Topic: Youth-Focused Initiatives
CBS Radio’s WOGL-FM Philadelphia’s 10th annual "Loves Our Kids Radiothon" recently raised over $450,000 for the Children’s Miracle Network (CMN), bringing the 10-year total to $4.7 million. Money raised during the two-day event support patient care programs at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).
This year’s radiothon broadcasted live from Ryan Seacrest’s "The Voice" studios located in the Colket Atrium of Children’s Hospital. Special activities for kids included tie dying socks, crafts to decorate their hospital rooms and making crowns with local Miss America title holders. WOGL-FM’s Breakfast Club host Ross Brittain and co-host Valerie Knight anchored the radiothon, with special appearances from the entire WOGL air-staff and CBS 3’s Nicole Brewer. Other guest appearances included Bob Kelly, Pat Ciarrocchi, Jim Donovan, Stephanie Stahl and Natasha Brown.
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