Audio-Reader Program Guide 2020... · The Audio-Reader Network is a reading and information service for blind, visually impaired and print disabled persons in Kansas and Missouri

Program GuideSpring 2020

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Audio-Reader Staff

Nicole Banman, Business Manager 785-864-2252 Alison Beloin Dean, Coordinator of Volunteers 785-864-4604 Nick Carswell, Program Manager 785-864-2686 Meredith Johanning, Assistant Development Director 785-864-4634 Lori Kesinger, Outreach Coordinator/Listener Liaison 785-864-4625 Steve Kincaid, Director of Engineering 785-864-4691 Danny Mantyla, Web Developer 785-864-2238 Beth McKenzie, Development Director 785-864-5336 Dan Skinner, Director 785-864-4603

Toll Free Number 1-800-772-8898 reader.ku.edu

The Audio-Reader Network is a reading and information service for blind, visually impaired and print disabled persons in Kansas and Missouri. Services are offered free of charge to

anyone in our listening area who is unable to read standard printed material.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Spring 2020

Update Regarding COVID-19……………………. Page 4-5

Temporary Program Changes…………………… Page 6

Afternoon Newspaper Schedule………………… Page 7

Programs Online and on Alexa………………….. Page 8

Lions Telephone Reader ………………………… Page 9

Special Request Publications …………………… Page 10

Audio Description …………………………………. Page 11

Weekday Schedules ……………………………… Page 12-21 Weekend Schedules ……………………………… Page 22-25

Audio Reader Books ……………………………… Page 26

Broadcast Partners ……………………………….. Page 27

THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING UNDERWRITERS:

ETHEL & RAYMOND RICE FOUNDATION KRESIE & PENZLER M.D.’s, PA, OPTHALMOLOGY

HALLMARK CARDS LMH HEALTH

OVERLAND PARK HOST LIONS CLUB LEAVENWORTH LIONS CLUB

SEDALIA, MO LIONS CLUB THE KANSAS LIONS SIGHT FOUNDATION

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UPDATE REGARDING COVID-19

Dear Audio-Reader patron,

By now, we are all aware of the measures taken at the national, state and county level regarding the current global pandemic of COVID-19 coronavirus.

In compliance with the Governor Kelly’s “stay at home” order, Audio-Reader’s offices and studios in Lawrence are now closed to all volunteers and visitors until further notice.

Our programming team has been working hard to maintain our key services throughout this crisis, and our plans are to continue our Live Broadcast and Telephone Reader services with minimal interruption.

Our Special Request service is experiencing delays due to our lack of in-house program staff, and unfortunately Audio Description services are postponed due to the cancellation of all arts & cultural events with gatherings of over 10 people, per CDC guidelines.

Staff are coordinating operations from their homes and volunteers are reading remotely in order to continue to produce content for you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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In this time of transition, you may notice some temporary changes to our broadcast. These are outlined in the following pages.

It may also be necessary to make unscheduled changes to our programs at any given point, in light of the nature of the challenges ahead.

We will do our best to keep you informed of all programming changes as best we can, moving forward.

Audio-Reader will continue to operate through this crisis, and we are focused on our mission to provide information, news and entertainment in order to keep you connected, informed and operating with independence and safety in mind.

We sincerely hope you are staying safe during this time, washing your hands regularly and practicing social distancing.

We encourage you to utilize Audio-Reader to stay connected. We’ll be there for you.

Stay safe,

Dan Skinner

Director Audio-Reader Network

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TEMPORARY PROGRAMMING CHANGES Breakfast Table Times is no longer broadcast live. Instead it is in the following new format:

9:00am Monday – Saturday: 45 minutes of Kansas City Star (1 hour on Sunday) 9:45am Monday – Saturday: 45 minutes of Topeka Capital-Journal (1 hour on Sunday)

Our satellite locations in Kansas City, Springfield, MO, and Pittsburg, KS are inactive due to COVID-19, and we are unable to offer live regional papers weekdays from 2-4pm.

