Allison Steele Says Farewell to Summer

Thirty years ago this month we lost the brilliant radio DJ Allison Steele.

It's hard to think that the NYC airwaves have been without her soothing voice and gentle wisdom for so long. Since 1995 to be precise. I listened to her in high school and she died just after I started college. There was something about her death that marked for me, in a away, the end of my childhood.

But let's not dwell on that. Let's remember how long we had her. Let's go back in time to when Allison was at her height. 

It was another September just like this, in the fall of 1972. Like in 2025 or 1995, summer was ending. The leafs and moods were changing, the autumnal equinox was nigh, and Allison, in her wonderful way, helped us say goodbye to summer.

So as we say goodbye to summer now, let's remember when Allison did it for us 53 years ago this month.

Allison, like summer, may be gone but will always be remembered.