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7/24: March of Dimes promo this morn
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Every major Atlanta radio station this morning solicited money for the March of Dimes. I wanted to visit at least three locales where radio stations were raising cash.
Some stations put more effort into it than others. Star 94’s Steve & Vikki gave it a lot of airtime and had call ins from bacon-lovin’ Tom Sullivan at the White House restaurant in Buckhead. V-103 had its entire morning show at Gladys Knight’s Waffle & Chickens. Dave FM’s Orf and Holly Firfer hit a Starbucks in Marietta. “Southside” Steve Rickman at Eagle went to four different Chick Fil A restaurants. B98.5’s Kelly & Alpha stayed in the studio and directed people to the Web site and auctioned off some Airtran tickets for $4,000. 99X and Q100’s the Bert Show were on vacation and playing “best of” tapes this week so the March of Dimes wasn’t able to leverage the talent there.
I figured once I left my home at 7:40 a.m., I’d be lucky to hit three spots given the traffic — and I was right. I first hose Hot 107.9’s A Team at the Camp Creek Parkway Chick Fil-A in East Point first, but only Griff (below) was there. He said the station couldn’t get an ISDN line there, preventing a full live remote show.
Later, I dropped by Gladys Knight’s in Midtown, where Frank Ski and Wanda Smith were interviewing some dude who was ousted from “Making the Band 4” the night before. Ski said he’ll be leaving for the trip to the Galapagos Islands with 11 kids later this week, followed immediately by a trip to Mexico with a bunch of V-103 listeners.
At another corner of the restaurant, sister station morning host Lorraine Jacques-White (the longest-running personality on WAOK-AM) was at the helm promoting the “Breakfast for Babies”promotions.
And with only a few minutes before 10 a.m., I caught Lance Houston, afternoon jock at 94.9/The Bull, at the corner of 10th and Piedmont outside of Flying Biscuit where several March of Dimes volunteers were soliciting funds on the sidewalk.
As of early afternoon, the stations had raised more than $40,000 through a common Web site. This doesn’t include donations through the various participating restaurants.
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By Grand Poo bah
July 24, 2007 1:46 PM | Link to this
“Southside” Steve Rickman is a poser.
By War Eagle
July 24, 2007 1:49 PM | Link to this
How about a kicker-if you win the Mexico trip-you gotta bring 100 illegals with you!
By Henle
July 24, 2007 2:31 PM | Link to this
Wow…it’s good to see local media getting together for such a worthy cause.
By Matty P
July 24, 2007 3:09 PM | Link to this
I also want to give credit to the guys at 680 the Fan who never went a segment without mentioning the cause or speaking very highly about the unprecedented event this morning. In between breaths about the waste of time known as Mike Vick, this was a good bit of news to hear about on the way to work. Way to go Rude awakening!
By Juanita
July 24, 2007 3:16 PM | Link to this
Rodney, The sister station host you referred to, her name is Lorraine Jacques-White, not Murray. Across the board fundraising like this should bring in lots of money to the March of Dimes which will do a lot of good for babies. It was a good idea
By great
July 24, 2007 3:34 PM | Link to this
i think it is wonderful that people give so generously to those in need. Giving babies a chance at birth is wonderful b/c after that its all over
By great
July 24, 2007 3:34 PM | Link to this
i think it is wonderful that people give so generously to those in need. Giving babies a chance at birth is wonderful b/c after that its all over
By great
July 24, 2007 3:34 PM | Link to this
i think it is wonderful that people give so generously to those in need. Giving babies a chance at birth is wonderful b/c after that its all over
By Marsha
July 24, 2007 5:50 PM | Link to this
I find it very odd that Q100 and 99x were on vacation and that Bert was absent since the Bert Show usually likes to take credit for everything in radio Atlanta.
By F2
July 24, 2007 6:14 PM | Link to this
Lance Houston sure is purty.
By jd
July 24, 2007 6:49 PM | Link to this
HO,
You are the lamest laziest man at the ajc. YOU MAIL IT IN EVERY TIME!!! You are the poster boy for whats wrong with affirmitive action! You should be working at Church’s frien chicken and eatin watermellon
By wayne
July 24, 2007 9:07 PM | Link to this
Wow, amazing it’s a pick & choose on the charity front. If its not United Give-away, its Red X and now MOD. All whose CEO’s make 6 figures plus. Sorry, I’ll donate the $$$ to a truly worthy cause.
By Bud
July 26, 2007 9:01 AM | Link to this
Hmm…this is odd…why do we need a charity for “Breakfast for Babies”??? Are there people out there trying to prevent mothers from feeding their infants and toddlers in the morning? Perhaps if a woman can’t afford to feed her babies maybe she shouldn’t HAVE the babies to begin with!
By AMCM
July 27, 2007 11:31 AM | Link to this
Lance Houston outside of Flying Biscuit. yes, because that’s the hotspot for all of Atlanta’s country music fans.
MORONS!
By Mary
August 1, 2007 3:01 PM | Link to this
97.1 The River’s Lexie Kaye made mentions every break all morning and encouraging listeners to make donations via phone or online! Kudos to all for your efforts and a job well done!