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Scripps Employees Donate 80,000 New Books

E.W. Scripps employees presented more than 80,000 new books to children across the country, National Reading Day, as part of the Scripps Howard Foundation’s annual “If you give a child a book …” childhood literacy campaign.

WPVI Distributes Thousands of Smoke Alarms

ABC-owned WPVI distributed 10,000 smoke alarms to local families in need through its “Operation 6abc: Save a Life” program.

WDIV Helps Federal Workers During Shutdown

WDIV dedicated its news coverage to helping the estimated 6,000 Michigan families affected by the federal government shutdown.

WCAU and WWSI Air Live Interactive Broadcast Against Cancer

NBC-owned WCAU and Telemundo’s WWSI Philadelphia aired “Progress and Promise Against Cancer Day” live. More than 20 physicians and scientists from the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) discussed cancer research, prevention, treatment, and early detection.

WFIE Airs Special on Sexual Violence

Raycom’s NBC affiliate WFIE Evansville, Ind., produced and aired “Choosing to Survive,” an hour-long special on sexual violence, on October 18 in primetime.

KCRA and Hearst Raise $1.7 Million For Wildfire Victims

Hearst’s NBC affiliate KCRA and MyNetworkTV affiliate KQCA-TV Sacramento raised $1.25 million on November 12 to support the Camp Fire wildfire relief efforts. Hearst Corp. donated an additional $500,000.

WXIN Helps Erase Nearly $1.5 million in Medical Debt

Tribune’s Fox affiliate WXIN-TV Indianapolis announced on October 29 that they donated $15,000 to the non-profit RIP Medical Debt to erase nearly $1.5 million in debt for local people.

WCVB Fundraiser Helps Gas Explosion Victims

WCVB, the Hearst ABC affiliate in Boston, raised more than $350,000 to help those still struggling in the aftermath of a gas line disaster in September that caused explosions and more than 80 individual fires in Massachusetts.

2,321 Turkeys Set Record For WAPT

WAPT, Hearst’s ABC affiliate in Jackson, Miss., collected 2,321 whole turkeys and more than $2,260 in cash donations during its annual Turkey Drive.

WPVI Continues 33-Year-Old Holiday Food Drive Tradition

WPVI, the ABC O&O in Philadelphia, has rallied the community to raise canned foods, funds and awareness to help fight hunger around the region.

KNTV-KSTS Holding Wildfire Relief Fundraiser Today

KNTV and KSTS, the NBC-owned and Telemundo affiliates, respectively, serving San Francisco, are hosting an all-day fundraiser to assist relief and recovery operations for people affected by the devastating wildfires in Northern and Southern California.

WDTN Kicks Off 37th Annual ‘Food For Friends’ Campaign

WDTN, Nexstar’s NBC affiliate in Dayton, Ohio, with corporate partner Kroger, began its 37th annual Food for Friends campaign this week, an initiative to help stock neighborhood food banks.

KCRA Helps Raise $1.2 Million For Wildfire Victims

KCRA and KQCA partnered with the Gold Country Region Chapter of the American Red Cross on a disaster relief drive that raised more than $1,250,000 to support people impacted by the devastating wildfires in California.

In Fargo, KVLY Helps Rapping Police Spread Message Of Unity

Gray’s NBC affiliate in Fargo is supporting a message of unity by the Fargo Police Department and the rapping police.

WCAU-WWSI Airing Live Interactive Broadcast Against Cancer

WCAU (NBC) and WWSI (Telemundo62), the NBC-owned duopoly in Philadelphia, will host Progress and Promise Against Cancer Day, a live, interactive broadcast on Thursday, Nov. 8, from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

WPTV Launches Campaign To Protect Florida’s Environment

WPTV, the Scripps-owned NBC affiliate in West Palm Beach, Fla., has kicked off a year-long commitment to protect South Florida’s beaches, waterways and wetlands.

An Inside Look At WMBB During Hurricane Michael

Austin Kellerman is the news director at the Nexstar stations in Little Rock, Ark. But he spent a week or so helping Nexstar’s ABC affiliate in Panama City, WMBB, during and after Hurricane Michael.

WDSU’s Neighbors Helping Neighbors Telethon Nets $45K

WDSU, Hearst’s NBC affiliate in New Orleans, held a telethon on Friday, Oct. 12, for victims of Hurricane Michael.

Homeless Teen Gets Full Scholarship Thanks To WKMG

A teenager who was homeless for much of his senior year in high school, and often had to walk 20 miles just to get to school, received a full scholarship to the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City, from the help of WKMG, the CBS affiliate in Orlando, Fla.

WXIX Holds Day-Long Telethon For Hurricane Michael Relief

WXIX Cincinnati, Cincinnati Bell and the Cincinnati Chapter of the American Red Cross partnered on a day-long telethon to raise funds in support of Hurricane Michael recovery efforts.

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