Instead, you can find daily readings of Kansas City Metro Newspapers 3pm Wednesdays and Fridays.

The Pittsburg Morning Sun has been added to the weekday broadcast of Newspapers of Southeast Kansas at 4:00PM

Springfield News-Leader can be heard at 5:00PM daily in the Missouri News Hour. It is also available in full on the Lions Telephone Reader in Group 1 (Newspapers), 9 for Missouri Newspapers, 12 for Springfield News Leader.

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AFTERNOON NEWSPAPER SCHEDULE Due to the COVID-19, our satellite locations are no longer available to provide regional newspaper broadcasts.

Our weekday 3:00PM broadcast of Regional Newspapers now follows this schedule:

Monday 3:00PM: Leavenworth Times, Ottawa Herald, Holton Recorder, Atchison Globe

Tuesday 3:00PM: Junction City Union, Osage County Chronicle-Herald, Hays Daily News, Abilene Reflector-Chronicle

Wednesday 3:00PM Leavenworth Times, 913 Magazine, Lee’s Summit Journal, Atchison Globe

Thursday 3:00PM Western Kansas World, Garden City Telegram, Hays Daily News, Russell County News

Friday 3:00PM Olathe News, Democrat Missourian, Liberty Courier-Tribune, Miami County Republic

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PROGRAMS AVAILABLE ONLINE Now might be a good time to explore some of the additional programming that is available on our website and our Soundcloud page. These include:

GOOD WORKS IN THE HEARTLAND PODCAST BETTER SENIOR LIVING – SENIOR RESOURCE

CENTER FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY NEWSLETTER VFW (VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS) MAGAZINE

To hear these and more, visit

www.soundcloud.com/audio-reader Mobile app also available for iPhone, iPad and Android.

LISTEN ON AMAZON ALEXA

You can now listen to Audio-Reader’s live stream on Amazon Echo, Echo Dot and any other smart speaker using Amazon Alexa’s voice-activated programming. Tell your Amazon Alexa enabled device to

“Alexa, enable the Audio-Reader skill”

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LIONS TELEPHONE READER Lions Telephone Reader has largely been unaffected by measures to tackle, and is a great option for keeping up to date with latest news and publications.

GROUP 1 NEWSPAPERS: Including Kansas City Star, Topeka Capital-Journal, Wichita Eagle, USA Today, small town newspapers & regional daily papers

GROUP 2 MAGAZINES: People magazine, Time magazine, Oprah, Readers Digest & more

GROUP 3: LISTENER RESOURCES: including Grocery and Supermarket Ads from Hyvee, Pricechopper, Dillons, Walmart, CVS, Walgreens & more

GROUP 4: BOOKS including replays of Audio-Reader daily book broadcasts.

GROUP 5 REQUESTED READINGS including The Leaven, VFW Magazine, Guideposts, Diabetic Living

MISSED A BROADCAST? CATCH IT OVER THE TELEPHONE A large archive of daily, weekly and periodical publications is available on TelephoneReader!

TRY A DEMO AT 1-800-335-1221

OR CALL 1-800-772-8898 TO GET SIGNED UP

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SPECIAL REQUEST PUBLICATIONS

Audio-Reader offers some special publications available by request. These are available on CD, digital download, and Talking Book cartridge.

Contact Nick at 785-864-2686 for information.

Airwaves Newsletter AKC Gazette American Hunter Car Craft Catster Closed Circuit Newsletter Diabetic Living Family Dog Field & Stream Fine Gardening Garden Gate Goat Journal Guideposts Health After 50 Hiawatha World The Holton Recorder Hunting Magazine The Leaven

Lion Magazine Logan Republican Momentum Motor Trend Pan Pipes Prevention Popular Mechanics Reader’s Digest The Sabetha Herald Saturday Evening Post Seneca Courier-Tribune Taste of Home Toastmasters Tonganoxie Mirror Veterans Voices VFW Ladies Auxiliary VFW Magazine

Call 1-800-772-8898 to begin receiving these publications.

