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  • Retirement Book Broadcast by Radio Reading Service

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – The MetroWest Radio Reading Service will be broadcasting the following book in its entirety, Barry M. Bograd “Get Off Your Rocker Before You Go Off Your Rocker: A Guide to Retirement”.

    The book was recorded by the author himself and will be broadcast as part of “Reading at F.S.C.”, a program that features best selling book recorded by our volunteers.

    “Reading F.S.C.” airs Mondays and Thursdays from 2-30 until 4-00 P.M. The following are the days, dates and times that this book will air:

    • Episode 1: Thursday, March 9, 2006, 2-30 until 4-00;
    • Episode 2: Monday, March 13th;
    • Episode 3: Thursday, March 16th.

    The MetroWest Radio Reading Service can be heard on radio station WDJM, 91.3, Framingham State College on the main frequency, 24 hours a day seven days a week when students are not broadcasting, or you can obtain a special radio to receive uninterrupted radio reading service by contacting the Disability Services Office at Framingham State College at 508-626-4627.

    For a complete schedule of all radio reading programming state and local, you go on line to the website of the Talking Information Center, T.I.C. at www.ticnetwork.com or the Disability Services Website at Framingham State College at www.framingham.edu/disabilityservices

    The MetroWest Radio Reading Service is an affiliate of the Talking Information Center Massachusetts Reading Network under the Mass. Commission For the Blind and a Community Outreach program of the Disability Services Office at Framingham State College.

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  • “A Journal for Christa” Read on Radio

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – The MetroWest Radio Reading Service joins Framingham State College in observing the 20th anniversary of the Challenger Accident and celebrates the life of Christa McAuliffe.

    The MetroWest Radio Reading Service has a program every Monday and Thursday from 2:30 until 4-00 p.m. called, “Reading at F.S.C.” where we feature books recorded by our volunteers in their entirety.

    Beginning on Monday, January 9, 2006, The Metro West Radio Reading Service will present “A Journal for Christa” by Grace George Corrigan.

    The episodes will run as follows:

    • Monday, January 9, Episode One – 2:30 until 4:00 p.m.
    • Thursday, January 12, Episode Two- 2:30 until 4:00 p.m.
    • (Monday, January 16, is a holiday, Martin Luther King Day)
    • Thursday, January 19, Episode Three – 2:30 until 4:00 p.m.
    • Monday, January 23, Episode Four – 2:30 until 4:00 p.m.
    • Thursday, January 26, Episode Five – 2:30 until 4:00 p.m.
    • Friday, January 27, a special edition of “Reading at F.S.C.” from 2:30 until 4:00 p.m, Episode Seven.

    The Metro West Radio Reading Service is a Community Outreach program of the Disability Services Office at Framingham State College and an affiliate of the Talking Information Center Massachusetts Reading Network under the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind.

    For more information and a complete schedule you can contact the Disability Services at Framingham State College at 508-626-4627 or the Talking Information Center at 1-800-696-9505 or check our two websites: www.framingham.edu/disabilityservices or ticnetwork.com

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  • Reading Volunteer Needed

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – The MetroWest Radio Reading Service at Framingham State College is looking for someone would be willing to record the Sunday supplement “Jobfind”, ( of the MetroWest Daily News), which contains articles and job openings in the MetroWest area.

    The recordings would be broadcast on The Radio Reading Service.

    It will not be necessary to read every opening of job.

    Recordings can be done at home with tapes provided by the MetroWest Radio Reading Service.

    Only one hour a week is required.

    Please contact The Disability Services Office at Framingham State College at 508-626-4627 or by email dennisp@frc.mass.edu if you are interested.

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  • MetroWest Radio Reading Day Celebration

    FRAMINGHAM, MA – The MetroWest Radio Reading Service is celebrating ten years of service on Monday, July 11th from noon to 4 p.m. in the Public Hearing Room, Lower Nevins Hall, in the Memorial Building.

    Lunch will be followed by a recognition ceremony at 1 p.m. for 31 volunteers who have participated in the service. Three volunteers will receive five year pins and six will receive ten year pins. Commissioner David Govostes, Commissioner of the Massachusetts Commission for The Blind will be present.

    Three books by local authors that the Radio Reading Service has recorded and broadcast will be donated to the Framingham Public Library’s and Christa McAuliffe Branch’s audio collections. The books are: “A Journal for Christa” by Grace Corrigan, “Just Let the Kids Play,” by Tom Moroney, and “A Woman’s Ways and Means: 24 Wild Years in the Massachusetts House” by Barbara E. Gray and Debra Regan Cleveland.

    “Just Let the Kids Play” and “A Woman’s Ways and Means” were recorded by Doctor Chet Roskey with the appendices, including a history of M.C.I. Framingham recorded by Christine Goodreau. “A Journal for Christa” was recorded by Carolyn Pailler.

    It is particularly fitting that Barbara Gray’s book was recorded by the service as a hallmark of her career in the Massachusetts House was the championship of the disabled.

    The Metro West Radio Reading Service was inaugurated on June 20th, 1995 and began its first broadcast on July 10th, 1995. The Reading Service is an affiliate of the Talking Information Center Massachusetts Reading Network which was established on June 19, 1978, and is primarily funded by the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind.

    Listeners need a special radio to receive uninterrupted radio reading service 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You can also hear the service over WDJM, 91.3 FM, Framingham State College. The service broadcasts Daily Newspapers such as The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, The Metro West Daily News, Natick Bulletin and Framingham Tab, to mention a few local newspapers.

    The Service also broadcasts via the network such magazines as Time Magazine, Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, Sports Illustrated, Atlantic Monthly, National Geographic to mention a few. In addition, best seller books are broadcast both locally and over the network. The service also provides special informational talk shows on disability issues including issues of independent living, job listings, etc. and supermarket and retail store sales.

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