Two-Day, 28-1/2 Hour Event Will Be Broadcast Live From the Hackensack
University Medical Center on Thursday, April 14, and the New York Stock
Exchange Friday, April 15.
NEW YORK, April 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Nationally syndicated radio personality
Don Imus and Infinity Broadcasting's Sports Radio 66 WFAN will put the power
of radio to its best use in a 28-1/2- hour Radiothon. This year's event will
again support the Tomorrows Children's Fund (TCF), the CJ Foundation for
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and The Imus Ranch. To insure that the
critical work of these organizations continues, WFAN will host its 16th Annual
Radiothon, on Thursday, April 14 and Friday, April 15.
On Thursday, IMUS IN THE MORNING will be heard in a special extended
program from 5:30-11:00 AM live from the Hackensack University Medical Center,
Hackensack NJ. The broadcast day will continue live from HUMC with SID & Joe
(Sid Rosenberg and Joe Benigno) followed by MIKE & THE MAD DOG (Mike Francesa
and Chris Russo). The Radiothon shifts to the Mets vs. Houston game live with
play-by-play announcers Howie Rose and Gary Cohen. STEVE SOMERS wraps up the
first day of the Radiothon live from the WFAN Studios from 10:30 PM - 2:00 AM.
On Friday, April 15, CHRIS CARLIN (2:00-5:30 AM) will be live from the
WFAN studio. IMUS IN THE MORNING (5:30-10:00 AM) will close the Radiothon
live from the New York Stock Exchange.
Imus is heard in more than 90 markets nationwide and is also broadcast on
MSNBC. The MIKE AND THE MAD DOG program is simulcast on the YES Network.
Since its inception in 1990, the annual Sports Radio 66 WFAN Radiothon has
raised more than $25 million to benefit these worthwhile not-for-profit
organizations. In addition to research and counseling, these funds have
provided a home for these organizations, The Don Imus-WFAN Pediatric Center
for Tomorrows Children at Hackensack University Medical Center, which opened
in 1994, and the David Jurist Research Center.
TCF provides the resources necessary to support children stricken with
cancer and serious blood disorders, as well as to provide funding for a cure.
The CJ Foundation for SIDS is a nationwide voluntary health organization
dedicated to recognizing the special needs of the SIDS community through
funding research, support service grants and providing educational and public
awareness programs. The CJ Foundation for SIDS was founded in 1993 by
Infinity Broadcasting Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Joel Hollander and
his wife, Susan, after the death of their daughter, Carly Jenna. In March of
1998, Don Imus, his wife, Deirdre, and his brother, Fred, established the Imus
Ranch in Reader's Digest, N.M. The ranch provides TCF patients and SIDS
siblings the experience of life on a working cattle ranch.
In addition to the live broadcasts, WFAN's Radiothon is supported by
hundreds of volunteers who staff the donation phones, keep track of the
pledges, and more. The New York Mercantile Exchange will once again be the
technical and volunteer hub by hosting the volunteer center and telephone
bank.
There are a number of ways listeners can support WFAN's Radiothon 2005 --
go on line to http://www.wfan.com to make a donation and view the once in a
lifetime sports and entertainment packages, including from the chance to join
John Madden on the road in his renowned "cruiser;" tickets to the 2006 Grammy
Awards; a package which includes the chance to fly to San Francisco with the
New York Mets when they take on the Giants, seats in the owner's box, an
opportunity to meet Mets players prior to the game, and much more. All items
can be bid on by calling 201-336-8772. In addition to the auction, pledges
and donations can be made by calling the toll-free Radiothon line at
877-877-6464.
WFAN debuted as the world's first 24-hour all sports station in 1987. WFAN
is the flagship station for Imus in the Morning, Mike and the Mad Dog, New
York Mets Baseball, and New York Giants Football, New Jersey Nets Basketball,
and New Jersey Devils Hockey. WFAN is owned and operated by Infinity
Broadcasting, one of the largest major-market radio operators in the United
States. A division of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA and VIAB), Infinity operates 183
radio stations, the majority of which are in the nation's top 50 markets
Contact: Katey Kohn
Director of Marketing
718-706-7690
kkohn@wfan.com
Karen L. Mateo
Vice President of Communications
Infinity Broadcasting
212-846-7638
Karen.mateo@infinitybroadcasting.com
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