You can also find many of these publications on

The Lions Telephone Reader

To listen, call 800-335-1221: Enter code 5887 for a demo Press 1 for newspapers, 2 for magazines, 3 for listener resources, 4 for books, and 5 for requested readings.

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AUDIO DESCRIPTION OF LIVE THEATER

Audio-Reader provides description of select theater performances at Theatre Lawrence, Starlight Theatre and the Lied Center. Other venues are available by request. Contact the theater for reservations:

Lied Center: (785) 864-2787 Theatre Lawrence: (785) 843-7469 Kauffman Center: (816) 994-7222

ALL CURRENT AUDIO DESCRIPTION EVENTS ARE POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19

ANNOUNCEMENTS REGARDING

STARLIGHT’S BROADWAY SERIES COMING IN MAY 2020

If you are interested in tickets, contact Lori Kesinger [email protected] or (785) 864-4625

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MONDAY SCHEDULE

6:00AM NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE 7:00AM BUSINESS NEWS 8:00AM THE NEW YORK TIMES

(Sunday edition, produced by TIC Network) 9:00AM BREAKFAST TABLE TIMES

(repeated at 9pm) readings of the Kansas City Star and Topeka Capital-Journal 10:30AM DISABILITY DIGEST ACB REPORTS (2nd Monday) 11:00AM LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD 12 Noon USA TODAY 1:00PM THE WICHITA EAGLE 2:00PM SUNFLOWER DAILIES

Readings from Emporia Gazette, Hutchinson News, Salina Journal and Manhattan Mercury

3:00PM REGIONAL NEWSPAPERS **NEW SCHEDULE** Monday: Eastern Kansas Tuesday: Central Kansas Wednesday: Kansas City Metro Thursday: Western Kansas Friday: Kansas City Region

4:00PM NEWSPAPERS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS

5:00PM THE MISSOURI NEWS HOUR

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6:00PM TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH 7:00PM THE NON-FICTION BOOK HOUR 8:00PM ARMCHAIR ADVENTURE HOUR 9:00PM BREAKFAST TABLE TIMES Repeat broadcast 11:00PM MYSTERY HOUR

EARLY TUESDAY 12:00AM USA TODAY REPEAT 1:00AM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL 2:00AM NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE REPEAT 3:00AM TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH REPEAT 4:00AM THE BOOK CLUB 5:00AM HISTORY BOOK HOUR

Missed a recent program? Visit http://reader.ku.edu/archive to catch up!

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TUESDAY SCHEDULE

6:00AM NEW YORK TIMES ARTS & LEISURE 7:00AM CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR 8:00AM THE NEW YORK TIMES (Monday edition, produced by TIC Network) 9:00AM BREAKFAST TABLE TIMES

(repeated at 9pm) readings of the Kansas City Star and Topeka Capital-Journal 10:30AM DISCOUNT STORE ADS read by Martha Kehr 11:00AM LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD 12 NOON USA TODAY 1:00PM THE WICHITA EAGLE 2:00PM SUNFLOWER DAILIES




5:00PM THE MISSOURI NEWS HOUR read by Penny Riley

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6:00PM PEOPLE MAGAZINE 7:00PM NON-FICTION BOOK HOUR 8:00PM ARMCHAIR ADVENTURE HOUR 9:00PM BREAKFAST TABLE TIMES Repeat broadcast 11:00PM MYSTERY HOUR

EARLY WEDNESDAY 12:00AM USA TODAY REPEAT 1:00AM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL 2:00AM NEW YORK TIMES ARTS AND LEISURE

REPEAT 3:00AM PEOPLE MAGAZINE REPEAT 4:00AM THE BOOK CLUB 5:00AM HISTORY BOOK HOUR

Do you use Amazon Alexa?

