Community Profile of the Month

Capitol Broadcasting Company believes one of our greatest responsibilities is supporting our community. CBC’s Community Profile is a new monthly feature on the Web – a way to inform our employees and the public about the work of area non-profits, and their volunteer opportunities and needs.

For December 2010, take closer look at the Triangle Radio Reading Service.

Triangle Radio Reading Service
www.trianglereadingservice.org

Location:
Six Forks Commons
211 East Six Forks Rd
Suite 103
Raleigh, NC 27609

Phone: (919) 832-5138

About the Triangle Radio Reading Service:
The Triangle Radio Reading Service provides local news and information people in the greater Triangle are who are blind, elderly or print-impaired

Triangle Radio Reading Service TRRS operates 24 hours a day on an audio network of radio, television, cable, and internet stream. The organization disseminates current news, information, and entertainment from the print media. They not only have readings of books & newspapers, but even things like grocery store and other flyers.

TRRS provides services to blind, low vision, and physically disabled people. They use volunteer readers in studios in Raleigh to reach 20,000 listeners in 20 counties.

Triangle Radio Reading Service TRRS loans out specially tuned SCA receivers, free of charge to those living in the broadcast area. To apply for a special receiver call the TRRS office (919) 832-5138. Find a list of other ways to receive the signal, including Time Warner Cable and the Internet, here.

How To Help the Triangle Radio Reading Service:
TRRS depends entirely on financial contributions from local governments, United Way, civic organizations, and individuals.

As TRRS is not available through an ordinary FM radio, listeners are loaned specially tuned receivers that cost TRRS about $25 each. They are provided free of charge to those living in the broadcast area, although some listeners contribute as they are financially able.

TELL OTHERS
Tell TRRS about friends and family members who could benefit from the Reading Service. Also tell your friends, neighbors and associates about this worthwhile program and encourage them to support it with their time, talent and donations. Find a listener application here.

VOLUNTEER
Become a TRRS volunteer. Assist with on-air reading, engineering, scheduling, fund raising, public outreach and other projects. Training programs are offered to all volunteers. Find a volunteer application here.

DONATE
Become a TRRS supporter. Send your tax-deductible gift in any amount to the Triangle Radio Reading Service. A $100 donation will purchase 4 special TRRS receivers for 4 listeners. A donation of $400 provides the operating funds for one full day of broadcasting. You may also phone in a contribution to be charged to a credit card. Send your donation to the address above.

“I think too many people see our organization as serving only the blind. The blind community certainly is one of our most important audiences, but we also serve the growing population of residents who develop vision problems because of glaucoma, macular degeneration and other eye diseases associated with aging. Life expectancy keeps growing, but so do health issues. I just hope the Triangle Radio Reading Service will be around when I might need their services to keep me engaged and informed about my community.”
– CBC New Media Group's John Conway, TRRS Board Member

POSTED: December 1, 2010