Community Service

Beasley Media Group's 102.9 WGMK rallied listeners for the 20th Annual Veterans Radiothon, raising over $138,900 for the Veterans Multi-Service Center in Philadelphia, surpassing 2025's total by nearly $18,000. The event featured the return of MGK personality and Radio Hall of Fame inductee John DeBella.

Audacy Minneapolis' 830 WCCO raised more than $82,000 during its fourth annual "Cure Blood Cancer Radio Auction," supporting the National Marrow Donor Program and its mission to connect blood cancer patients with life-saving stem cell donors.

The 98.3 WSUL Heart-A-Thon has distributed $75,000 across six organizations in New York's lower Hudson Valley for its 48th year, with Bold Gold Media continuing its role as the fundraiser's broadcast home as the event approaches a half-century of community giving.

Audacy Philadelphia morning host Coop, from BIG 98.1 (WOGL), has raised over $25,000 for the Child Life Services Department at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia while walking more than 60 miles over five days during his second annual "Coop's Miles for Miracles."

Seventy-two years in, the WHAS Crusade for Children is still raising millions. The annual Louisville-area radio and telethon, broadcast across iHeartMedia's News Radio 840 (WHAS) and WHAS-TV, raised $6,235,132.76; the second-highest total in the event's history.

In the spirit that first brought Greg Davis to radio ownership, Davis Broadcasting is marking its ruby anniversary by giving back. The company starts a yearlong community initiative across its Columbus and Atlanta markets to mark 40 years of minority-owned broadcasting.

Audacy’s 104.3 The Score (WSCR) has teamed up with the Chicago Cubs and Cubs Charities for the third annual “Cubs for a Cure” radiothon, raising over $805,000 for BrainUp, a nonprofit committed to raising awareness for brain cancer. 

A Wisconsin broadcaster's months-long fundraising effort has delivered more than $13,000 to help veterans travel to their memorials in Washington, DC. Seehafer Broadcasting in Manitowoc presented a $13,145 check to Old Glory Honor Flight earlier this month.

Press Communications' Thunder 106 (WKMK/WTHJ) along the Jersey Shore wrapped its 14th annual Country Cares for St. Jude Kids Radiothon, raising $231,311 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and pediatric cancer care in the Garden State.

The dollars keep climbing. Saga Communications' Charlottesville Media Group closed out its 11th annual Cares for Kids Radiothon with $66,446 raised for UVA Health Children's, topping last year's total and pushing the event's lifetime fundraising past $660,000.