Community Service

A pair of Cumulus Media stations serving North Texas successfully raised more than $360,000 for a Dallas-Fort Worth area children's hospital during its fifth annual "Texas Independence Jam," held March 8 at the famed Billy Bob's Texas venue.

Since the radiothon’s inception, an Audacy AM Talk station in its home market of Philadelphia has helped raise more than $1.8 million for military-focused organizations. All proceeds go towards supporting the foundation’s programs designed to empower veterans and families of the fallen.

Riverfront Broadcasting's Black Hills Cares for St. Jude Radiothon raised a single-year record $100,252 this year, crossing the $100,000 threshold for the first time and pushing the event's cumulative total past $1 million since it launched in 2011.

Katz Media Group has raised more than $45,000 for the Broadcasters Foundation of America through its 14th annual companywide membership drive, pushing the nation's largest media sales organization's cumulative total to nearly $550,000.

Fourteen years in, the numbers keep climbing for Holston Valley Broadcasting Corporation's annual Radiothon for Niswonger Children's Hospital. This year's two-day effort around Tennessee's Tri-Cities raised $682,255, pushing the event's all-time total past $6,000,000.

Cromwell Media Mattoon's 101.3 WMCI set a milestone during its 25th annual radiothon for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, raising more than $134,000 during the two-day broadcast event hosted by morning personalities Bub McCullough and Renee Fonner.

Audacy Baltimore’s Mix 106.5 (WWMX) raised more than $1.4 million during its 37th annual radiothon supporting Johns Hopkins Children's Center over two days in February, bringing the station’s cumulative total to over $32 million since the fundraiser began in 1989.

Maryland’s 99.9 Free Country (WFRE) crossed a charitable milestone two decades in the making. The station’s 2026 “Free Country Cares for St. Jude Kids Radiothon” raised a record $640,320, pushing its cumulative total past $10 million for the research hospital.

Audacy Denver’s Alice 105.9 (KALC) added another $1,087,000 to its 25-year ongoing total for Children’s Hospital Colorado. Since 2001, the station's “Alice Cares for Kids Radiothon” has generated more than $27 million for pediatric care in the region.

Saga Communications’ Jonesboro Media Group has again raised hundreds of thousands of dollars during its annual Have-A-Heart Wishathon, generating enough funding to grant more...