Contact: Diana Frederick, Development Director, (785) 864-4634
LAWRENCE - The University of Kansas Audio-Reader Network will
celebrate its 29th birthday with an open house from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 11. The public is invited to tour the facility,
located at 1120 W. 11th St. on the KU campus. Punch and birthday cake
will be served.
Audio-reader is a radio reading service for the blind and
print-disabled. It provides readings of current newspapers, books,
magazines and other printed materials to individuals who are unable
to read standard-size print.
Broadcasts are transmitted by the Kansas Lions Sight Foundation
Satellite Network and are broadcast on the subcarrier frequency of
various FM stations and cable systems throughout Kansas and western
Missouri. Audio-reader also provides recordings on a dial-up
information system known as Telephone Reader, and offers a special
request cassette taping service.
The program was founded by late Lawrence philanthropist Petey Cerf,
and first began broadcasting on Oct. 11, 1971.
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