Radio Ink’s Season of Giving Tally 2026 is under way, and the first week brought two very different wins for local causes. With last year’s record to beat, the call is out for every holiday radiothon, drive, and benefit still to come headed toward Thanksgiving.
Connoisseur Media San Antonio’s News Talk 550 (KTSA) and FM 107.1, along with their sister stations, raised $155,425 during the 19th annual KTSA Raul Jimenez Thanksgiving Dinner Radiothon. The funds benefit the Raul Jimenez Thanksgiving Dinner, which now welcomes more than 25,000 people in downtown San Antonio each Thanksgiving.
Hubbard’s myTalk 107.1 (KTMY) hosts and producers broadcast live from the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport during the 16th annual Project Down & Dirty. The three-day effort raised $132,000 for Wishes and More, Jack’s Basket, Tubman, and the MSP Airport Foundation.
Together, the two efforts put the 2026 Tally’s Week One total at $287,425.
The number to beat is $31.66 million, where the 2025 Tally closed as the largest charitable holiday total Radio Ink has recorded.
Stations and on-air personalities are invited to send updates, totals, and press releases on every donation drive, benefit concert, radiothon, and fundraising effort to Radio Ink Editor-in-Chief Cameron Coats. Cash and non-cash totals both count.
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