Audio Journal keeps community tuned

WORCESTER — The generation of children who grew up huddled on the living-room floor listening to radio programming they had looked forward to all week has come of age. Now in their later years, many of those seniors have found that their reliance on radio has come full circle.

Thanks to a nonprofit organization called Audio Journal, Worcester County residents who are unable to read their local publications — whether because of visual impairment or a mobility problem that prevents physical access — can instead have a seat on their favorite easy chair and tune in to The Wall Street Journal, followed by the Telegram & Gazette and an occasional New York Times.

Founded in 1987 with five volunteers and studio space in an unused closet at the Worcester Public Library, Audio Journal and its 170 volunteers will celebrate 25 years of service to Central Massachusetts this year....
http://www.telegram.com/article/20120519/TOWNNEWS/120519448&TEMPLATE=TOWNPORTAL

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