Community Service

Ahead of its Cares for Kids Radiothon, Connoisseur Media Long Island’s WALK 97.5 (WALK) partnered with Mid Island Collision Centers on December 16 to deliver holiday gifts to more than 50 hospitalized children in Rockville Centre and Carle Place.

Family Life Radio has collected over 7,000 gifts during its annual Toy Drive, supporting children and families nationwide. The coast-to-coast effort helps provide holiday gifts for more than 1,400 children through partnerships with local nonprofit organizations across multiple states.

Audacy Houston’s 100.3 The Bull (KILT) supported DePelchin Children’s Center through its inaugural “Frito and Katy’s Christmas Kids” campaign in Houston. The initiative, which ran from November 10 to December 10, provided holiday support for 102 children.

Cumulus Media’s 104.1 KRBE (KRBE) has raised $200,000 during its 4th annual Houston’s Little Heroes fundraiser benefiting Texas Children’s Hospital. The event took place on December 11 and reached its final total following a last-minute in-person community donation.

Saga Communications' 92.9 KISM supported the Mount Vernon Police Department's annual Pack a Patrol Car event held December 6 in Washington state. The community effort collected toys, gift cards, and cash for over 600 local families and children in need.

Beasley Media Group partnered with the Marshall Mathers Foundation for the annual coat giveaway supporting children across metro Detroit. The event took place on December 6 at Bel Air Luxury Cinema and provided winter coats to more than 1,100 school-age children.

Hubbard Radio’s syndicated Dave and Mahoney collected over 44,000 holiday greeting cards during its annual 10K for the Troops campaign at the program's home station in Phoenix. The effort involved listeners nationwide.

Meruelo Media’s 95.5 KLOS has crossed the $1 million threshold once again during its ninth annual St. Jude Radiothon. The fundraiser, held December 11–12, brought in $1,397,535 to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, beating 2024's $1,291,743.

Once again, 98.5 KLUC host Chet Buchanan went high in the sky for Las Vegas kids, collecting $792,430 in cash, more than Coca-Cola delivery trucks' worth of toys, and 6,792 bikes between December 4 and 15 to benefit HELP of Southern Nevada.

On-air personalities attracted unwrapped toys for children in need across the day. The result? JVC brought in the largest single-day toy collection in the event’s history.