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Owl Radio is temporarily operating at reduced power while
work is underway to replace the broadcast antenna. Full power operation will resume
sometime in February. The weather has caused the project's timeline to be extended a few times.
LOW VISION RESOURCE CENTER
PRESENTS
LOW VISION EXPO
A FREE EVENT
SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2012
9:00a.m. to 12:00 noon
To Be Held at
Colonial Hills United Methodist Church Gym
5247 Vance Jackson
Sighted Guides/Wheelchairs Available
See the latest in low vision aids magnifiers, closed circuit TV’s, computers and
other items. Community agency representatives will answer questions concerning
their services.
Vendors participating: Christal Vision-Lighthouse for the Blind-DARS(Division
for Blind Services)-Guide Dogs of Texas-HIMS Inc.-San Antonio Eye Bank-Santa
Rosa Low Vision Clinic-Texas Talking Book Program-Lions Low Vision Center-UIW
Rosenberg School of Optometry-Via Metropolitan Transit with Buster their
mascot-Low Vision Resource Center (Low Vision Club) and (Owl Radio) with Owl
mascot and many more community agencies-
For more info-(210) 829-4223
Facebook: San Antonio Low Vision Resource Center-OWL RADIO
Email: lowvisionresourcecenter@yahoo.com
Website: www.lowvisionclub.com
Studios and Office Telephone: (210) 829-4223
Office hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday
Transmitting 24 hours a day — seven days a week
Owl Radio is a free community service of the Low Vision Resource Center and
is co-sponsored by Texas Public Radio and the San Antonio Express-News.
The service provides daily radio broadcasts of newspapers, magazines and other
information for persons who are unable to read regular print due to a visual,
physical or reading impairment. The service has been on the air
continuously in San Antonio since March 6, 2002. Service to the Hill
Country began on January 10, 2005. Owl Radio transmits its programming to
special radio receivers provided to qualified applicants over subcarriers provided by Texas
Public Radio. The signals can be picked up within the greater San Antonio
Metropolitan area and adjacent counties and in the Kerrville and Fredericksburg areas of the Hill
Country.
The service is staffed primarily by volunteers who read the San Antonio Express-News
for three hours daily from studios located at North Frost Center at Nacogdoches
and Loop 410 in San Antonio. The remainder of programming for the 24-hour service is provided by syndicated reading services for the blind. Owl Radio is not funded by a state agency and depends on monetary contributions from
individuals, foundations, corporations, special events, government grants and
other organizations.
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The Need for Owl Radio
In Texas over 800,000 people have difficulty reading or are unable to read
newspaper print. In Bexar County alone, nearly 15,000 people are blind or
visually impaired. This estimate does not include the blind and visually
impaired citizens of the counties surrounding San Antonio and in Kerr and
Gillespie Counties in the Hill Country plus an uncounted number of people who
are physically impaired by accident or stroke or other disability.
All
these people are isolated in varying degrees from active involvement in the
community. For example, people who are blind or visually impaired have the
highest rate of unemployment and underemployment of any measured group.
Owl Radio provides a means for helping people with print impairment to be active
participants in society. It is an effective way to inform,
educate and improve the quality of life and help blind and other print impaired people
become fully participating citizens of their community.
Owl Radio Benefits to the Community
- Enhancing the quality of life for those who cannot read, reducing their
feeling of isolation by providing a wide range of around-the-clock
programming.
- Developing a more aware citizenry by providing current information about
community events and issues, thus helping increase the community involvement
of people who are blind or visually impaired.
- Involving the community through the use of volunteer
organizers, readers, technical assistants and fundraisers, and through
collaboration with other community organizations.
 Owl
Radio is an active member of
the International Association of Audio Information Services. As such, it
draws upon the experience and advice of similar organizations in over 100 cities
around the world who have been providing radio information services for the
print impaired, in some instances, since the 1970s.
The objective of the Low Vision Resource Center, the parent organization of Owl Radio, is to assist those experiencing significantly reduced or total vision
loss discover ways to continue daily activities and maintain their independence. Another program of the Center is the San Antonio Low Vision Club,
formed in 1997, which schedules
monthly meetings including presentations designed to keep its 1000+ members informed about
the latest medical research into eye diseases and how local resources can assist
them. For further information about the San Antonio Low Vision Club, visit
www.lowvisionclub.org.
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