[grc] Lorenzo Milam, the final chapter?

[Maria Gilardin]

Thank you Jim - for sad and also celebratory news. I hope Lorenzo stays 
around longer to continue to amaze us.
As former Pacifica radio person I always saw him as the complement to 
Lew Hill's vision.
Wishing him well - with thanks!

Maria

Maria Gilardin/TUC Radio
PO Box 44/Calpella, CA, 95418
(707) 463-2654
http://tucradio.org

On 9/12/2017 12:58 PM, Jim Ellinger via grc wrote:
> *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."*
> //**/
>
>
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