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Welcome to the Home Page of the Triad Information Reading Service,
your News and Entertainment Connection in Winston-Salem.
TIRS image of TIRS logo graphic is a member of the International Association of Audio Information Services (IAAIS).

IAAIS is an association of independently operated, volunteer-driven services that use audio technology to bring the written word to blind and vision-impaired consumers. IAAIS encourages the establishment and preservation of audio information/radio reading services as a cost-effective means of providing people with date-sensitive information and image of a newspaper and a cup of coffeeprogramming developed to enrich the lives of listeners.

Visit the North Carolina Association of Reading Services (NCARS), the official site of all of the radio reading services in North Carolina. Listed there are links for all of the members of NCARS. These include links to radio reading services in Asheville, Charlotte, Fayetteville, Greenville, Raleigh, Rocky Mount, Wilmington and Winston-Salem.

Are you interested in becoming a listener, or volunteering to read newspaper articles image of a vintage desktop microphoneor books on our service? Contact us for more information about volunteer opportunities, or visit our applications page to download a volunteer or listener application.

The TIRS live audio stream can now be heard via Winamp or Real Player, or via the Windows Media Player.  You can also listen to WFDD-FM online using Real Player only.