11 Alive's Canathon collects 220,000 cans (photo gallery)
By RODNEY HO/ rho@ajc.com, originally filed Thursday, December 10, 2015
For the third year, I visited Turner Field's parking lot last Friday to check out one of the sites for 11 Alive's annual Canathon for the Salvation Army. This year, at multiple sites, the station collected 220,000 cans.
The NBC affiliate fell just shy of last year's record 229,000 cans.
The breakdown shows how supportive the folks in the Northwest corridor of Georgia can be:
Rome: 68,840
Turner Field: 31,008
Infinite Energy Center: 55,041
Cumberland Mall: 40,392
In-studio & text: 25,582
Vinnie Politan, morning host at 11 Alive, was packed with energy, obsessing over Periscope at Turner Field. (I did some Periscope too just for fun and someone from Moscow even stopped by.)
I also caught up with Jaye Watson, Chesley McNeil and Crash Clark for 11 Alive as well as Ryan Cameron and Wanda Smith over at V-103, which simulcast from the parking lot. Here are some more shots I took that morning:
About the Author
Rodney Ho writes about entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution including TV, radio, film, comedy and all things in between. A native New Yorker, he has covered education at The Virginian-Pilot, small business for The Wall Street Journal and a host of beats at the AJC over 20-plus years. He loves tennis, pop culture & seeing live events.
