Radio Talking Book Service Receives Donation From Metro Omaha Medical Society

Radio Talking Book Service (RTBS) (www.RTBS.org) was honored to receive donations and matching funds of $10,065 from the Metro Omaha Medical Society Foundation at their annual dinner in January. The funds will be used to purchase RRS1100 radio receivers (and other associated equipment) that will be placed with eligible individuals in their homes as well as in care facilities around the metro Omaha area—connecting thousands of people to their community.

Radio Talking Book Service serves the state of Nebraska with a mission to provide human-voiced information choices to individuals who have disabilities that prevent them from reading. Key programs are the Radio Talking Book Network, a statewide radio reading service and Listening Link, an educational reading program.

Founded in 1974, RTBS is Nebraska’s only radio reading service. Volunteers read print media aloud, either live or as a recording, and their diverse voices are broadcast statewide over the radio and internet to blind, visually impaired, or print disabled listeners. Current scheduled readings include regional and national newspapers, grocery and department store ads, information from over 70 magazines, live interviews on the Community Conversation program, a Veterans Hour, and more. To arrange a tour of the studio, or for more information, please visit www.RTBS.org or call (402) 572-3003.