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On Dec 3, 12:04 pm, John Higdon <hi...@kome.com> wrote:
> Well, I finally got the answer I was looking for regard Cumulus and
> KGO's "charity" promotions that occur around Christmas time. Cumulus
> skims ten percent off the top ("for its own operational expenses"). A
> reminder for those without a sense of history, KGO's former owners,
> going back at least thirty years, donated 100% of the money they
> received to named charities. "Operational expenses" were donated by the
> station as their part in giving to the community. Cumulus is no Citadel,
> Disney, Cap Cities or even the legacy ABC. Cumulus is scum.
>
> So, if you've a mind to donate ten percent of your charity dollar to
> Cumulus, in essence paying their advertising bill to the charities they
> are supposedly benefitting, then by all means send your bucks to 55
> Hawthorne Street for the Thanksgiving charities, the Christmas tree
> lots, and all the other causes from which Cumulus has decided to collect
> its own share of the loot.
>
> I really was hoping they were carrying the tradition of community
> involvement. When it comes to Cumulus, always assume the worst.
>
> --

Heh.  Aside from the fact that they killed the Golden Goose.

In article <higgy-4DD3B1.11502303122012@c-61-68-245-199.per.connect.net.au>,
John Higdon  <higgy@kome.com> wrote:
>Well, I finally got the answer I was looking for regard Cumulus and 
>KGO's "charity" promotions that occur around Christmas time. Cumulus 
>skims ten percent off the top ("for its own operational expenses"). A 
>reminder for those without a sense of history, KGO's former owners, 
>going back at least thirty years, donated 100% of the money they 
>received to named charities. "Operational expenses" were donated by the 
>station as their part in giving to the community. 


For those who would like to support those charities directly instead
of going through KGO, here are this year's recipients:

Sacred Heart Community Service (San Jose)
St. Anthony Foundation (San Francisco)
St. Vincent DePaul (Oakland)
Trinity Center (formerly Fresh Start) (Walnut Creek) 

They're the same four charities that KGO has been supporting for years.
St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Walnut Creek is now running their drop-in 
center themselves instead of the Fresh Start organization doing it, so
they've renamed it to Trinity Center. Same clients, same services.


Patty

On 12/3/12 12:04 PM UTC-8, John Higdon wrote:

>Well, I finally got the answer I was looking for
>regard Cumulus and  KGO's "charity" promotions
>that occur around Christmas time. Cumulus skims
>ten percent off the top ("for its own operational
>expenses"). A  reminder for those without a sense
>of history, KGO's former owners,  going back at
>least thirty years, donated 100% of the money
>they received to named charities. "Operational
>expenses" were donated by the station as their
>part in giving to the community. Cumulus is no
>Citadel, Disney, Cap Cities or even the legacy
>ABC. Cumulus is scum.

Thank you for the heads up, John!  I heard on 
KNBR that it's doing an auction tomorrow at
AT&T Park to benefit the the Bay Area Sports
Hall of Fame's youth sports programs.  Now it
appears they will get only 90% of the proceeds
from the auction.