Townsquare Media, Inc. celebrates $2.2 million fundraising record for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®

MEMPHIS, Tenn., /PRNewswire/ -- Townsquare Media, Inc. leveraged its national and local radio stations along with its online music and entertainment platform, Taste of Country, to raise a record-breaking $2.2 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital^® during the 30^th anniversary year of Country Cares for St. Jude Kids^® in February 2019.

Radio listeners from cities across the country, including Buffalo, NY; Owensboro, Kentucky; Lafayette, Louisiana; and Duluth, Minnesota, tuned in to pledge their support by becoming at St. Jude Partner in Hope, joining a special community of monthly donors who are committed to saving children with cancer and other life-threatening diseases.

“Local radio is the heartbeat of Townsquare. That heart certainly beats just a bit faster when it comes to St. Jude and ALSAC,” said Kurt Johnson, Senior Vice President of Programming for Townsquare Media, Inc. “I’m so proud of the 20 markets that participated in this year’s radiothon, and am equally proud of our Townsquare Digital team who joined our hosts to take engagement and donations to a record high. Our people truly went all-in to support kids with cancer and other life-threatening diseases this year.”

For 30 years, the country music industry has shown tremendous commitment to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital by raising more than $800 million through the Country Cares for St. Jude Kids program. Country Cares for St. Jude Kids was born in 1989 when Randy Owen addressed the Country Radio Seminar in Danny Thomas’ place, asking his friends in the industry to make a difference. Now in 2019, more than 200 radio stations around the country take part in the program.

Thanks to supporters like Townsquare Media’s loyal listeners, families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food – because all a family should worry about is helping their child live.

To learn more about the lifesaving mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, visit stjude.org.

About St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital^®
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Its purpose is clear: Finding cures. Saving children.^® It is the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to children. Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20 percent to more than 80 percent since the hospital opened more than 50 years ago. St. Jude won’t stop until no child dies from cancer. St. Jude freely shares the discoveries it makes, and every child saved at St. Jude means doctors and scientists worldwide can use that knowledge to save thousands more children. Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food – because all a family should worry about is helping their child live. Join the St. Jude mission by visiting stjude.org, liking St. Jude on Facebook, following St. Jude on Twitter and Instagram and subscribing to its YouTube channel.

About Townsquare Media, Inc.
Townsquare Media, Inc. is an integrated and diversified media and entertainment and digital marketing services company that owns and operates market leading radio stations, digital and social properties and live events in small and mid-sized markets across the United States, delivering national scale and expertise to the communities it serves on a local level. The Company owns and operates 311 radio stations, over 325 search engine and mobile-optimized local websites and approximately 500 live events in 66 small and mid-sized U.S. markets, making Townsquare Media the third largest owner of radio stations in the United States by number of radio stations owned. The Company supplements its local offerings with the nationwide reach of our owned, operated and affiliated music and entertainment websites, which, on a combined basis, attracted the largest audience among music-focused digital advertising networks as of December 2014 as well as certain large scale live events. For more information, please visit www.townsquaremedia.com.

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