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Local Radio Raises $260,000 to Fight Childhood Cancer


Topic: Youth-Focused Initiatives
Posted on 7/7/2016

The Cromwell Group’s WMCI-FM, WCBH-FM and WWGO-FM Mattoon, Ill. raised $260,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The stations raised $135,000 in a walk from Mattoon to Peoria and $125,000 in a radiothon. “Our WMCI-FM, WCBH-FM, and WWGO-FM make a difference every day as do broadcasters across the country,” said Cromwell Group President Bud Walters. “We can all be proud.” Watch video.



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