Birth Name:

Fred W. Friendly

Male

Birth Date:

Sat, Oct 30, 1915

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

New York, New York, United States

Age:

108

Zodiac Sign:

Scorpio

Astrology Data:

Sun

6°

Sco

11'

About Fred W. Friendly

Fred W. Friendly (born Ferdinand Friendly Wachenheimer, October 30, 1915 – March 3, 1998) was a president of CBS News and the creator, along with Edward R. Murrow, of the documentary television program See It Now. He originated the concept of public-access television cable TV channels.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• The Museum of Broadcast Communications

• The short film The Power of the Media, Part I (1990) is available for free download at the Internet Archive.

• The short film The Power of the Media, Part II (1990) is available for free download at the Internet Archive.

• Fred Friendly Seminars

• Fred W. Friendly at Find a Grave

• CNN Obituary

• Columbia University 250: Columbians Ahead of Their Time

• About the Fred Friendly Seminars from pbs.org

• Brennan Award citation for the Seminars

• How journalism saved one man, and the rest of us, from McCarthyism

Birth Chart and Planetary Positions of Fred W. Friendly

Astrological portrait of Fred W. Friendly

Current important phases/events in Fred W. Friendly’s life

Fred W. Friendly's relationships

Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Fred W. Friendly: Sun 6 Scorpio, Moon 0 Leo, Mercury 21 Libra, Venus 18 Scorpio, Mars 11 Leo, Jupiter 19 Pisces, Saturn 16 Cancer, Uranus 11 Aquarius, Neptune 2 Leo, Pluto 3 Cancer, Sun Trine Pluto, Sun Square Neptune, Mercury Quincunx Jupiter, Mercury Square Saturn, Sun Sesquiquadrate Jupiter, Venus Trine Jupiter, Venus Trine Saturn, Venus Sesquiquadrate Pluto, Mars Opposition Uranus, Jupiter Trine Saturn, Jupiter Sesquiquadrate Neptune, Neptune Semi Sextile Pluto

Categories related to Fred W. Friendly: October 30 births, Recipients of the Legion of Merit, Columbia University faculty, American male journalists, 1998 deaths, Rhode Island, 20th-century American businesspeople, Jewish American journalists, People from the Bronx, People from Riverdale, Bronx, Journalists from New York City, American television executives, American radio journalists, American television journalists, 1915 births, Businesspeople from Providence, Burials at Kensico Cemetery, CBS executives, Presidents of CBS News, 20th-century American Jews, Nichols College alumni

Photo attribution: Phil Stanziola for World Telegram & Sun, https://www.loc.gov/item/2008677632/