Frieda Werden
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Frieda Lindfield Werden (born 1947) is an American
and Canadian
radio personality. She is the co-founder and producer of the weekly radio series WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service, which debuted in 1986 and has been in weekly syndication for more than twenty years.
, and was married from 1968 to 1972 to Noble Horace Dunson, Jr. She has no children. Upon divorce in 1972, she formally changed her name to Frieda Lindfield Werden. She lived in several other US cities before emigrating to Canada in 2002.
in Texas, and What's Normal? a series about homosexual lifestyles. In 1992, she began working for National Public Radio as an associate producer and then series producer of docudramas. In 1985, she became operations manager of Western Public Radio in San Francisco, and there she founded WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service (1986- ). From 1992-1998, she worked with the Foundation for a Compassionate Society in Austin, Texas, and helped to establish and staff Women's Access to Electronic Resources (WATER).
In 1997, in Milan, Werden became North America Representative to the Women's International Network of AMARC (the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters). As such, she represented AMARC on the Task Force for Gender Issues of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in Geneva.
In 2005, Werden was elected president of the International Association of Women in Radio and Television
. From 2002-2007, she seved as Vice President for North America on the international Board of Directors of (AMARC).
In June 2006, she received the inaugural "Lifetime Achievement Award" at the 25th Annual National Community Radio Conference, a project of the Canadian National Campus and Community Radio Association
(NCRA).
Presently, she coordinates Spoken Word
programming at CJSF-FM
, a Burnaby, BC campus-community radio station.
A profile of Werden appears in the book Feminists Who Changed America, 1963-1975, by Barbara Love (2006, University of Illinois Press).
United States
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and Canadian
Canada
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radio personality. She is the co-founder and producer of the weekly radio series WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service, which debuted in 1986 and has been in weekly syndication for more than twenty years.
Early life
Werden was born Linda Catherine Samfield in Austin, TexasAustin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
, and was married from 1968 to 1972 to Noble Horace Dunson, Jr. She has no children. Upon divorce in 1972, she formally changed her name to Frieda Lindfield Werden. She lived in several other US cities before emigrating to Canada in 2002.
Work in radio
Werden began producing radio with the Longhorn Radio Network in 1973. Her early radio series included Women Today, about the feminist movementFeminist movement
The feminist movement refers to a series of campaigns for reforms on issues such as reproductive rights, domestic violence, maternity leave, equal pay, women's suffrage, sexual harassment and sexual violence...
in Texas, and What's Normal? a series about homosexual lifestyles. In 1992, she began working for National Public Radio as an associate producer and then series producer of docudramas. In 1985, she became operations manager of Western Public Radio in San Francisco, and there she founded WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service (1986- ). From 1992-1998, she worked with the Foundation for a Compassionate Society in Austin, Texas, and helped to establish and staff Women's Access to Electronic Resources (WATER).
In 1997, in Milan, Werden became North America Representative to the Women's International Network of AMARC (the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters). As such, she represented AMARC on the Task Force for Gender Issues of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in Geneva.
In 2005, Werden was elected president of the International Association of Women in Radio and Television
International Association of Women in Radio and Television
The International Association of Women in Radio and Television is a women's organization involved in the broadcasting industry.-History:IAWRT was founded in 1949 and held the first conference of its own in 1951....
. From 2002-2007, she seved as Vice President for North America on the international Board of Directors of (AMARC).
In June 2006, she received the inaugural "Lifetime Achievement Award" at the 25th Annual National Community Radio Conference, a project of the Canadian National Campus and Community Radio Association
National Campus and Community Radio Association
The National Campus and Community Radio Association/L'Association nationale des radios étudiantes et communautaires is a non-profit organization of campus radio and community radio stations in Canada....
(NCRA).
Presently, she coordinates Spoken Word
Spoken word
Spoken word is a form of poetry that often uses alliterated prose or verse and occasionally uses metered verse to express social commentary. Traditionally it is in the first person, is from the poet’s point of view and is themed in current events....
programming at CJSF-FM
CJSF-FM
CJSF-FM is a radio station on top of Burnaby Mountain in Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia. The station features a wide range of genres, from spoken word politics to heavy metal music shows.- Station overview :...
, a Burnaby, BC campus-community radio station.
A profile of Werden appears in the book Feminists Who Changed America, 1963-1975, by Barbara Love (2006, University of Illinois Press).
External links
- International Association of Women in Radio and Television
- WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service
- http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A524626 "Have WINGS, Will Fly: Frieda Werden's Women's News Projects Take Off," by Amy Smith, Austin Chronicle, Sept. 20, 1996