▁be ▁po etic , ▁philosoph ical , ▁hum orous ▁and ▁confront ational , ▁sometimes ▁simultaneously , ▁as ▁L yman ▁at ▁various ▁times ▁claimed ▁to ▁be : ▁the ▁living ▁emb od iment ▁of ▁Tr uth , ▁the ▁greatest ▁man ▁in ▁the ▁world , ▁Jesus ▁Christ , ▁and ▁an ▁al ien ▁entity ▁sent ▁to ▁Earth ▁in ▁human ▁form ▁by ▁extr ater rest ri als . ▁Such ▁pron oun c ements ▁were ▁typically ▁delivered ▁with ▁extreme ▁fer vor ▁and ▁liberal ▁use ▁of ▁ALL ▁C AP S . ▁ ▁K PF K ▁Deb acle ▁According ▁to ▁both ▁Fel ton ▁and ▁Kind man , ▁Family ▁member ▁O wen ▁de Long ▁applied ▁for ▁and ▁eventually ▁got ▁a ▁job ▁as ▁program ▁director ▁at ▁alternative ▁community ▁radio ▁station ▁K PF K ▁in ▁Los ▁Angeles . ▁Although ▁he ▁had ▁not ▁mentioned ▁L yman ▁or ▁American ▁Av atar , ▁de Long ▁immediately ▁began ▁taking ▁the ▁station ▁in ▁what ▁management ▁and ▁staff ▁considered ▁a ▁peculiar ▁direction . ▁When ▁L yman ' s ▁" history ▁of ▁rh ythm ▁and ▁bl ues " ▁t apes ▁proved ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁recorded ▁at ▁a ▁volume ▁too ▁low ▁for ▁quality ▁broadcast ing , ▁de Long ▁interrupted ▁the ▁third ▁broadcast ▁and ▁asked ▁listen ers ▁to ▁call ▁the ▁station ▁compla ining ▁about ▁the ▁sound . ▁The ▁al ac r ity ▁with ▁which ▁the ▁switch board ▁lit ▁up ▁suggested ▁a ▁pre - pl anned ▁campaign ▁by ▁Family ▁members . ▁When ▁recording ▁engineer ▁David ▁Cloud ▁pointed ▁this ▁out , ▁de Long ▁assault ed ▁him ▁and ▁was ▁subsequently ▁fired . ▁Family ▁members ▁including ▁Mark