Decades after the creation of the show and Lindsey’s death of AIDS, his legacy lives on in D.C. and beyond
By Teneille Gibson, Mariela Patron and Tracee Wilkins, News4 Prince George’s County Bureau Chief
On a Sunday night in May 1976, a slow jam revolution kicked-off at WHUR-FM. The music genius of a Howard University junior, Melvin Lindsey, filled the airwaves and created the blueprint for a new music format at radio stations across the world, “The Quiet Storm.”
