[grc] Lorenzo Milam, the final chapter?

[Wendy Schroell]

Not Jeremy too...  Jeremy, send us a sign!

wendy and scooter

On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 10:21 PM, Tom Voorhees <juice at whidbey.com> wrote:

> 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
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> What Maria said. Love to all!
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> wendy
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> On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 8:13 PM, Maria Gilardin via grc <
> grc at maillist.peak.org> wrote:
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> > 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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> > Maria Gilardin/TUC Radio
> > PO Box 44/Calpella, CA, 95418
> > (707) 463-2654
> > http://tucradio.org
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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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