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(More customer reviews)As of early 2000, the FCC has begun the process of approving a new class of broadcasting, low-power FM (LPFM). The thrust of this effort -- just like the thrust of Milam's book -- is to bring new voices and issues to airwaves.
Milam was one of the early pioneers in radical, non-profit broadcasting. He formed the KRAB Nebula of stations that competed with Pacifica for the far left of public radio. Sex and Broadcasting gives an overview of what it takes (or at least what it took in the '60s and '70s -- the technology and regulation of radio have changed significantly since the book was published) to start up a station and to give it reason.
Milam contents that broadcasting, like sex, requires passion and devotion. At times the book reads like a Yippie manifesto, but when Milam starts talking about the power of radio, one cannot help but be swayed.
Whether or not LPFM takes off the ground (Congressional efforts are seeking to limit/block its introduction) remains to be seen, however the lessons of Sex and Broadcasting could easily be applied as easily and effectively by a webcaster as a traditional over-the-air broadcaster.
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