Tell Alexa to “Enable the Audio-Reader skill”

and follow prompts to listen to Audio-Reader

with your smartspeaker, on demand, 24/7

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WEDNESDAY SCHEDULE

6:00AM NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW 7:00AM FARMING AND RANCHING NEWS 8:00AM THE NEW YORK TIMES

(Tuesday edition, produced by TIC Network)

9:00AM BREAKFAST TABLE TIMES (repeated at 9pm)

readings of the Kansas City Star and Topeka Capital-Journal 10:30AM MAIL ORDER CATALOGS 11:00AM LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD 12 NOON USA TODAY 1:00PM THE WICHITA EAGLE 2:00PM SUNFLOWER DAILIES





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6:00PM NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS 7:00PM NON-FICTION BOOK HOUR 8:00PM ARMCHAIR ADVENTURE HOUR 9:00PM BREAKFAST TABLE TIMES Repeat broadcast 11:00PM MYSTERY HOUR EARLY THURSDAY 12:00AM USA TODAY REPEAT 1:00AM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL 2:00AM NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

REPEAT 3:00AM NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS

REPEAT 4:00AM THE BOOK CLUB 5:00AM HISTORY BOOK HOUR

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THURSDAY SCHEDULE

6:00AM NEW YORK TIMES TRAVEL 7:00AM ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS read by Carl Graves 8:00AM THE NEW YORK TIMES (Wednesday edition, produced by TIC Network) 9:00AM BREAKFAST TABLE TIMES

(repeated at 9pm) readings of the Kansas City Star and Topeka Capital-Journal 10:30AM SHOPPER’S SHOWCASE 11:00AM LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD 12 NOON USA TODAY 1:00PM THE WICHITA EAGLE 2:00PM SUNFLOWER DAILIES





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6:00PM ON-LINE (COMPUTER SHOW) read by Sallie Downing

7:00PM NON-FICTION BOOK HOUR 8:00PM ARMCHAIR ADVENTURE HOUR 9:00PM BREAKFAST TABLE TIMES Repeat broadcast 11:00PM MYSTERY HOUR EARLY FRIDAY 12:00AM USA TODAY REPEAT 1:00AM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL 2:00AM NEW YORK TIMES TRAVEL REPEAT 3:00AM ON-LINE COMPUTER SHOW REPEAT 4:00AM THE BOOK CLUB 5:00AM HISTORY BOOK HOUR

ARE YOU MOVING SOON? HAS YOUR PHONE NUMBER CHANGED?

LET US KNOW BY CALLING 1-800-772-8898

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FRIDAY SCHEDULE

6:00AM NEW YORK TIMES BUSINESS 7:00AM CONSUMER REPORTS 8:00AM THE NEW YORK TIMES (Thursday edition, produced by TIC Network) 9:00AM BREAKFAST TABLE TIMES

(repeated at 9pm) readings of the Kansas City Star and Topeka Capital-Journal 10:30AM TV GUIDE 11:00AM LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD 12 NOON USA TODAY 1:00PM THE WICHITA EAGLE 2:00PM SUNFLOWER DAILIES





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6:00PM TWO ON THE AISLE (News of Theatre and the Arts)

7:00PM NON-FICTION BOOK HOUR 8:00PM ARMCHAIR ADVENTURE HOUR 9:00PM BREAKFAST TABLE TIMES Repeat broadcast 11:00PM MYSTERY HOUR

EARLY SATURDAY 12:00AM USA TODAY REPEAT 1:00AM WALL STREET JOURNAL 2:00AM NEW YORK TIMES BUSINESS REPEAT 3:00AM TWO ON THE AISLE REPEAT 4:00AM THE BOOK CLUB 5:00AM HISTORY BOOK HOUR

