How to Hear Us
Turning Sight into Sound Radio broadcasts on a special low-power FM frequency through
specially tuned radio receivers. Taping for the Blind provides radios
free to qualified clients. Our specially tuned radio receivers broadcast
on the sideband of 88.7 FM KUHF radio.You can also hear us on the Secondary Audio Program (SAP) of KUHT-TV, Channel 8, Houston's PBS station. Through our partnership with Houston Public Television, we've extended our broadcast range to a 33-county area around Houston.
Captain Andy's Corner for Kids
We have recently moved our audio programming for children and young adults to the audio archives area of the web site, where they will removed from the radio schedule and become available only via the Internet.Captain Andy's Corner for Kids is named in memory of a young former volunteer reader at Taping for the Blind (see details below). It is new to our web site and currently features the following programs:
Dragons & Dreams Sports Illustrated for Kids Teen Time Young Adults Book Hour
Who was Captain Andy?
Captain Andrew R. Houghton of Comfort, Texas died on August 9,
2004, from combat injuries suffered during Operation Iraqi Freedom. The
25-year-old soldier was awarded the Purple Heart in bedside ceremonies
at the Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C. on August 5
of that same year.
Andy became a Taping volunteer in the summer of
1996. We were his senior project for Strake Jesuit College Preparatory
School. Andy worked in Custom Recording doing a variety of work through
1997.
More information available here.