[Roccus]

...Alison Steele The Nightbird over on WNEW - THAT was a rock station. “The wonder and beauty of WNEW-FM’s format was that the DJ’s were far more than disc jockeys. While certainly playing music–vinyl and likely albums–they also spoke to us. They commented on current events. They read poetry. They told stories”

Along with Alison there was Scott Muni, Pete Fornatale, Dennis Elsas, Vin Scelsa, Richard Neer, Jonathan Schwartz and, after his late-night TV horror movie stint and before he moved to PLJ, John Zacherle.
WNEW had quite the DJ line-up,

[DivineMomentsOfTruth]

I’ll never forget listening to Jonathan Schwartz one night making a big deal about introducing a new band with a new kind of music.. “For the first time on our station.. The RAMONES! MAKE ‘EM or BREAK ‘EM!” After he played the song he said “BREAK ‘EM”!! Wow, was he wrong. At the time I agreed!