RISE is WMHT's 24 hour radio information service for the blind and print disabled, serving New York's Capital Region and Hudson Valley.

RISE transmits on a subcarrier of the main WMHT-FM signal. Through a specially tuned table-top radio receiver, listeners have access to readings of local and national newspapers, popular periodicals and books, as well as specialty programming.

Receivers are loaned free of charge to eligible applicants.

Individuals currently registered with the NYS Commission for the Visually Handicapped or the Library of Congress Talking Books Program are automatically eligible for RISE.

Applicants not registered with either of these services must have a visual or physical condition which impedes access to printed material. This condition must be certified by a physician, nurse, social worker, librarian, rehabilitation counselor, or appropriate professional.

If you can tune in WMHT-FM on your regular radio at home, you are probably within range to receive RISE. RISE is actually a closed circuit "broadcast". Of course you'll need a special RISE receiver to actually tune to RISE.

View a map of our broadcast area
Learn how to request a receiver

In an attempt to further serve our listeners, RISE is now available to our subscribers as online streaming audio. For more information on how you can access this service – please contact RISE manager Joyce Stah at 880-3436 or by e-mail at jstah@wmht.org.

WMHT-RISE depends on the generosity of groups, organizations and concerned individuals. If you would like to make a contribution to the RISE program, you can send your donation to:

WMHT-RISE
4 Global View
Troy, NY 12180

In broadcasting for RISE I try to use the same conversational approach I would if I were reading the paper aloud in the living rooms of our listeners. I have been grateful to WMHT for providing this service from the day I first heard a spot on the evening news asking for volunteers twelve years ago. Craig Smith RISE Volunteer

Learn more about how you might become one of our select RISE volunteers.

Bob Yager, of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, presents RISE Manager Joyce Stah, pictured with her husband Tim, a generous contribution at the Fraternal Order of Eagles Spring Conference.

Do you belong to a group or organization that would like to book a guest speaker from RISE? If so, call 518-880-3436 for more information.

Joyce Stah (518) 880-3436
Chris Wienk (518 ) 880-3434
email: rise@wmht.org

RISE operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

or, for recorded program information, call the RISE program line at 518- 880-3406.