Later he worked as a journalist for Radio Bremen and was a news presenter on the TV channel ARD in Tagesschau between 1973 and his retirement in 1998.

Wieben has authored books in Low German, a regional language in Northern Germany.

He is also heard (and briefly seen in the music video) in Falco's controversial hit song Jeanny: The part of the Newsflash in the track is spoken by Wieben.

Inge Meysel outed Wieben as a homosexual in a 1995 interview in the magazine Stern.

[3] Before publication, Stern asked for Wieben's permission to publish the interview which he granted.