KPBS Radio Reading Service

The KPBS Radio Reading Service broadcasts the readings of newspapers, books and magazines to those with low vision, blindness and other impairments. The Reading Service is available 24 hours a day over a private audio channel, and online via audio webstream.

Listen to the KPBS Radio Reading Service online webstream in the player below:

KPBS Radio Reading Service Stream

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Schedule|Resources|Frequently Asked Questions

Schedule

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	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
12:00 am	History Program	Pet Pause	Diabetic News	Pets + Us	Prevention Magazine	Health	Audio Book News
12:30 am	Good Old Days	Independent Living	AARP Report	Enabled	National Geographic	Opera News	Science/Computers/Technology
1:00 am	People Magazine	Comment & Commentary	Consumer News	The National Enquirer	Smithsonian Magazine	Entertainment Weekly	Science of Our Times
2:00 am	Financial News	Men’s Hour	Women’s Hour	Time Magazine - Culture	Living at Home	The Week	Touching the Future
3:00 am	Wellness & Fitness	To Your Health	Soap Opera Digest	New York Times Book Review	Pet Hour	Western Short Stories	The Economist
4:00 am	The Atlantic	Time Magazine	People Magazine	Keystrokes	In the Kitchen	African American Hour	The Op-Ed Hour
5:00 am	Travel	American History	The Week	The Lighter Side	O Magazine	Soap Opera Digest	Guideposts
6:00 am	New York Times Magazine	Sunday Comics	The Economist	Sports Illustrated	Travelogue	Women’s Hour	Christian Today
6:30 am		The Onion
7:00 am	The Blindness & Disability News Hour	Down to Business	National Review	Newsweek	The Blindness & Disability News Hour	Men’s Hour	Catholic Today
8:00 am	The New Yorker	Business Week	The Weekly Standard	Time Magazine	Wellness & Fitness	Sports Illustrated	Jewish Light
9:00 am	Yoga	Mother Jones	Yoga	Poetry	Yoga	Looking Back	Body & Soul
9:30 am	Good Old Days	Independent Living	AARP Report	Enabled	National Geographic	The Atlantic	People Magazine
10:00 am	People Magazine	Comment & Commentary	Consumer News	The National Enquirer	Smithsonian Magazine
10:30 am						National Geographic	Time Magazine
11:00 am	Financial News	Men's Hour	Women's Hour	Time Magazine - Culture	Living at Home	Pet Pause
11:30 am						Independent Living	Prevention Magazine
12:00 pm	The Wall Street Journal	The Wall Street Journal	The Wall Street Journal	The Wall Street Journal	The Wall Street Journal	Comment and Commentary	Entertainment Weekly
1:00 pm	Christian Science Monitor	Christian Science Monitor	Christian Science Monitor	Christian Science Monitor	Christian Science Monitor
2:00 pm	USA Today	USA Today	USA Today	USA Today	USA Today	American History	New York Times Book Review
3:00 pm	The Washington Post	The Washington Post	The Washington Post	The Washington Post	The Washington Post	Time Magazine - Culture	O Magazine
4:00 pm	The Wall Street Journal	The Wall Street Journal	The Wall Street Journal	The Wall Street Journal	The Wall Street Journal	Keystrokes	Travelogue
5:00 pm	New York Times	New York Times	New York Times	New York Times	New York Times	New York Times Book Review	In the Kitchen
6:00 pm	Pet Hour	Eyes on Success	Business Week	Esquire Magazine	Financial News	New York Times	Sunday Comics
6:30 pm		Silver Threads		Sound Body		Consumer News	The Onion
7:00 pm	Entertainment Weekly	Smithsonian Magazine	Travel	To Your Health	National Review	National Enquirer	Christian Today
7:30 pm				Reader's Digest
8:00 pm	Western Short Stories	The Op-Ed Hour	American History	Eyes on Success	The Weekly Standard	People Magazine	Catholic Today
9:00 pm	Christian Science Monitor	Christian Science Monitor	Christian Science Monitor	Christian Science Monitor	Christian Science Monitor	New York Times Magazine	Jewish Light
10:00 pm	African American Hour	Science of Our Times	Rolling Stone	Entertainment Weekly	Newsweek	The Lighter Side	The New Yorker
11:00 pm	Comment & Commentary	Touching the Future	Living at Home	Down to Business	Time Magazine	Rolling Stone	Reader's Digest
11:30 pm							Looking Back

Resources

There are a number of resources available for sight- and print-impaired individuals to access news and information. This is a partial list.

LINKS TO LOCAL NEWSPAPERS ON DEMAND:

The LA Times on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/latimes
To access audio for the San Diego Union Tribune, go to enewspaper.sandiegouniontribune.com. Highlight the article you want to hear, then click on the "Read Aloud" icon (top center of page)
The San Diego Union Tribune is also available as an Alexa skill (Ask Alexa for the San Diego Union Tribune)

OTHER ONLINE RESOURCES FOR THE SIGHT AND PRINT IMPAIRED:

National Federation of the Blind: nfb.org/nfbnewsline
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped / Library of Congress: www.loc.gov/nls/braille-audio-reading-materials/
Accessible World / Helping Hands for the Blind: accessibleworld.org
Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired: lighthouse-sf.org
American Council of the Blind /ACB Radio: www.acbradio.org
Accessible Media, Inc. (AMI): www.ami.ca/about-ami
Insight Radio / Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB): www.insightradio.co.uk/

Some KPBS Radio Reading Service programming is made available courtesy of the IAAIS Program Share. Learn more about IAAIS.