WAMC Completes Second Million Dollar Fund Drive

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ALBANY, NY (06/16/2011)(readMedia)-- WAMC Northeast Public Radio finished its spring fund drive at 8:42 a.m. on Thursday June 16, 2011 in just over 10 days. A total of $1,001,738 was raised and pledges were still rolling in throughout the morning.

"We are incredibly grateful to everyone who pledged," said Alan Chartock, WAMC Northeast Public Radio's President and CEO. "We averaged around $100,000 a day, which is astounding. I remember when it took two weeks to raise $150,000. It just shows how much people truly value the station."

The on-air fund drive began at 6 a.m. on Monday, June 6, 2011 with a roomful of enthusiastic volunteers taking the calls. Dedicated WAMC members and listeners checked in from as far away as Australia and pledged on-line all day and into the night to help reach the goal.

In addition to all the people who pledged during the on-air drive, hundreds of dedicated volunteers from all over the WAMC listening area answered phones, donating their time at the station's Albany studios from 6 am to midnight every day. Hundreds of regional businesses and organizations donated items, services, and food to the drive, wanting to be a part of the WAMC community and are dedicated to the care and feeding of all who helped. WAMC's fund drives are never possible without the combined efforts of all the contributing sponsors and supporters. For a listing of supporters, visit online at http://www.wamc.org/.

WAMC's fund drives help support the station's award-winning local and regional reporting, membership to NPR and network programming as well as all of the station's other day-to-day operations.

Money raised during the fund drive will support the following WAMC Northeast Public Radio's station network: WAMC-FM 90.3 FM, Albany; WAMC, 1400 AM, Albany; WAMK 90.9 FM, Kingston; WOSR, 91.7 FM, Middletown; WCEL, 91.9 FM, Plattsburgh; WCAN, 93.3 FM, Canajoharie; WANC, 103.9 FM, Ticonderoga; WRUN, 90.3 FM, Remsen-Utica; WAMQ 105.1 FM, Great Barrington, MA; WWES 88.9 FM, Mt. Kisco; 90.1 WANZ Stamford, NY,93.1 FM, Troy; 99.3 FM, Oneonta; 97.1 FM, Hudson; 107.1 FM, Warwick; 107.7 FM, Newburgh; 103.9 FM, Beacon; 96.5 FM, Ellenville; 106.3, Middletown; 102.1, Highland, NY and 90.9 FM, Milford, PA.; 97.3 FM, Cooperstown and on-line at www.wamc.org; www.facebook.com/wamcradio; www.twitter.com/wamcradio

Member-supported WAMC Northeast Public Radio broadcasts news, informational and cultural programming to listeners in portions of seven northeastern states. WAMC is an award winning producer of regionally based programming and an affiliate of National Public Radio, American Public Media, and Public Radio International. www.wamc.org