[grc] Lorenzo Milam, the final chapter?

[Wendy Schroell]

What Maria said.  Love to all!

wendy

On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 8:13 PM, Maria Gilardin via grc <
grc at maillist.peak.org> wrote:

> 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
>
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>
> 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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