CBS3 Philadelphia does an annual telethon for Ronald McDonald House Charities in November. But it's barely a telethon. First of all, they run it on the Thursday before Thanksgiving, from 6am to 8pm. The main telethon consists of a one-hour segment at 9am, another one-hour segment at 7pm, and a one-hour segment on their CW sister station at 10 am. The rest of the telethon consists of break-in segments on their newscasts, plus webcasting.
On Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 11:48:24 AM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: > It is tradition in my home town that the local TV station holds a telethon > to raise funds for a children's charity. > > LIONS - CTV CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS TELETHON (ctvlionstelethon.ca) > <https://ctvlionstelethon.ca/> > > It was held last Saturday from 2pm-11pm. It is classic local-tv fare, > with the local news hosts, and any other on-air personalities doing > duties. Also included are various local radio personalities (from > co-owned radio station). > > Paraphrased typical quotes: > * Let's go to Tony for another cheque presentation (enter local org rep > with an oversized cheque) > * Here's (local singer) doing her own rendition of Silent Night > * Let's go to Will to give us an update on the total board! > * We have a $500 donation from Frank's Plumbing putting out a challenge to > all other local plumbers to match or better this donation. > > Wondering if anyone on the list can comment on how prevalent these local > seasonal telethons still are in other areas? > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/f86b1c28-e1fe-4558-80be-4aff648ab9aen%40googlegroups.com.
