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EL CENTRAL Partners with WDET Reading Service

EL CENTRAL by EL CENTRAL
October 10, 2024
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WDET and The Detroit Radio Information Service (DRIS) and EL CENTRAL Hispanic News today announced a partnership that will bring the two organizations together to provide a community service to visually impaired or differently abled.

The Detroit Radio Information Service (DRIS) is Southeast Michigan’s Radio/Audio Information Service for people with low vision and visual disabilities or those who cannot physically hold reading materials. It is a special audience service of WDET 101.9 FM Detroit Public Radio and Wayne State University. And today they joined in a partnership with EL CENTRAL Hispanic News to read its newspaper in Spanish every week.

“As the global pandemic taught us, social isolation, coupled with fear and anxiety, can be crippling, and especially so for those who are differently abled or those with limited resources, said WDET General Manager Mary Zatina. “It is important to the station that we serve all ethnic groups in the community and for them to hear their news in their native tongue.”

Eva Garza Dewaelsche and her husband Robert bought EL CENTRAL from founder and publisher Dolores Sanchez in the spring of 2022. Managing Editor Robert Dewaelsche talked about the significance of the partnership with WDET. “Visually challenged citizens in Southeast Michigan need a reliable source of local news and information to live independent lives and perform many daily functions that sighted individuals may take for granted. “Eva and I are excited to offer this service to our community and support public radio’s community outreach.”

Upwards of 304,000 individuals with visual or cognitive disabilities live in the metro Detroit region; this figure represents almost 8% of the population and does not include the aged population with low vision, those who have difficulty holding printed materials, or who have other challenges which prevent them from reading the local newspapers. DRIS’ reach mirrors that of WDET. It reaches a terrestrial audience in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb and Washtenaw counties and Southwestern Ontario. If a person is designated legally blind, they can get a terrestrial receiver for free by contacting the station. Audiences across the globe can also access DRIS digitally at www.WDET.org/DRIS.

No regional entity except DRIS has a focus on in-depth local and national news for people with physical challenges holding or seeing a newspaper or any version of the printed word. As the population ages, nontraditional forms of communication and service are required for people to live full and engaged lives in the context of their communities.

The service is free to individuals and families via streaming services and currently broadcasts 8,760 hours of continuous audio information a year engaging local volunteer readers offering verbatim readings of more than 100 local and national newspapers and magazines per week. Special interest materials include this week’s grocery and department store ads, senior citizen issues, hobbies, literature and a book club.

In 2023, DRIS was completely overhauled under the direction of Diane Sanders, WDET Manager of Strategic Initiatives. Equipment and technology were upgraded and volunteer recruitment was escalated. The program has doubled its listening base, the number of volunteer readers, and a strategic plan has been created for its growth.

“The most dramatic change we made was to augment access to the signal by making it available to anyone, anywhere via internet streaming instead of the previous requirement to use a special-purpose receiver,” said Sanders. “Now, with that change behind us, we are able to do outreach in Detroit’s important ethnic communities.”

Volunteers are also needed from the Hispanic community to read EL CENTRAL on air. “We will look to our readers and online followers for additional DRIS volunteers to read EL CENTRAL in Spanish for an hour one day a week” Dewaelsche said. The service is located on Wayne State University’s campus and free parking is provided for volunteers.

“Knowing how our community supports special projects and its people, I am sure that we will have more than enough readers to accept the challenge,” Dewaelsche concluded.

The EL CENTRAL Hispanic News Hour will broadcast starting on Friday, November 15 from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. and will be online each Monday and Friday thereafter. For questions about volunteering, please contact Robert Dewaelsche at 313-580-0672 or info@elcentralmedia.com.

La emisora radial DRIS de WDET y EL CENTRAL Hispanic News se unirán para darles un servicio comunitario a las personas con discapacidad visual o capacidades diferentes.

El Detroit Radio Information Service (DRIS) es el medio de información radial del sureste de Michigan, para personas con baja visión y discapacidades visuales o que no pueden sostener físicamente materiales de lectura. Este servicio se presta para una audiencia particular, de WDET 101.9 FM Detroit Public Radio y la Universidad Wayne State; quienes hoy se asociaron con con EL CENTRAL Hispanic News, ofreciendo la lectura de su periódico todas las semanas.

