We Breathe Words Into Your Life

The Triangle Radio Reading Service (TRRS) is a non-profit information agency which

Operates 24 hours a day on an audio network of radio, television, cable and internet stream
Disseminates current news, information and entertainment from the print media
Provides services to blind, low vision and physically disabled people
Uses volunteer readers in studios in Raleigh to reach 20,000 listeners in 20 counties.

Reaching Out

Loyal listener tuned in to TRRS The 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, Wake Medical Center, 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 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 $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.

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

JoAnn Garofalo (center) receives a 2009 Nance Community Service Award from the Durham-Orange County Medical Society on December 9th for her nearly six-year dedication to reading USA Today and other publications for TRRS

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Podcasts:
- Drug and Dept Store Ads *
- Ebony
- Extra Edition *
- From Soup to Nuts
- Grocery Store Ads *
- Health Issues
- Independent *
- Modern Maturity
- Money Matters
- News and Observer
- News at Noon
- Oprah
- Our State
- Out in the Garden
- Potpourri
- Reader's Digest
- Religion in the News *
- Rock Review
- Smithsonian
- Sports in NC *
- The New Yorker
- Triangle Bulletin Board
- Triangle Business Journal
- Vision News
- USA Today
- US News and World Report *
- Directory of All Podcasts

* The most current edition of
     podcasts marked with asterisks
     can also be accessed via:
     - iTunes
     - LibSyn

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

See a Radio Reading Service in
action! Seeing Eye Radio and
TRRS operate very similarly.
This short video will give you
an idea of what goes on in
our studios daily, too.

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We wish to thank the Carter Glass Insurance Agency for underwriting some of our programs.

You can reach our audience and breathe words into the lives of 15,000 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.



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