The mission of LARRS is to ensure that those who are print impaired have the same access to information as those who can read text.

The Los Angeles Radio Reading Service is a project of Community Partners, a nonprofit corporation. It is coordinated by two people who are blind for those who are blind:

Project Director
Eugenie "Jolie" Mason

Richard Blythe
Chief Engineer

Mike Brady
Listener Advisory Committee

Fran Brant
Training and Orientation

VeAnn Clark
Office Manager

Penny Frazier
Audience Development

Teri A. Grossman
Audio Description Facilitator

John King
Technology Coordinator

Jody Kepple
Director Funding & Development

Kelvin Reese, John Scheibe
Public Relations

Wendy Schechtman
Correspondence Secretary

Member, The International Association of Audio Information Services
("IAAIS")

Member, State Broadcast Service for the Blind

Member, Southern California Broadcasters Association

Welcome to LARRS
Los Angeles Radio Reading Service
"Hold-That-Thought"
Custom On-Hold Pre-Recorded Announcements

HAVE YOU HEARD AN "On-Hold" Announcement while calling a business. If you have, you heard about services and products that you may have never thought to ask about.
No matter what your product or service... we can do this for you.
Advertising has never been more direct or immediate!

"FOR LESS THAN THE COST OF A PRINT AD..."
What can on-hold announcements do for my company?
An Upscale your company's image way beyond what music-on-hold does.
* Your caller can now learn more about your company and it's newest features.
* Depending upon the nature of your business, your message is there to explain what sets you apart from others in your field.

The "Hold-That-Thought" Announcements of your companies' products and services, are heard while an in-coming caller is on hold. The message repeats and is only interrupted when your associates picks up the line from hold, adding a live voice to your recorded presentation. we can record announcements for Voice Prompts in automated system The message repeats and is only interrupted when your associates picks up the line from hold, adding a live voice to your recorded presentation.
Additionally, we can record announcements for Voice Prompts in automated systems and Voice Mail and answering machines.
Voice Mail and answering machines.

The recording package* includes up to five 2 - 3 minute announcements with music and each incorporating 60 word paragraphs about your business or service and this copy must be in script* form, ready to record.
Voice Prompt/Voice Mail recording (No music),
may include any copy up to 600 words.
*Finished Master Format choices: Cassette, VHS DAT, Open-Reel, or CD.

The Los Angeles Radio Reading Service will offer this service for a limited time at $80.00 per recording package. Script writing is an additional
$150.00 per version (total $230.00).

YOUR FEE FOR THIS SERVICE IS CONSIDERED A DONATION to the
Los Angeles Radio Reading Service and gives your business four 20 second underwriting on-air announcements. If you should require script writing, the announcement will air an additional eight times.

The Los Angeles Radio Reading Service, a project of Community Partners, provides quality radio programming for those who are blind and have print disabilities. The Service reads topical printed materials including newspapers and magazines that would otherwise be unavailable. Non-profit status under Sections 501(c)(3) & 509(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Federal ID# 95-4302067.
Make checks payable to: Community Partners FBO L.A. Radio Reading Service

For more Information call LARRS
818-345-2874