Scott Muni (May 10, 1930 – September 28, 2004) was a legendary^[1] American disc jockey, who worked at the heyday of the AM Top 40 format and then was a pioneer of FM progressive rock radio. Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 48 BC - Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A disc jockey (also known as DJ or deejay) is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience The Top Forty or Top 40 is a music industry shorthand for the currently most-popular songs in a particular genre. This article is about Broadcast radio, for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. See also Frequency modulation, FM band FM broadcasting is a broadcast Technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that Progressive rock is a Radio station programming format that prospered in the late 1960s and 1970s in which the Disc jockeys are given wide latitude

Born Donald Allen Muñoz in Wichita, Kansas, Muni grew up in New Orleans. Wichita (ˈwɪtʃɪtaː is the most populous City in the US state of Kansas, and the county seat of Sedgwick County. New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana He joined the United States Marine Corps and began broadcasting there in 1950, reading "Dear John" letters over Radio Guam. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The term "Dear John letter" refers to a letter written by a woman to her husband or Boyfriend to inform him their relationship is over usually because she has found After leaving the Corps and having considered acting as a career, he began working as a disc jockey; in 1955 he replaced rock radio pioneer Alan Freed at station WAKR in Akron, Ohio, and after that worked in Kankakee, Illinois. Acting is the work of an Actor or Actress, which is a person in Theatre, Television, Film, or any other Storytelling Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Alan Freed (December 15 1921 &ndash January 20 1965 also known as Moondog, was an American Disc-jockey who became WAKR is an AM radio station in Akron Ohio, USA operating on 1590 kHz. Akron is a city in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Summit County. Kankakee is a city in Kankakee County, Illinois, in the United States.

Muni then spent almost 50 years at stations in New York City. The City of New York He became a Top 40 broadcaster at WMCA in the late 1950s, just before the start of their "Good Guys" era, and did a number of record hops in the New York area. WMCA, 570 AM, is a Radio station in New York City, most known for its "Good Guys" Top 40 era in the 1960s Sock Hop or soc hop (rarely is a term coined in the 1950s in the United States, following the growth in popularity of Rock and roll In 1960 he moved to rival Top 40 station WABC. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. WABC (770 kHz known as "NewsTalkRadio 77" is a radio station in New York City. There he did an early evening show called "Scottland's Yard" and was the first WABC DJ to capture the attention of the teenage audience the station would become famous for. He also participated in the competition to cover The Beatles on their first visits to the United States, and thus began a long association with them. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960

In 1965 Muni left WABC and ran the Rolling Stone Night Club while doing occasional fill-in work for WMCA. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Muni had explored some opportunities beyond radio: he had recently co-hosted a local weekly television show on WABC-TV with Bruce "Cousin Brucie" Morrow, and he would go on to record the spoken single "Letter to an Unborn Child", about a soldier with a premonition, which was released in 1967 to little acclaim. WABC-TV, channel 7 is the flagship station of the Walt Disney Company -owned American Broadcasting Company, located in New York City. Bruce Morrow (born Bruce Meyerowitz on October 13 1937 in Brooklyn New York) is an American Radio personality, known Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar.

So a return to radio was in order, and in 1966 Muni joined WOR-FM, one of the earliest pioneers of freeform-based progressive rock radio. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. WRKS (987 MHz better known as 987 Kiss FM, is an Urban Adult Contemporary radio station in New York City, owned by Emmis Communications Progressive rock is a Radio station programming format that prospered in the late 1960s and 1970s in which the Disc jockeys are given wide latitude The notion did not last at that station, but in 1967 Muni moved to legendary rock station WNEW-FM, where the format really took hold. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. WWFS (1027 FM) is a New York City Radio station owned and operated by CBS Radio. Muni stayed there for three decades as the afternoon DJ and sometimes program director. In service industries such as Education, a program director researches plans develops and implements one or more of the firm's professional services Muni was described by fellow WNEW-FM DJ Dennis Elsas as "the heart and soul of the place. " Under assorted management changes during the 1990s WNEW-FM lost its way, and in 1998 Muni ended up as a one-hour noontime classic rock personality at WAXQ 104.3, where he worked until suffering a stroke in early 2004. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Classic rock was originally conceived as a Radio station programming format which evolved from the Album oriented rock (AOR format in the early-1980s WAXQ (1043 FM, "Q-1043" is a Radio station with a Classic rock format in New York City. A stroke is the rapidly developing loss of brain functions due to a disturbance in the blood vessels supplying blood to the brain "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "

