Feminista Frequencies unearths the remarkable history of one of the United States’ first full-time Spanish-language community radio stations, Radio KDNA, which began broadcasting in the Yakima Valley in 1979.
Available on April 5, 2022 in Hardcover and Paperback.
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Dr. Monica De La Torre
Feminista Frequencies is an online archive and teaching tool accompanying the book Feminista Frequencies: Community Building Through Radio in the Yakima Valley by Dr. Monica De La Torre. Feminista Frequencies is a website dedicated to archiving the amazing work by Mexican American farmworker communities in creating culturally relevant radio broadcasting in the United States. Currently, this archive features content from two community radio stations: KDNA 91.9 FM and Soul Rebel Radio (KPFK 90.7 FM).
This digital open access archive is part of a larger scholarly research project and book written by Dr. Monica De La Torre titled Feminista Frequencies: Community Building Through Radio in the Yakima Valley. Stay tuned for the full roll-out of the archive and the launching of the Feminista Frequencies Podcast coming soon!
“Truly compelling. De La Torre is a masterful storyteller and makes clear contributions to sound studies, Chicana/Latina studies, feminist studies, and communication studies.”
– Isabel Molina-Guzmán
Author of Latinas and Latinos on TV:
Colorblind Comedy in the Post-racial Network Era.
“An illuminating case study that enhances our understandings of the Pacific Northwest, community radio, and the ongoing role of feminism in media practices.”
– Dolores Inés Casillas
Author of Sounds of Belonging:
U.S. Spanish-language Radio and Public Advocacy.
