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Celebrity Concert Raises $187,000


Topic: Community-Focused Initiatives
Posted on 1/14/2016

Paxton Media Group’s NBC affiliate WPSD-TV Paducah, Ky.’s 59th annual "Telethon of Stars Celebration Concert" raised $187,000 on November 14 to support local Easter Seals programs for children and adults with special needs. Performers included Lee Greenwood, The Talleys, Brian Hyland, The Chiffons, Johnny Tillotson and Shirley Alston Reeves of The Shirelles.



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