newsletter june 2013
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NZ Radio for the Print Disabled Inc. 29, Queen St W. Levin 5540. Ph 06 3682229
Tune in to station 2XA
at 1602 AM
Tune in to station 2XA at 1602 AM
Listener and ‘A Week in
Parliament’ are now available
to listen to on-line or upload for
later listening.
Further development is an
‘App’ for smart phone and
tablet devices to provide a
quick and easy link to our
station.
A Facebook site has been
created @Facebook.com
radio reading.
This project has meant adding
new knowledge and skills to
the repertoire our staff already
have. In Hazel’s words ‘it is
very simple and easy to
upload once you know how’.
The web statistics show that
the number of people viewing
our site continues to grow with
the total number of visits over
500 for the month of May 2013.
Email: [email protected]
A Radio Reading Service for print disabled people
focused on providing current, regional,
and nationally originated radio
broadcasts.
Annual General
Meeting
August 12th 2013.
7.30pm
Radio Reading Service
studio, Kent Little Building,
Queen St, Levin
All welcome
June 2011
On the web live @
www.radioreading.org.nz
News items
Training Day
Saturday 23rd July 9.30am – 1pm
To be held in the RRS studio
rooms.
We are fortunate to have Sharon
Crosbie, well known in Radio NZ
broadcasting. She will be
facilitating the day providing,
training, advice and helpful tips.
We will start the day with tea
and coffee.
Annual General Meeting
The AGM will be held on August
30th, 7.30pm in the RRS board
room. The Board will have a
vacancy from August and will be
looking for a new member. Your
nominations are encouraged
and welcome.
Programme Changes
We are reading out Horowhenua
Council communications as they
become available. Listen for
them on …………
or
Listen to us
Our Annual General Meeting is
coming up next month. At that
meeting new trustees will come
on board and some will step
down. We welcome people to
come to the meeting, hear the
chairperson present the annual
report and review the work of
the Radio Reading Service (RRS)
over the past year.
In line with the dynamic nature
of broadcasting the RRS is
always reviewing it’s
programmes and making
changes as required. We obtain
copyright permission for all the
publications from which we
read. A recent inclusion is Tom
Frewen’s ‘A Week in Parliament’
which we broadcast at 10pm
on Tuesdays and repeat at 8am
on Wednesdays.
RRS Internet Radio Project.
We have developed a method
whereby stored podcasts of
selected programmes are
available to be downloaded
from our website. Daily readings
from the Dominion Post,
selected articles from the NZ
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