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Raleigh, NC 27609
919-832-5138 Ofc; 919-833-5220 Fax
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We Breathe Words Into Your Life

The Triangle Radio Reading Service connects people who are blind and print impaired to each other, their communities, and families by delivering news, information, and entertainment using the latest audio technology.

Welcome New Directors!

The TRRS Board of Directors is pleased to announce our two new staff members.  May Gai Tran (R) is our new Executive Director, and Anne Arella (L) fills a new position, Director of Resource Development and Community Relations.  Click on their names to read their introductory messages!

Anne Arella and May Gai Tran

Reaching Out

Loyal listener tuned in to TRRSThe TRRS broadcast signal covers the entire counties of Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Durham, Granville, Harnett, Lee, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, and Wake. It can also be heard in significant parts of Cumberland, Franklin, Guilford, Hoke, Johnston, Montgomery, Nash, Rockingham, Vance, and Warren Counties.

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. Additionally, the TRRS signal is broadcast:

  • On Time Warner cable in Raleigh (TV and FM) and Community Access TV in Cary, Garner, Hillsborough, and Apex
  • On the in-house cable systems at Rex Hospital, Duke University Medical Center, UNC Memorial Hospitals, WakeMed Health and Hospitals, the VA Hospital, Duke Raleigh Hospital, plus the Glenaire Retirement Community in Cary and Croasdaile Village Retirement Center in Durham
  • On the Internet.

Read How to Receive Our Signal.

Ways You Can Help

TRRS Listener with iPod Listening to a PodcastTRRS 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.

  • Your Contacts
    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.
  • Your Time
    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.
  • Your Donations
    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 $750 provides the operating funds for one full day of broadcasting.  You may also phone in a contribution to be charged to a credit card, or use the Network for Good button below.

              Triangle Radio Reading Service
              211 East Six Forks Road, Suite 103
              Raleigh, NC 27609
              (919) 832-5138

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We wish to thank the following companies, organizations, and individuals for underwriting some of our programs.
Click their logos to visit their websites, and thank their leaders for their support!

Capital Broadcasting Company

Carter Glass Insurance   Kiwanis

Eye Care Associates   Friends of the NCLBPH   Kerr Drug

Wells Fargo   Taylor Vitreoretinal Center St Mark's Episcopal Church

AND ... Drs. Michael and Leslie Martin, the Estate of Amelia Crosby, Charles and Carolyn Kerr.

You can reach our audience and breathe words into the lives of 20,000 listeners by becoming a TRRS Underwriter!  Our audience is especially concerned with vision and life care issues.  With your help we’ll be offering the programs our listeners enjoy and depend upon. They will hear us reading our thanks to you every week, along with the message of your choice!  As a TRRS Underwriter you’ll receive a 15-second acknowledgment in one of our broadcasts each week. For $750 to $1500 your acknowledgment will be read at least twice a week for an entire year.  For additional information and a choice of programs to underwrite call TRRS at 919-832-5138.

Memberships:  NC Association of Radio Reading Services, NC Center for NonProfits, United Way Member Agency, and

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