Quiet Storm premieres on WHUR (1976)

CTL-E-4355 · Event · other · 1976

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1976 debut of Melvin Lindsey's 'Quiet Storm' late-night format on Howard University's WHUR-FM: soulfully melodic, love-song-heavy programming titled after a Smokey Robinson single, quickly replicated at urban adult stations nationwide.

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RELP100 supporting event entity; events.json CTL-EVT-022807; initiated edge from CTL-E-0697.

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Melvin Lindsey — initiated → this record

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