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VALLEY VOICE

radio reading service




for the blind and print-impaired


Wireless Coverage

The Valley Voice broadcasts over the air on a low-power FM SUBCARRIER (SCA) signal carried "piggyback" style on Public Radio WMRA's standard FM signal. The SUBCARRIER signal cannot be heard on typical radios — instead the VALLEY VOICE buys and lends out special receivers to medically-qualified people.

This wireless subcarrier service provides coverage to most of Rockingham, August and Shenandoah counties, excluding some areas that are shielded by mountainous terrain. Coverage is also available in much of Charlottesville City along with Albemarle and Nelson Counties.

To request a special receiver, click here.

Cable Coverage

Additionally you may find Valley Voice on select channels of many cable systems in the Shenandoah Valley. In many cases the audio is aired on already-existing community access channels.

  • Harrisonburg & Western Rockingham Adelphia Channel 3, which is the Harrisonburg City-Span Channel. Coverage includes Rockingham Memorial Hospital and Bridgewater Retirement Community.
  • Staunton & nearby Augusta Adelphia Channel 14, which is the Staunton City-Span Channel.
  • Waynesboro & Vicinity Adelphia Channel 13, which is the Waynesboro Public Schools Channel,
  • Charlottesville Adelphia Channel 14, which is the Charlottesville Public Schools Channel.
  • Shenandoah County Shentel Channel 71, dedicated to the Valley Voice
  • Summit Square Home Sunnyside in-house Channel 38
  • Va. Mennonite Retirement Community ZAP-2 Channel 58
  • Future Service Anticipated Luray cable system.

This cable-delivered service is available to all cable subscribers on these systems.

Please call or write for more information:
Terry Ward (540) 568-3811 or (800) 677-9672
Valley Voice Program Director
WMRA & WEMC, 983 Reservoir Street
Harrisonburg, VA 22801

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