RRS offers insight for visually impaired.Every day, the WUSF Radio Reading Service provides a variety of programming geared toward low-vision and vision-impaired listeners. Qualified listeners are provided with a specially tuned low-frequency radio. They can also hear programming through the WUSF-TV Ch. 16 SAP option. "FURS, FEATHERS/AND FINS fins see frilled. " ATTRACTS PET LOVERS "Furs, Feathers feathers, outgrowths of the skin, constituting the plumage of birds. Feathers grow only along certain definite tracts (pterylae), which vary in different groups of birds. and Fins," a new half-hour-program produced by the WUSF-RRS, is dedicated to all the guide dogs serving the vision-impaired in the listening audience. The show is hosted by animal lover and WUSF 89.7 announcer Bethany Cagle. "I am an animal lover, so this show is a natural for me," says Cagle. She shares her home with two cats, Misha and Scooter scooter: see motorcycle. . Show topics include information about pet health and safety, heart-warming heart·warm·ing or heart-warm·ing adj. 1. Causing gladness and pleasure. 2. Eliciting sympathy and tender feelings: a heartwarming tale. pet stories and pet-related products. One memorable story that aired recently chronicled the heroic he·ro·ic adj. Relating to a risky medical procedure that may endanger the patient but also has a possibility of being successful, whereas lesser action would result in failure. efforts of a guide dog leading his master out of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11. "We always look for news stories that portray por·tray tr.v. por·trayed, por·tray·ing, por·trays 1. To depict or represent pictorially; make a picture of. 2. To depict or describe in words. 3. To represent dramatically, as on the stage. the wonderful bond between people and their pets," says Cagle. "We try to cover everything that walks, flies, crawls, swims or slithers." "Fur, Feathers and Fins" airs every Friday at 9:30 a.m. and 9:30 p.m. on the RRS RRS - An early definition of Scheme. Revised in R2RS. ["The Revised Report on Scheme", G.L. Steele et al, AI Memo 452, MIT, Jan 1978]. . NEW SHOW PREMIERES ON WUSF RADIO READING SERVICE Now it's easy for WUSF Radio Reading Service listeners to learn about Medicare and healthcare issues, thanks to a new monthly program called "Medicare, Health Care and You." The half-hour program is sponsored by Florida Medical Quality Assurance Inc. To find out when you can tune in, see the WUSF Radio Reading Service schedule at www.wusf.org or listen to RRS. If you would like to have an updated program guide mailed to you, call (813) 974-8635 or toll-free (800) 444-4193. "DR. ANDERSON'S EYE VIEW" PROVIDES VALUABLE INFORMATION One of the Radio Reading Service's most popular features is "Dr. Anderson's Eye View," which airs every Thursday at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Anderson is an eye specialist wit a practice in Carrollwood and works with the Florida Eye Institute on the University of South Florida • • [ campus. His show addresses sight-related issues including patient concerns, symptoms, treatment and new developments in vision care and treatment. "We encourage listeners to call in with questions or issues they'd like to see addressed," says Anderson. If you have a question for him, call the reading service at (800) 444-4193 and speak with manager Lynne Mullen. |
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