Community Service

Atlanta families got their food giveaway earlier than usual, and the timing was the point. Smooth Jazz 101.1/100.1 (WJZA) pulled the event off the Thanksgiving calendar to reach households when fewer groups are handing out groceries and need has not let up.

Rain and cold did not keep Audacy’s NEW 102.7 (WNEW) listeners from showing up for the pets of Staten Island. The third-annual Anthony’s Walk for Animals by Karen Carson in the Morning co-host Anthony “Intern Ant” Malerba drew donations and a marching band.

One day on the air, and a food bank's shelves are restocked. Fresno's NewsTalk 580/105.9 and local agriculture company Gar Inc. teamed up again for the Central California Food Bank, with listeners and sponsors turning a day-long broadcast into relief for San Joaquin Valley families.

Three Audacy stations turned the generosity of Las Vegas listeners into a food bank haul ahead of the holidays. Personalities from Mix 94.1 (KMXB), 98.5 KLUC, and Q100.5 (KXQQ) spent weekends collecting cash for Southern Nevada families facing food insecurity.

Two Richmond stations have teed up a new tradition, and the first round was played for families who have lost a first responder. The inaugural golf outing raised money to help pay off mortgages and build custom homes for families and service members in need.

Nebraska radio stations turned their airwaves toward childhood brain cancer research again last week, and listeners answered by topping last year's total. The 14th annual Team Jack Radiothon, in coordination with the Huskers Radio Network, raised more than $210,000.

Over two days, iHeartMedia Honolulu's 92.3 KSSK raised the largest one-year total in the history of its Kapiolani Radiothon for Kids, collecting $1,204,575 to fund pediatric programs and services at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children.

Nearly 6,000 people showed up for a blast from the 60s and 70s, and two Omaha nonprofits came out ahead because of it. Walnut Media's Boomer Radio wrapped its fifth annual Boomstock festival, helping The Stephen Center and First Responders Foundation.

Audacy Richmond's Newsradio WRVA (WRVA-AM) teamed up with Virginia Urology, the Richmond Flying Squirrels, and Fans for the Cure to host the second annual "Hitting Prostate Cancer Out Of The Park" event, held September 8 at CarMax Park.

iHeartMedia syndicated Country radio personality Bobby Bones returned to his Arkansas hometown school district for National Literacy Month, surprising the Mountain Pine School District with a $50,000 donation in conjunction with the Dollar General Literacy Foundation.