That’s the name of the program to support Hurricane Harvey relief efforts, carried out by Indianapolis media outlets. In a show of unity, the media community teamed up with key community and business leaders to initiate further disaster relief. The United Media of Indianapolis Network includes Radio One Indianapolis, Entercom Communications, Cumulus Media, Emmis Communications, iHeartMedia, WFYI Public Media, Tribune Broadcasting, ABC, NBC, Gannett Co., Inc., Sarkes Tarzian, Inc., Lesea Broadcasting Network, Nextstar Media Group Inc., Continental Broadcast Group, and The Indianapolis Business Journal. The collection of specific items took place Thursday, September 7 to Saturday, September 9 from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Regional vice president of Radio One and co-chairman of Hoosiers Helping Houston, Deon Levingston, said, “Co-chairman Larry Delia, president of Dispatch Broadcast Group, started calling the TV stations and I started calling the radio stations. Not only were people saying ‘Yes,’ they were volunteering to make calls adding additional media outlets and companies to the list. We quickly went from one location, to multiple locations and trucks.”
Just another great example of compassion in our industry.
