traditionally had offered affordable housing, and slamming the city assault on rent control. In the mid 1980, Fass made remote recordings at the tent city the homeless had erected in Tompkins Square Park on the Lower East Side. He went on to work with the Living Theater and members of that community to produce a piece of theater based on their experiences (which included both professional actors and homeless people), called The Hands of God. By 2006, Fass time on WBAI had been reduced to just one night a week.
Lasting influence
In his book about life at WBAI, Playing In The FM Band, Steve Post describes Bob Fass as: gigantic man with receding blond hair and thick black-rimmed glasses, with hands so huge they appeared to dominate his enormous frame. His voice, soft & gentle, which I heard coming from the office monitors seemed somehow detached from his body.