“Como nos enseñó la pandemia mundial, el aislamiento social, junto con el miedo y la ansiedad, puede ser paralizante, y especialmente para las personas con capacidades diferentes o con recursos limitados”, comentó la gerente general de WDET, Mary Zatina, y agregó: “Es importante para la estación que sirvamos a todos los grupos étnicos de la comunidad y que escuchen las noticias en su lengua materna”.

Eva Garza Dewaelsche y su esposo Robert compraron EL CENTRAL, a la fundadora y editora Dolores Sánchez en la primavera de 2022. El editor en jefe Robert Dewaelsche, habló sobre la importancia de la asociación con WDET: “Los ciudadanos con discapacidad visual del sureste de Michigan necesitan una fuente confiable de noticias e información local, para disfrutar de una vida independiente y realizar muchas funciones diarias que las personas videntes pueden dar por sentado. Eva y yo estamos emocionados de ofrecer este servicio a nuestra comunidad y apoyar el alcance comunitario de la radio pública”.

Más de 304.000 personas con discapacidad visual o cognitiva viven en la región metropolitana de Detroit; esta cifra representa casi al 8% de la población, sin incluir a la población de avanzada edad con baja visión, aquellos que tienen dificultad para sostener materiales impresos o que tienen otros desafíos que les impide leer el periódico. DRIS refleja el alcance de WDET, llegando a los condados de Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw y el suroeste de Ontario. Si una persona es legalmente ciega, puede obtener un receptor terrestre de forma gratuita, comunicándose a esta estación. La audiencia desde cualquier parte del mundo puede acceder a DRIS digitalmente en www.WDET.org/DRIS.

Ninguna entidad regional, excepto DRIS, se centra en brindar noticias locales y nacionales para personas con discapacidades físicas, que no puedan sostener o ver un periódico o cualquier versión de la palabra impresa. A medida que la población envejece, se requieren formas no tradicionales de comunicación y servicio, para que vivan una vida plena y puedan involucrase en su comunidad.

El servicio es gratuito para personas y familias a través de servicios de transmisión y poniendo al aire 8.760 horas de audio continuo al año, en las que participan lectores voluntarios locales, que ofrecen lecturas textuales de más de 100 periódicos y revistas locales y nacionales por semana. Los materiales de interés especial incluyen anuncios de supermercados y los descuentos de la semana, temas relacionados con la tercera edad, pasatiempos, literatura y un club de lectura.

En 2023, DRIS se renovó por completo bajo la dirección de Diane Sanders, gerente de iniciativas estratégicas de WDET. Se actualizaron los equipos y la tecnología y se intensificó el reclutamiento de voluntarios. El programa ha duplicado su base de oyentes, el número de lectores voluntarios y se ha creado un plan estratégico para su crecimiento.

“El cambio más drástico que hicimos fue aumentar el acceso a la señal, al ponerla a disposición de cualquier persona, en cualquier lugar a través de transmisión por Internet en lugar del requisito anterior de utilizar un receptor especial”, dijo Sanders y añadió: “Ahora, con ese cambio, podemos hacer difusión en las importantes comunidades étnicas de Detroit”.

Se solicitan voluntarios de la comunidad hispana para leer EL CENTRAL al aire. “Buscaremos entre nuestros lectores y seguidores en línea voluntarios adicionales de DRIS para leer EL CENTRAL en español durante una hora por semana”, comentó Dewaelsche. El servicio está ubicado en el campus de la Universidad Wayne State y se proporciona estacionamiento gratuito para los voluntarios.

“Sabiendo cómo nuestra comunidad apoya los proyectos especiales y a su gente, estoy seguro de que tendremos muchos lectores que acepten el desafío”, concluyó Dewaelsche.

El noticiero hispano de EL CENTRAL se emitirá a partir del viernes 15 de noviembre de 12 PM a 1 PM y se transmitirá en línea todos los lunes y viernes a partir de esa fecha. Si tiene preguntas sobre cómo ser voluntario, comuníquese con Robert Dewaelsche al 313-580-0672 o info@elcentralmedia.com.

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