[grc] Lorenzo Milam, the final chapter?

[Tom Voorhees]

Per the below, Lorenzo Milam and Jeremy Lansman were also responsible for
crafting the KBOO bylaws in a way that has through the years derailed
several takeover attempts. My understanding is because of deteriorating
health Jermey Lansman is selling his Anchorage Alaska commercial low power
TV station that has aired Democracy Now daily for many years.  Tom

> Sent:Tue, 12 Sep 2017 22:06:43 -0500
> 
> Subject:Re: [grc] Lorenzo Milam, the final chapter?
> 
> 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
>> 
>> 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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