[grc] Lorenzo Milam, the final chapter?

[Jim Ellinger]

*Austin Airwaves is reliably informed that Lorenzo W. Milam, author of 
**/Sex and Broadcasting, A Handbook on Starting a Radio Station for the 
Community/ (1975 Mho & Mho Works) recently suffered a stroke.

Milam, a long time resident of Mexico, now 'in his mid-80' remains 
conversant and seemingly in good spirits in a recent phone call. Milam, 
and others including Jeremy Lansman, were responsible for licensing and 
establishing many of the first generation of CR stations, including 
KTAO, KRAB, KDHX, KBOO, and others. Milam's irreverent book is widely 
considered something of a 'bible' of community radio, although Milam 
always expressed disdain for any reverence directed towards him.
*
*David Armstrong, in /A Trumpet to Arms: Alternative Media in America/, 
said "Milam...became a veritable Johnny Appleseed of community radio."*

*In 1974, Milam and Lansman filed the so-called/'Petition Against God'/ 
with the FCC asking for a freeze on new licenses for educational TV and 
radio channels, and an investigation into religious broadcasters. 
Although the agency did not consider the petition (on First Amendment 
grounds), the FCC received over a million letters, about 3,000 per day 
for many months, protesting the petition, the largest number of letters 
the FCC has ever received on any issue.

Milam continues to produce RALPH, an on-line publication dealing with 
'arts, literature, philosophy and the humanities.' He was also the 
editor of the highly regarded /Fessenden Review/, and author of */*The 
Cripple Liberation Front Marching Band Blues.*/

**https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_Milam/

//*"Sic pilum iactum est"*//
*"Thus the ball is tossed**.**" */*Paraphrase of Caesar's */*"alea iacta 
est," "the die is cast."*
//**/