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SATURDAY SCHEDULE

6:00AM SCIENCE MAGAZINES read by Max Mayse 7:00AM OLD TIME RADIO

hosted by Don Frey 8:00AM THE NEW YORK TIMES (Friday edition, produced by TIC Network) 9:00AM BREAKFAST TABLE TIMES readings of the Kansas City Star and Topeka Capital-Journal 10:30AM THE WEEK 11:00AM LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD 12 NOON HOME AND FAMILY MAGAZINES 1:00PM THE CHILDREN’S HOUR with Donna Riehm 2:00PM OUTDOORS 3:00PM O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE 4:00PM ON THE LIGHTER SIDE hosted by Harold Riehm 5:00PM A LOOK BACK

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6:00PM THE MAN CAVE 7:00PM NATIONAL ENQUIRER 8:00PM ARMCHAIR ADVENTURE HOUR 9:00PM BREAKFAST TABLE TIMES Repeat broadcast 11:00PM MYSTERY HOUR

EARLY SUNDAY 12:00AM ADULT MAGAZINES 1:00AM O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE REPEAT 2:00AM HOME AND FAMILY MAGAZINES

REPEAT 3:00AM ARTS AND LETTERS LIVE REPEAT 4:00AM THE BOOK CLUB 5:00AM HISTORY BOOK HOUR

Jennifer Nigro

Should we add an announcement about the Springfield broadcast here?

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SUNDAY SCHEDULE 6:00AM SUNDAY MAGAZINES 7:00AM INSPIRATION AND RELIGION 8:00AM THE NEW YORK TIMES (Saturday edition, produced by TIC Network) 9:00AM BREAKFAST TABLE TIMES

(repeated at 9pm) readings of the Kansas City Star and Topeka Capital-Journal 11:00AM LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD 12:00PM PRAIRIE FIRE, READINGS IN KANSAS

HISTORY read by Carl Graves

12:30PM PLAYING WITH WORDS (POETRY) read by Harlan Roedel 1:00PM SENIOR CONCERNS 1:30PM AT HOME ON THE RANGE 2:00PM AFRICAN AMERICAN HOUR Produced by MindsEye 3:00PM MILITARY TIMES Produced by MindsEye 4:00PM SHORT STORIES 5:00PM SPORTS SHOW

hosted by Steve Jack

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6:00PM A DOUBLE ORDER OF FREYS with Don and Bruce Frey (last Sunday of the month is Here We Grow with Michelle Suter)

7:00PM UNDERCURRENT Net news of the week with Tracy Harrison 8:00PM ARMCHAIR ADVENTURE HOUR Fiction book 9:00PM BREAKFAST TABLE TIMES Repeat broadcast 11:00PM MYSTERY HOUR EARLY MONDAY 12:00AM SPORTS REPEAT 1:00AM OUTDOORS REPEAT 2:00AM A LOOK BACK REPEAT 3:00AM BLIND HANDYMAN/GARDENING

REPEAT 4:00AM THE BOOK CLUB 5:00AM HISTORY BOOK HOUR

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AUDIO READER BOOKS Call Audio-Reader for upcoming book listings at 1-800-772-8898 THE BOOK CLUB 4:00AM each morning

HISTORY BOOK HOUR 5:00AM each morning

THE NON-FICTION BOOK HOUR 7:00PM weekdays

ARMCHAIR ADVENTURE HOUR 8:00PM each evening THE MYSTERY HOUR 11:00PM each night

Our goal is to return to publishing quarterly schedules for books beginning Summer 2020. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

Jennifer Nigro

Should we add an announcement about the Springfield broadcast here?

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AUDIO-READER’S RADIO BROADCAST IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE FOLLOWING PARTNERS

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THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING UNDERWRITERS: ETHEL & RAYMOND RICE FOUNDATION

KRESIE & PENZLER M.D.’s, PA, OPTHALMOLOGY HALLMARK CARDS

LMH HEALTH OVERLAND PARK HOST LIONS CLUB

LEAVENWORTH LIONS CLUB SEDALIA, MO LIONS CLUB

THE KANSAS LIONS SIGHT FOUNDATION

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