Elliot Mintz

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x77ao2Vj2JA&pp=0gcJCRsBo7VqN5tD

Lorenzo Wilson Milam, Guru of Community Radio, RIP

Lorenzo Wilson Milam, Guru of Community Radio, Is Dead at 86 - The New York Times

Listening with Malcolm

Over the years, I've tried various platforms to share music from my Freeform Radio Days and also more current favorites. Of course, I still post my old airchecks at Freeform Radio on Podomatic, but the platform that's had the best success in recent years has been my

 "Listening with Malcolm" Facebook Group.

Please check it out.

WNEW Part 2 - K & V Scelsa Podcast

Episode 19 - WNEW Part 2 - T-Shirt and Razoo Kelley by Kate & Vin Scelsa Podcast

KFML AM & FM Begins

Friend and radio compatriot Herb Neu checked in recently after viewing the write-up on KFML at: http://denverradio.tripod.com/kfml.html# (be careful opening the page, there is also a commercial page that also opens up when you visit).

Herb wanted to clarify a few things about how freeform KFML got started:

"I noticed a discrepancy in the KFML Link. The originators were Brian Kreizenbeck, Thom Trunnell and Herb Neu.

"Thom had left WLS-FM to become the PD of a San Francisco free form station and I left WLS-FM to become sales manager at KOME in San Jose. Prior to WLS-FM we were with KMYR in Denver, which was owned by Doubleday. They fired the entire staff and management because we were "subversive."

"ABC hired all of us except for Ashford who chose to hang around Denver. AFter we came to the Bay Area, Thom and I hated our respective gigs. Brian was in Denver and he let us know that KFML was in trouble and there was a chance for us to get involved.

"I called Joe McGoey and we set up a meeting with him. We hopped in my soon-to-be-repossessed VW and drove to Denver for the meeting. The deal we worked out was that we could provide a complete staff for a weekly salary of $100 each plus profit sharing."

WNEW Part 1

Episode 18 - WNEW Part 1 by Kate & Vin Scelsa Podcast

SF Underground Radio 2

https://youtu.be/4Y9D_z_bQmc

John Zacherle, RIP

John Zacherle - Wikipedia

Freeform DJ at WNEW-FM in the late 1960s and WPLJ-FM throughout the 1970s, Zach was best known for his television work, but he also did a great freeform show.

Vin at WPLJ and Zacherley

Episode 12 of the Kate and Vin Scelsa Podcast:

https://soundcloud.com/thekateandvinscelsapodcast/episode-12-vin-at-wplj-book-recs-and-that-time-zacherley-did-that-thing

First 20 minutes they talk mostly about Ernest Hemmingway, then get into the good stuff:

"And we're back! Still suffering from some technical problems forcing us to do this one over the phone, so apologies for the phone-style audio. We've got some book recs, the history of Vin's doomed first foray into mainstream radio as WPLJ attempted to co-op the counterculture with less successful results, and a story about DJ/professional character Zacherley's revenge upon the corporate radio format."

SF Underground Radio 1

Steve Wolfson video interviews about the early days of Freeform Radio, at KMPX and KSAN:

https://youtu.be/VQsAQgS6Xo8

KMPX/KSAN Brief History

http://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Birth_of_Community_Rock_Radio%3A_A_brief_history_of_KMPX_and_KSAN-FM

Light Shows

http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/lightman-fantastic/

KDKB's Nina Joy

Phoenix freeform station KDKB's Nina Joy passed away last year. Andy Olsen's done a great tribute to her and her work. Please visit: http://radiofreephoenix.com/whatsup/2016/01/26/nina-joy-tribute-on-radio-free-phoenix/

FM Radio History with Jim Ladd & Frazer Smith

FM Radio History with Veteran Freeform DJs Jim Ladd & Frazer Smith on WTF - Radio Survivor

Lee Baby Simms, RIP

The man who inspired me to get into radio has passed. I miss you, Lee!

Ken Levine's written a neat obituary at: http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2015/01/rip-lee-baby-sims.html

Here's another obit at Radio INK, with a portion of an aircheck from Lee's work at KORL that I've never heard before: http://www.radioink.com/Article.asp?id=2888674

Anybody got some others to share?
Here's the collection at Reel Radio: http://www.reelradio.com/ls/index.html

Radio insight obiturary and discussion: http://radioinsight.com/community/topic/lee-baby-simms-has-died/

My original posting about Lee, back in 2004, before I got to meet him and became actual friends: http://freeform-radio.blogspot.com/2004/05/lee-baby-simms.html

Emperor Hudson

http://youtu.be/gE27R2yDtz4

YES, 1971

http://youtu.be/9rpBUD0hjaI

Summer of Love Retrospective

Mike Pell has been doing a Summer of Love retrospective. Listen and/or download while the files are still up:

radiopell.podomatic.com

Mike Pell's Podcasts

Mike Pell's ROCKOLLECTIONS has moved to SoundCloud and PodOmatic. He can be located at the link below (also regularly listed in "Listen Now"). Friend him at PodOmatic and you will be notified each time he cuts a new podcast:

http://radiopell.podomatic.com

Pete Fornatale, RIP

Pete Fornatale has passed on to the big control room in the sky:

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/television/pete-fornatale-pioneering-nyc-rock-radio-deejay-writer-dead-66-article-1.1068146

Soundcheck ®: Remembering Pete Fornatale - WNYC

Mike Pell has done two tributes to Pete, including sound bites from Pete and some of Pete's own background on his career. Go to:

http://wlso.fm/wordpress/archives/2272

http://wlso.fm/wordpress/archives/2273