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A man and a woman sit in a radio studio reading aloud from comic strips in front of professional microphones. The studio walls are lined with soundproof padding, and the table is covered with comic pages as they bring the stories to life for WRBH Reading Radio listeners.

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Reading Between the Lines: WRBH’s Lifeline for the Blind

Imagine tuning into your favorite Sunday comics being brought to life by a local Louisiana couple, Bruce and Mel. That’s just a glimpse of what WRBH Reading Radio, broadcasting from New Orleans, offers its listeners. More than just entertainment, WRBH is a vital lifeline for the blind and visually impaired, ensuring they remain connected to the world around them. For Lydia Carter Miller, a retired receptionist who lost her sight, […]

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WRBH is back On-Air!

As of yesterday afternoon, power and broadcasting capabilities have been restored at WRBH. However we are still not 100% operational as our staff and volunteers are displaced throughout the country due to Hurricane Ida. So, for this week (09/05 - 09/12), we will be re-airing all programs and book segments that aired the week preceding the storm (08/22-08/29). There will be Newspaper of the Air broadcasts during this time, so […]

todaySeptember 7, 2021 6

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This Week on WRBH (03/09 – 03/15)

Current Biographies selection, Grinnell: America's Environmental Pioneer and His Restless Drive to Save the West Original Programming: Public Affairs: Anne Koppel The Music Show: Glenn Hartman in conversation with Carlo Nuccio NOLA By Mouth:  REPLAY The Writer’s Forum: Michael Zapata, author of The Lost Book of Adana Moreau PLUS One Book One New Orleans March 2020 Update Figure of Speech: REPLAY Books: Best Seller Fiction  –  THE LOST BOOK OF ADANA MOREAU written by Michael Zapata and […]

todayMarch 9, 2020 7

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The Lost Book of Adana Moreau

Featured Best-Selling Fiction Monday - Friday @ 9am-10pm / 10pm - 11pm A Most Anticipated Book of 2020 from the Boston Globe and The MillionsA Best Book of February 2020 at Salon, The Millions, LitHub and Vol 1. Brooklyn“A stunner—equal parts epic and intimate, thrilling and elegiac.”—Laura Van den Berg, author of The Third HotelThe mesmerizing story of a Latin American science fiction writer and the lives her lost manuscript unites decades later in post-Katrina New OrleansIn […]

todayFebruary 24, 2020 8

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This Week on WRBH (02/10 – 02/16)

Current Young Adult Literature selection, A Separate Place Original Programming: Public Affairs: Dr. Megan Moreno, Deputy Director of NOLA EMS The Music Show: New Orleans Jazz Orchestra’s performance of Zachary Lazar’s Vengeance (a One Book One New Orleans event) NOLA By Mouth: Chef Hardette Harris The Writer’s Forum: John Pope, longtime reporter for the Times-Picayune/ New Orleans Advocate Figure of Speech: REPLAY Books: Best Seller Fiction  –  THE NICKEL BOYS written by Colson Whitehead […]

todayFebruary 10, 2020 10

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The Nickel Boys

Featured Best-Selling Fiction Cover for The Nickel Boys NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALISTONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 10 BEST FICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADEWINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD In this bravura follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize, and National Book Award-winning #1 New York Times bestseller The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead brilliantly dramatizes another strand of American history through the story of two […]

todayFebruary 4, 2020 8

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All This Could Be Yours

Featured Best-Selling Fiction Cover for All This Could Be Yours “All hail Jami Attenberg, the queen of dysfunctional families.” —Refinery29“Big Little Lies meets Succession in the scorching heat of the Big Easy . . . Money, power and family are touched upon through Attenberg’s emotional, humorous and sharply written accounts.” —Parade“This is how you write a very good novel about a very bad man.” —New York TimesFrom critically acclaimed New York Times best-selling author Jami Attenberg comes a novel […]

todayJanuary 30, 2020 6

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Middlesex

Featured Great Literature Cover of Middlesex “Part Tristram Shandy, part Ishmael, part Holden Caulfield, Cal is a wonderfully engaging narrator. . . A deeply affecting portrait of one family's tumultuous engagement with the American twentieth century.” ―The New York Times “Expansive and radiantly generous. . . Deliriously American.” ―The New York Times Book Review (cover review) “A towering achievement. . . . [Eugenides] has emerged as the great American writer […]

todayJanuary 15, 2020 8

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Where the Crawdads Sing

Featured Best-Selling Fiction Cover of Where the Crawdads Sing written by Delia Owens #1 New York Times BestsellerMore than 4 million copies soldA Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick"I can't even express how much I love this book! I didn't want this story to end!"--Reese Witherspoon"Painfully beautiful."--The New York Times Book Review"Perfect for fans of Barbara Kingsolver."--BustleFor years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town […]

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About WRBH

WRBH 88.3 FM, Radio for the Blind and Print Handicapped, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and is the only full-time reading service on the FM dial in the United States. At WRBH, our mission is to turn the printed word into the spoken word so that the blind and print handicapped receive the same ease of access to current information as their sighted peers.

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