Broadcasting on 67kHz of 88.5 FM -- Los Angeles
The mission of LARRS is to ensure that those who are print impaired have the same access to information as those who can read text.
The Los Angeles Radio Reading Service is a project of Community Partners, a nonprofit corporation. It is coordinated by people who are blind or have worked in the field.
Project
Director
Eugenie "Jolie" Mason
Richard
Blythe
Chief Engineer
Mike Brady
Listener Advisory
Committee
Fran Brant
Training and Orientation
Penny
Frazier
Volunteer Coordinator
VeAnn Clark
Youth Coordinator
Teri
A. Grossman
Audio Description Facilitator
John King
Technology Coordinator
Brad Cera
Event Coordinator
Jody
Kepple
Local Programming Producer
Kelvin Reese, John
Scheibe
Public Relations
Naomi Benghiat
Funding and
Development
Member, The
International Association of Audio Information Services
("IAAIS")
Member, State Broadcast Service for the Blind
Member, Southern California Broadcasters
Association
Mailing Address:
6216 Sylvia Avenue
Tarzana, CA 91335
818-345-2874
Studio: Northridge Fashion Ctr.
9301 Tampa Ave. Suite
18
Northridge, CA 91324
Here is the LA Times article on LARRS
on
9-7-00.
Junior Blind
of America Intern Program called STEP
(Student Transition and Enrichment Program)
Welcome
to LARRS
Los Angeles Radio Reading Service
A
project of Community Partners Federal Tax ID #95-4302067
Radio Broadcasting for Those Who Are Blind or
Print-Impaired in Los Angeles County
"Heard Any Good Newspapers Lately?"
- In the Los Angeles area, about 140,000 individuals have visual impairments.
- If you were blind, visually impaired, physically unable to turn a page, or a senior with an age-related print disability, how would you stay informed?
- Without timely news, opinions, events listings, consumer information, and community service reports from printed sources, it is nearly impossible for people who are print impaired to be fully participating citizens.
LARRS meets this need for information by our daily broadcasts of newspapers, magazines, ads and books, enabling our listeners to be aware of local events, election information, back-page stories, grocery and department store ads, sports pages, and even Dear Abby and the comics.
The Los Angeles Radio Reading Service broadcasts 24 hours a day, seven days a week on the sub-carrier frequency of KCSN Radio FM. Reception of the signal requires a special radio which may be obtained from LARRS. Click here if you wish to subscribe.
LARRS has provided live curbside audio-described broadcasts of the Tournament of Roses Rose Parade since 1994. Since 1997 our broadcast has been available to 40 radio reading services throughout the United States, reaching a total of 1.2 million listeners.
Events
Upcoming:
JUNE 27TH
HELEN KELLER'S BIRTHDAY
LARRS VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION DAY
HALLOWEEN SCARE-A-THON
Annual on-air pledge drive every October 31,
from 11AM to the witching hour of 12 midnight.
Celebrities read their favorite ghost stories!
Annual Walk-a-thon at Balboa Park
"LARRS WALK 5000 - A New Kind of 5K"
AUDIO-DESCRIBED BROADCAST OF THE
119TH TOURNAMENT OR ROSES ROSE PARADE
"Passport to the World's Celebrations"
LARRS featured on "Spotlight on the Community"
with Nelkane Benton and Cynthia Fox
Sunday, January 27, 2008, 5:00AM - 95.5 KLOS-FM
"STATE OF THE STATION"
LARRS Open House and Traditional Get-together
First Saturday in April
ANNUAL April 27 DONUT DAY
at Our Lady of Grace Church, Encino
June 27, 2006:
KABC's John Davidson and Nelkane Benton and KCSN's Fred Johnson and Mike Worrall, along with Teresa Rogers who helped found LARRS, and the Braille Institute's Gordon Henderson, were honored at LARRS' birthday bash at the radio station KABC celebrating the 126th anniversary of the birth of Helen Keller. Helen Keller's birthday this year also marked LARRS' 12th Volunteer Appreciation Day.
Volunteers Urgently Needed to Help Los Angeles' Blind and Print Impaired Community
LARRS urgently needs volunteers to read and produce the weekday live broadcasts, see info here.
DONATION INFORMATION
The Los Angeles Radio Reading Service is a project of Community Partners,
a non-profit corporation, Federal Tax ID #95-4302067HOW TO DONATE ONLINE
Click Here: http://communitypartners.org/
Donate to LA Radio Reading Service
TO DONATE BY MAIL
Please make check or money order payable to:
Community Partners FBO Los Angeles Radio Reading Service (LARRS)
Mailing Address:
Los Angeles Radio Reading Service
6216 Sylvia Avenue
Tarzana, CA 91335
LARRS is a costly undertaking that requires continual support. As little as $90 underwrites the cost of a special radio for a needy listener. To make a financial contribution or volunteer, Contact LARRS (click here) or reach us at:
Mailing Address:
6216 Sylvia Avenue
Tarzana, CA 91335
818-345-2874
Jolie@larrs.orgStudio:
Northridge Fashion Ctr.
9301 Tampa Ave. Suite 18
Northridge, CA 91324
LARRS
On-Air Schedule
Find out
about "Hold-That-Thought"
Custom On-Hold Prerecorded
Announcements