Minds Eye Goes Global

In previous Radio Readers, you have read about our involvement with the IAAIS, the International Association of Audio Information Services. One of the services of the IAAIS is the Program Share, through which reading services like Minds Eye make their programs available on a network for similar stations to use. A few months ago, Minds Eye began sharing a program called Sports Scene, which was picked up by stations in Springfield, Illinois and San Diego, California since those stations did not have a regular sports program. Since Minds Eye is one of the few stations throughout the world that produces almost all of our own recordings, the staff decided to share some of our many wonderful programs and readers with other stations. We are now syndicating seven additional programs on the network. Here is a list of the programs we will be adding to the Program Share:

• The Blindness and Disability News Hour, hosted by John Weidlich, which consists of newspaper and magazine articles related to blindness or disability-related topics.
• The Funny Pages, recorded by Bob Blanchard, a reading of the weekly comics.
• In the Kitchen, read by Laura Simunich, containing recipes and articles about food and nutrition.
• The Economist, a weekly magazine of international news, recorded by Jane Kinnaman and Matt Rygelski.
• The Consumer News done by our award winning volunteer Celeste Kososki which gives listeners
information from Consumer Reports and Money Magazine.
• The Pet Hour, articles from several magazines about pets, mainly dogs and cats. Charlotte Kroupa is the host of this program, which began several years ago at the suggestion of one of our listeners.
• The Walgreens and CVS Pharmacy store ads recorded each week by Maria Amann.

These programs were chosen because of their universal appeal and because other stations expressed a need for programs like these. More programs will be shared in the future; keep your eye on the Radio Reader for updates.

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