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WHAS-TV, WHAS-AM Raise $5.6 Million for Special Needs Kids


Topic: Youth-Focused Initiatives
Posted on 8/11/2014

Clear Channel’s WHAS-AM and Gannett-owned ABC affiliate WHAS-TV Louisville hosted the 61st annual "WHAS Crusade for Children" radio- and telethon. The event helped fire departments collect donations across Kentucky and southern Indiana for special needs children. This year the fundraiser raised more than $5.6 million for area children. Since its inception in 1954, the Crusade has collected more than $160 million.



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