
The show's soulfully melodic and moody musical fare made it a phenomenal success and the 'love song'-heavy format was quickly replicated at stations across the country that served an urban, African-American adult demographic.
Lindsey's show also gave rise to a category of music of the same name.After a nine-year run on WHUR, Lindsey took his format to another local radio station, WKYS-FM, for five more years and later hosted Screen Scene for Black Entertainment Television (BET).
He also worked for Washington, D.C.
television stations WTTG-TV and WFTY-TV and for WJZ-TV in Baltimore, Maryland. Lindsey died at the age of 36 from the complications of AIDS in 1992, but the Quiet Storm format he originated gained widespread popularity and remained popular over 4 decades after its inception, across the nation, especially in evening and late-night radio programs.
Artists continue to compose songs target the audiences of Quiet Storm stations and shows.