LAKEPORT >> Tune in — and call in, or drop in — to Wordweavers on Saturday August 5 from 4 to 5 p.m. on KPFZ 88.1 FM. Lourdes Thuesen will be the guest host.
The show will celebrate, with a mix of sorrow and joy, the life of Sandra Wade, who, in addition to being Lake County Poet Laureate, was a KPFZ programmer, board member, and board president.
Hosts will play and read some of her works, and would love to hear reminiscences about her life here in Lake County and KPFZ in particular.
Born in Hertfordshire, England, Wade came to Lake County in 1970, settling in Lower Lake in 1977. She served as President of the Lake County Writer’s Guild, helped publish numerous magazines, and was instrumental in establishing the Lake County Arts Council in the early 1980s.
Selected as Lake County’s Poet Laureate in 2006, she encouraged creative writing and open mics throughout the county, spearheaded the Poetry Out Loud program in local high schools, and represented Lake County by attending gatherings of Poets Laureate..
Wade was active in the creation and growth of KPFZ 88.1 FM, the county’s first FCC-licensed, listener supported radio station. In addition to her roles in management, she hosted “Accent on Words,” a weekly literature program.
“Sandra was always a great lover of community radio—because community radio is composed of unique sounds and ideas—both of which she embraced. She brought those qualities to the early days and the seeding of KPFZ,” said station manager Andy Weiss.
She returned to England, where she continued to be active in the Arts community.
