THE RADIO PAPERS:
FROM KRAB TO KCHU
(ESSAYS ON THE ART AND PRACTICE OF RADIO TRANSMISSION)
By Lorenzo W. Milam

The earliest writings of the noted radio nutcase and broadcasting pioneer, Lorenzo Wilson Milam.

These essays first appeared in the program guides of KRAB (Seattle), KDNA (St. Louis), KTAO (Los Gatos), and KCHU (Dallas).

These are revealing descriptions of the pleasure and pain of running a broadcast operation for the community. Included are chapters on volunteers, listeners, ratings (or "anti-ratings"), music, and the sheer, glorious poetry of being involved in a broadcast station that has a spirit of joy, rather than greed.

Illustrated with many early photographs of the pioneering days of radio.

"...an offbeat yet appealing assortment of humorous, irreverent, apologetic, self-righteous, and passionate essays about noncommercial community radio in the 1960s and 1970s..." --- Library Journal

"...excellent reading. As a collection, they provide a vivid insight into the goals, struggles, and accomplishments of 'community' radio" --- Journalism History

"Charming...it is the recollection of those early days in Seattle that remains and delights... --- Daily Variety

ISBN: 0-917320-19-0 (Softcover) $10.95

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