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{{short description|American radio and television personality}}

'''Melvin Lindsey''' ([[1955]]-[[1992]]) was an [[African-American]] radio and television personality in the [[Washington, DC]] area widely known for originating the "[[Quiet Storm]]" late-night music programming format.

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| caption = Lindsey In 1988

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1955|07|08}}

| birth_place = [[Washington, D.C.]]

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1992|03|26|1955|07|08}}

| death_place = [[Washington, D.C.]]

| nationality = American

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| known_for = "[[Quiet Storm]]" late-night music programming format

| occupation = radio and television personality

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'''Melvin Lindsey''' ([[July 8, 1955]]-[[{{spaced ndash}}March 26, 1992]]) was an [[African-American]] radio and television personality in the [[Washington, DCD.C.]] area. He is widely known for originating the "[[Quiet Storm]]" late-night music programming format.

Lindsey was a native of [[Washington, D.C.]] and attended Alice Deal Middle School and [[Jackson-Reed High School|Woodrow Wilson High School]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://beenhere.org/2017/07/07/melvin-lindsey/ | title=Melvin Lindsey | date=8 July 2017 }}</ref> Lindsey began his broadcast career as an intern at [[Howard University]] radio station [[WHUR-FM]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-quiet-storm-mw0000200082|title=A Quiet Storm|author=Craig Lytle|work=AllMusic|accessdate=21 April 2016}}</ref> In 1976, he brought "Thethe "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 "Thethe Quiet'love Storm"song'-heavy spawnedformat scoreswas ofquickly imitationsreplicated inat stations across the country servingthat aserved black,an adulturban, urbanAfrican-American adult demographic. Lindsey's show also gave rise to a category of music of the same name.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Castaneda|first1=Ruben|title=Quiet Storm' Radio Host Melvin Lindsey Dies at 36|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1992/03/27/quiet-storm-radio-host-melvin-lindsey-dies-at-36/2d3b3f1e-0739-41fe-b005-3ebb16c0155c/|accessdate=26 March 2016|newspaper=Washington Post|date=March 27, 1992}}</ref>

After a nine-year run on WHUR, Lindsey took his format to another local radio station, [[WKYS-FM]], for five more years, and later he hosted "''[[Screen Scene"]]'' for [[BET|Black Entertainment Television]] (BET). LindseyHe also worked for Washington, DCD.C. television stations [[WTTG-TV]] and [[WDCW|WFTY-TV]] and for [[WJZ-TV]] in [[Baltimore, Maryland]].

Lindsey died at the age of 36 from complications of [[AIDS]] in 1992, but the Quiet Storm format he originated gained widespread popularity. It remained popular over 4 decades after its inception across the nation, especially in evening and late-night radio programs.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1992/03/27/quiet-storm-radio-host-melvin-lindsey-dies-at-36/2d3b3f1e-0739-41fe-b005-3ebb16c0155c/|title=Washington Post Archive|last=Castaneda|first=Ruben|date=1992-03-27|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref> Artists continue to compose songs to target the audiences of Quiet Storm stations and shows.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/underscore/8822-the-quiet-storm/|title=The Quiet Storm|website=Pitchfork|date=15 May 2012 |language=en|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref>

Melvin Lindsey tragically died of [[AIDS]] in 1992, but the Quiet Storm format he originated remains a staple in radio programming today, almost 30 years after its inception.

==See also==

{{Portal|R&B and Soul Music|United States}}

*[[Quiet storm]]

* ''[[A Quiet Storm]]'' – the Smokey Robinson record where the song "Quiet Storm" appeared

*[[Vaughn Harper]]

*{{Portal-inline|Radio}}

*{{Portal-inline|Biography}}

==References==

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==External links==

*{{Find a Grave|86154550}}

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[[Category:1955 births]]

[[Category:1992 deaths]]

[[Category:African-American television personalities]]

[[Category:Journalists from Washington, D.C.]]

[[Category:American radio personalities]]

[[Category:American television reporters and correspondents]]

[[Category:AIDS-related deaths in Washington, D.C.]]

[[Category:20th-century African-American people]]