[grc] covid, Milam, money, money, money

[Charles Reinsch]

Following this thread, and seeing Lorenzo Milam's name invoked in a 
discussion of the use of "non-commercial" broadcast services for 
profiteering by vendors of vitamin supplements and crackpot "science"*, 
I feel compelled to add 2 bits.

There seems to be, in this thread, a confusion as to what exactly 
qualifies as a "minority viewpoint", and when fulfilling your station's 
mission requires that it be represented in your broadcast.

Lorenzo, and KRAB, were cautious when approached by  suspiciously 
generous people offering to lift us out of poverty by using our facility 
to promote their pet project.  They were thanked for their concern, and 
shown the door.  If you listen to Lorenzo's speech at the 1976 Telluride 
conference, you will hear him repeat, more than once, that he hoped the 
conversation would get away from money.

 From the early days Lorenzo liked an open-ended panel discussion format 
for creating an environment where ideas could be challenged.  It was 
when, in these "forums", the participants reached some level of common 
understanding that they achieved a bit of what Hill (and Milam) dreamed 
a studio, a microphone, and a transmitter could do.

*Years ago I was shocked when I heard Null's "infomercials" on WBAI.  
Later, the shock was doubled when I heard his promotional appeals on 
KPFK.  As a result I stopped listening to both.

chuck

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Charles Reinsch
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