Vin Scelsa attended Upsala College in East Orange, New Jersey, where he spent his early broadcasting years in several functions at the college's station, WFMU.
16 Facts About Vin Scelsa
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Vin Scelsa hosted his first show there in November 1967.
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Vin Scelsa went on to work in commercial radio first on Long Island in the early 1970s at WLIR and at non-commercial WBAI-FM in New York City.
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Vin Scelsa became road manager for singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt and worked for Poppy Records.
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When WPLJ restricted the air personalities' ability to pick their own music to play, Vin Scelsa moved to WNEW-FM 102.7 where he hosted late nights and evenings from 1973 through 1982.
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Similarly, when WNEW instituted fixed playlists for all personalities in 1982, Vin Scelsa moved on again.
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Vin Scelsa surfaced briefly at WLIR before devoting the next two years to off-air endeavors.
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Vin Scelsa joined then-new rock station WXRK-FM 92.3 K-Rock in 1985 and hosted a freeform program there through the end of 1995.
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Vin Scelsa opted to leave the station rather than restrict his playlist to the newer rock and shortly thereafter returned to WNEW-FM where he continued hosting "Idiot's Delight".
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Yet Vin Scelsa remained in place at WNEW through several programming formats until the end of 2000.
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Rather, the show was officially scheduled to run from 8:00 pm Sunday nights through 2:00 am Monday mornings, but in actuality ended as late as 4:30 am, depending upon when Vin Scelsa felt the show had reached an appropriate conclusion.
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On his March 28,2015, WFUV show, Vin Scelsa announced he would be retiring from radio.
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Vin Scelsa's last show on SiriusXM aired on April 30,2015, and his final radio show aired on WFUV on May 2,2015.
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Vin Scelsa served as the music editor of Penthouse magazine from 1988 to 1992.
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From 1994 to 1996, Vin Scelsa selected music and wrote the liner notes for Grooves, a 14-volume budget series of compilations from Time Life Music featuring adult alternative artists.
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Vin Scelsa has appeared on stage numerous times, notably as Vladimir in the Luna Stage production of Waiting for Godot.