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Illinois Radio Supports St. Jude


Topic: Youth-Focused Initiatives
Posted on 8/22/2019

Cromwell Radio Group’s WMCI-FM, WWGO-FM and WCBH-FM, serving central Illinois and western Indiana, recently raised $300,00 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. On August 2 - 3, 115 runners and volunteers participated in a 148-mile relay run as part of the “Mattoon to Peoria St. Jude Run.” The run raised over $188,000 and a concurrent radiothon brought the total donated to over $300,000. In nine years, they have raised over $1.1 million.



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