[grc] Lorenzo Milam, the final chapter?

[Kali]

I was thinking of you guys, did you survive Harvey OK?


On 9/13/2017 6:23 PM, Wendy Schroell via grc wrote:
> Not Jeremy too...  Jeremy, send us a sign!
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> wendy and scooter
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> On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 10:21 PM, Tom Voorhees <juice at whidbey.com> wrote:
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>> 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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>> Tue, 12 Sep 2017 22:06:43 -0500
>> Subject:
>> Re: [grc] Lorenzo Milam, the final chapter?
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>> What Maria said. Love to all!
>>
>> 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
>>>
>>> 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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