Muni's low, gravelly voice was instantly recognizable and often lampooned, both by other disc jockeys and by impressionists such as on Imus in the Morning. An impressionist is a performer whose act consists of giving the "impression" of being someone else by imitating the other person's voice and mannerisms Imus in the Morning is an American radio show hosted by Don Imus on ABC Radio Networks and Simulcast on RFD-TV The voice combined with Muni's encyclopedic knowledge of rock music made him one of the most famous disc jockeys worldwide. Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. He was often known to his listeners by the nicknames "Scottso" or "The Professor", the latter to emphasize both his rock expertise and his age difference with most of his audience. While he sometimes spoke in roundabout phrases and succumbed to progressive rock radio clichés such as "That was a tasty cut from . . . ", he also conveyed on the air and in his professional relationships a gruff immediacy that was a by-product of both his time in the Marines and his earlier Top 40 skills.

A bizarre exchange occurred in 1972 when a hostage-holding bank robber called Muni on the air and engaged him in a long, often nonsensical conversation; the two peppered their post-hippie speech with discussions of Bob Dylan music and requests to hear the Grateful Dead. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A hostage is a person or entity which is held by a captor The original definition meant that this was handed over by one of two belligerent parties to the other or seized as security Bank robbery is the Crime of robbing a Bank. It is also called a bank heist, especially in the United States. The Hippie Subculture was originally a Youth movement that began in the United States during the early 1960s and spread around the world Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. This incident was later one of the inspirations for the 1975 film Dog Day Afternoon. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dog Day Afternoon is a 1975 American crime Drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and written by Frank Pierson.

Muni specialized in playing records from up-and-coming, or sometimes just-plain-obscure, acts from the United Kingdom on his weekly Friday "Things from England" segment. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located He also hosted the syndicated radio programs Ticket to Ride and Scott Muni's World of Rock. In Broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast Radio shows and Television shows to multiple individual stations without going through

Muni was friendly with many of the musicians whom he played, and they would often stop by the studio to visit on-air. He played poker in the studio with the Grateful Dead, and he would let Emerson, Lake and Palmer browse the station's huge record library and put on whatever they liked. Poker is a type of Card game in which players bet on the value of the card combination (" hand " in their possession by placing a bet into The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Emerson Lake & Palmer ( ELP) were an English Progressive rock supergroup. An oft-related story tells that he was interviewing Jimmy Page when the guitarist suddenly passed out from the aftereffects of the Led Zeppelin lifestyle. James Patrick Page, OBE (born 9 January 1944 is an English Guitarist, Composer and record producer Led Zeppelin were Muni calmly put on a record, revived Page, and completed the interview on the studio floor.

Muni was close to John Lennon and his family, and after Lennon's murder he vowed to always open his show with a Lennon or Beatles record, a pledge that he kept for the balance of his career. John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born Since Muni promised to start off his time block at Q104. 3 (NYC's Classic Rock Station) with about 4 Beatles songs. After Muni's own death in 2004, the gang at Q104. 3 keeps Scott's promise to NY and still starts the noon hour with the "12 o'clock Beatles Block". (12:00-12:20pm)

Muni often referred to "we interviewed so and so. " The 'we' he was referring to was himself and either "Black" Earl Douglas or another producer.

In addition to radio broadcasting, Muni also did voice-over work for radio and television; the most known were a commercial for Rolaids antacid ("How do you spell relief?") and promos for Monday Night Football. The term voice-over refers to a production technique where a non-diagetic voice is broadcast live or pre-recorded in Radio, Television, Film, Rolaids is a brand of Antacid produced by McNeil Consumer Healthcare a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson Inc An antacid is any substance generally a base or Basic salt, which counteracts stomach acidity. Monday Night Football ( MNF) is a Live television broadcast of the National Football League.

Muni was married twice and had five children.

Muni is included in an exhibit display of important disc jockeys at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a Museum located on the shores of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland Ohio, United States

He died in New York City. The City of New York

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External links

• Personal website
• Scott Muni airchecks
• WMCA site profile
• WABC site profile
• Associated Press obituary
• Tribute from Keith Emerson
• Brief Biography of Scott Muni

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