Triangle Radio Reading Service

I recently signed up as a volunteer reader at the Triangle Radio Reading Service because – let’s face it – I simply have too much free time. Tonight was the night I was supposed to observe two veteran readers in the studio but instead of just observing they put me into the mix. I wasn’t expecting to get to read tonight but I did and boy, was it fun!

The Triangle Radio Reading Service is a radio service for the vision-impaired. It’s home market is the Triangle but neighboring counties also rebroadcast its programs. The audio is also available via satellite on AMC1. Many thousands of vision-impaired listeners depend on TRRS for their news and information.

After 90 minutes in the booth with fellow volunteers Laura and Judy, I came home and pulled up the podcast of our broadcast. Already I’m finding things I would change about my delivery. For instance, my voice sounds stressed, like I’m in a hurry. I definitely will take a deep breath and relax when I’m in front of the mic again. Since I was sharing the secondary position with another volunteer, I didn’t have headphones, and I think if I had been wearing headphones I would’ve been more aware of my stressed delivery. Oh well, it was my first time!

If you want to hear my first article (on veteran homelessness), fast forward to 26:45 in the above audio. I then read a weather article at 44:30 and a sports article at 1:02:24.

I look forward to more time in the booth!