Armstrong & Getty Raise $820,000 for Charity
iHeartMedia's Sacramento-based talk show Armstrong & Getty raised more than $820,000 to benefit the Warrior Foundation Freedom Station during a recent radiothon. It was the ninth year the hosts raised money for the charity.
WZRV Listeners Donate 14,000 Pounds of Food
The 14th annual Campaign for Hunger event put on by Royal Broadcasting's Front Royal, Virginia classic hits station WZRV (95.3 FM) saw listeners donate more than 14,000 pounds of food and nearly $17,000 in cash leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday.
KNX to Produce Town Hall on Fentanyl Crisis
Audacy's KNX (1070 AM, 97.1 FM) in Los Angeles will produce a live town hall on today on the local fentanly crisis affecting youth. The town hall will feature comments from local school, health and law enforcement officials.
KFI to Host PastaThon
iHeartMedia's Los Angeles news station KFI (640 AM) will host its 12th annual KFI PastaThon event on Tuesday, November 29. As part of the initiative, KFI's Tim Conway, Jr. will broadcast live from the Anaheim White House.
Premiere, Steve Harvey Show Donate Turkeys
Premiere Networks and the Steve Harvey Morning Show are donating thousands of turkeys as part of the show's annual Turkey Give initiative. More than 6,000 turkeys have been provided to affiliates of the show to help those in their community.
WIRK Raises Over $11,000 for Food Bank
Hubbard's West Palm Beach country station WIRK (103.1 FM) raised more than $11,000 for a local food bank during a three-day charity broadcast. The donations are the equivalent of over 55,000 meals for the food bank.
WCCO Raises $330,000 for Charity
Audacy's Minneapolis news-talk station WCCO (830 AM) raised over $330,000 for Union Gospel Mission Twin Cities during a recent event. The radiothon took place Tuesday, November 15 with a live broadcast from the Mall of America.
WZYP Collects Over 100 Turkeys
Cumuls Media's Huntsville-based top 40 radio station WZYP (104.3 FM) collected more than 100 turkeys during its first-annual Tory's Turkey Drop event on Monday, November 14. The turkeys were handed out to over 100 families in 18 minutes.
Audacy, Steve Harvey Deliver Turkeys to Needy Families
Audcy and the Steve Harvey Morning Show are teaming up to deliver turkeys to families in need this holiday season. The initiative will see at least four Audacy stations deliver Thanksgiving meals to over 800 needy families this year.
WMMR Raises $1 Million for Hunger Relief
Beasley Media Group's WMMR (93.3 FM) raised over $1 million and 2.8 million pounds of food for a local hunger relief organization. Proceeds from the station's 25th annual Preston & Steve Camp Out for Hunger will go to benefit Philabundance.