Topic: Children’s Issues
Posted on 9/8/2020
Alpha Media’s WHBC-FM/AM Canton, Ohio, raised $186,000 during the annual “AultCare Wish-A-Thon” fundraiser on August 13th and 14th. The collected donations benefit Wishes Can Happen, a local charity that provides support and funding to children with life-threatening illnesses.
In order to maintain safe distancing and involve as many of the “wish families” as possible, the stations opted for a simulcast program that took place over 36 hours and did not require in-person participation from children or families.
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