{"id":33037,"date":"2015-03-02T15:42:42","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T21:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=33037"},"modified":"2015-07-01T21:14:12","modified_gmt":"2015-07-02T02:14:12","slug":"getting-to-know-lfk-kansas-audio-reader-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2015\/03\/02\/getting-to-know-lfk-kansas-audio-reader-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting to Know LFK: Kansas Audio-Reader Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>There is another radio broadcaster sharing a home at KU you&#8217;ve probably never tuned in to- the Kansas Audio Reader Network.<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div>Hello, Lawrence Kansan! Clearly you have an interest in local radio, what with visiting this blog. All of us here at KJHK applaud your enthusiasm. Can you hear us? We&#8217;re clapping SO hard. No doubt you&#8217;re familiar with our wave-neighbor 91.5 KPR, based right here on campus.<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33038\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Radio3d.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-33038\" src=\"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Radio3d-300x236.gif\" alt=\"Audio-Reader closed circuit radio\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Audio-Reader closed circuit radio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Audio reader broadcasts readings of printed materials 24\/7 on a closed-circuit radio system for the benefit of the visually-impaired. For many of the listeners, audio-reader is their main source of local, small-town news. &#8220;Books on tape and CD&#8217;s are wonderful, but what to do about newspapers &amp; magazines? Then I heard about Audio-Reader,&#8221; says a retired librarian who uses the service. The network covers most of Kansas and is a great asset for those with age-related vision loss who are less likely to take on the endeavor of learning Braille.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Not only do our listeners gain access to their local news, they get the comfort of having a friendly, human voice reading to them,&#8221; says Volunteer-Coordinator Jennifer Nigro. In addition to newspapers, books, and magazines, the program broadcasts spoken descriptions of live theatre and the serene sensory garden in front of the Baehr Audio-Reader Center. You&#8217;ve probably passed the sign for the building near JRP and the football stadium. This old former fraternity house is split down the middle with Audio-Reader Network and 91.5 KPR occupying each half. In fact, KJHK&#8217;s previous home, &#8220;The Shack,&#8221; was the small carriage house in front of the Baehr Center before moving to the Student Union in 2010.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33040\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33040\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Baehr.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-33040\" src=\"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Baehr-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"This building was a fraternity in its previous life. Now it is home to KPR and the Audio-Reader Network.\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Baehr-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Baehr-100x65.jpg 100w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Baehr-260x170.jpg 260w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Baehr.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33040\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This building was a classy fraternity in its previous life. Now it is home to KPR and the Audio-Reader Network.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Audio-Reader was one of the first programs of its kind- just one thing to love about Lawrence, KS. For more information on the Audio-Reader Network visit http:\/\/reader.ku.edu\/ or call 785-864-4600.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is another radio broadcaster sharing a home at KU you&#8217;ve probably never tuned in to- the Kansas Audio Reader Network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1635,"featured_media":33038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3226,15],"tags":[2703,314,2704,86,2137],"class_list":["post-33037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-culture-articles","category-featured-on-kjhk","tag-audio-reader","tag-kjhk","tag-kpr","tag-lawrence","tag-lfk"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Radio3d.gif","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1635"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}