Program Guide
Arkansas Information Reading Services for the blind provides audio access to current print media for people who cannot read because of a disability. AIRS Radio broadcasts statewide on a secondary audio channel of AETN 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. AIRS can also be heard around the globe on an internet web stream. AIRS programs and newspapers are also available on demand on our  telephone service "AIRS Plus."

We read books, articles, magazines and other materials in alternate formats; services to keep you informed, in-touch, entertained, educated and employed. Programs for kids, teens, men, women, families and seniors, there's something for everyone.

AIRS staff and volunteers annual family picnic

AIRS Radio is available on the web. Click on the link below, or go to airs.aetn.org   If you have cable TV service, check with your cable company to see  on what channel AIRS is carried. We distribute our signal to cable companies for free, but each local cable company chooses if and how to use it.

AIRS Plus is our telephone service that allows you to hear many of the programs, readings and publications on demand over your telephone. Put your telephone on speaker or hook up the earbuds to your smart phone, and call toll free (844) 888-0981 (this number is for callers in Arkansas only).

 

Fall 2022 SCHEDULE
 for AIRS radio. 

(All times are approximate. Programs subject to change without notice)

WEEKDAY SCHEDULE:
5  a.m. - Fit and Focused, exercise programs
8:55 a.m. - Job Focus 

9:05 a.m. - Arkansas Encyclopedia

10 a.m. Readings and Drama

Westerns (Monday) 

Dixie Living (Tuesday)

Black Cat Magazine (Wednesday)
Plays (Thursday)
Radio Drama (Friday)

11:00 a.m. -  Arkansas Carousel 

11:30 a.m. - Hometown Papers

(Monday, Wednesday, Friday)

Audiofile (Tuesday)

Catalogs (Thursday)

Noon

Arkansas Jobs (Monday),
Arkansas Folks  (Tuesdays),

Department Store Flyers (Wednesday),
Arkansas Grocery Flyers (Thursday),
Drug Store Flyers (Fridays).

12:30 p.m.

Arkansas Diabetic News (Monday),
Concealed Carrie  (Tuesdays),

Career Corner (Thursday)

1:00 p.m. - See 9:00 a.m.

2:00 p.m. - See 10:00 a.m.

3:00 p.m. -  See 11:00 a.m.
4:00 p.m. - See noon.
5:00 p.m. -  See 9:00 a.m.
6:00 p.m. - See 10:00 a.m.
7:00 p.m. - See  11:00 a.m
8:00 p.m. - See  noon.
9:00 p.m. - See 9.00 a.m.
10:00 p.m. - See 10:00 a.m.

11:00 p.m. -  See 11:00 a.m.
midnight. - See noon.
1:00 a.m.. -  See 9:00 a.m.
2:00 a.m.- See 10:00 a.m.

3:00 a.m. -  See 11:00 a.m.
4:00 a.m. - See noon.

SATURDAY
5 a.m. - Fit and Focus
9 a.m. - Children's Programs
11:30 a.m. - Store Flyers
1:30 - Home and Health
6 p.m. - AIRS Family
7 p.m. - Teen Programs
Overnight- repeats of the week's programs.

SUNDAY
5 a.m. Fit and Focus
9 a.m. - Consumer Groups Programs
11 a.m. Weekly Readers and Theater
9 p.m. Mysteries
Overnight- repeats of the day's programs.


AIRS broadcasts statewide from the R. Lee Reaves Center for Educational Telecommunication in Conway, Arkansas, serving the blind and visually impaired of Arkansas since 1981. A service of the Arkansas Division of Services for the Blind. Our broadcasts are intended exclusively for listeners with visual impairment and print disabilities. 
All times are approximate. In order to finish articles or chapters, programs do not always end at exact times. All programs subject to change. AIRS reserves the right to make last minute changes in the schedule.

PRESS HERE TO LISTEN TO AIRS RADIO.

 

AIRS Plus

Call (844) 888-0981 (toll free, no charge)

Follow the prompts and listen to what you want, when you want.

Navigation tools:

Press 1 to go back to the beginning of the article or program

Press 2 to advance to the next article or program

Press 9 to pause

Press 0 to end this category

Press 5 to hear other navigation tools

Press # to end the call