56th annual Crusade is on the air!

56th annual Crusade is on the air!

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Crusade Network in full force

In your car, on the couch or half-way around the world, you won’t miss a minute of the 56th annual Crusade.

As the Crusade for Children’s flagship television station for 56 years, WHAS11 will carry the entire broadcast. Portions will also air on a Kentucky statewide network:

Television:
WBKI-TV (CW), Louisville
WBKO-TV (ABC), Bowling Green
WQWQ-TV (CW), Paducah & Murray

Radio:
As the Crusade for Children’s flagship radio station for 56 years, 84WHAS will carry the entire broadcast.

These Commonwealth Broadcasting radio stations will air the Crusade variety show Saturday, June 6 from 8:00 to 11:00pm (EDT):

WTCO, Campbellsville
WLBN, Lebanon
WBRT, Bardstown
WIEL, Elizabethtown
WHHT, Glasgow-Bowling Green
WTTL, Madisonville
WPKY, Princeton

Internet – Worldwide:
WHAS11.com will provide LIVE video streaming of the entire broadcast. WHASCrusade.org will show updated information as well as allow you to donate online.

www.WHAS11.com
www.WHASCrusade.org

Flagships WHAS11 and 84WHAS lead the way

The annual Crusade Internet/radio/telethon kicks off at 1:00pm (EDT) on Saturday, June 6 and will air in its entirety on WHAS Radio (AM 840), WHAS-TV (Channel 11), WHAS-DT (Channel 11.1) and worldwide on WHAS11.com.

The CW Louisville partners again this year

For the seventh year in a row, The CW Louisville (WBKI-TV Insight Cable 7) will air live broadcasts Noon to 6:00pm Sunday, June 7 from Elizabethtown, Shelbyville and Bardstown in Kentucky.

WBKO on board for 7th straight year

Meanwhile, WBKO-TV in Bowling Green will air live broadcasts from Columbia, Kentucky and Rough River State Resort Park on both Saturday and Sunday. Details are listed below.

Other portions of the broadcast also air on a Kentucky statewide network. THANK YOU affiliate partners!

2009 WHAS Crusade for Children Broadcast Schedule

(All times EDT)

Saturday June 6, 2009

84WHAS Radio will air the Crusade continuously beginning at 1:30pm

1:00pm – 1:30pm
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1:30pm – 2:30pm
Remote from Ballardsville – Live on WHAS11

2:30pm – 3:30pm
Remote from PRP Fire Center – Live on WHAS11

3:30pm – 5:00pm
Remote from Male High School – Live on WHAS11

5:00pm – 7:00pm
ABC Sports coverage of the Belmont Stakes

7:00pm – 8:00pm
Crusade continues live on WHAS11
Remote from Columbia, KY – Live on WBKO-TV

8:00pm – 11:00pm
Variety show from Bomhard Theater live via satellite on:
Television:
WHAS11 (8:00pm – 11:00pm)
WQWQ-TV, Paducah (8:00pm – 11:00pm)
Radio:
84WHAS, Louisville
WTCO, Campbellsville
WLBN, Lebanon
WBRT, Bardstown
WIEL, Elizabethtown
WHHT, Glasgow-Bowling Green
WTTL, Madisonville
WPKY, Princeton

10:00pm – 10:30pm
WHAS11 News on The CW Louisville, WBKI-TV

11:00pm – 11:30pm
WHAS11 News on WHAS11

11:30pm – 6:00am
Crusade overnight

Sunday June 7, 2009

6:00am – 8:00 am
Replay 2-hour Saturday night variety show.
Memorials and honors will also be shown at the bottom of the screen on WHAS11

8:00am – 7:30pm
Crusade continues live on WHAS11
(includes live remote from Corydon, IN)

12:00pm – 1:30pm
Remote from Elizabethtown – Live on The CW Louisville, WBKI-TV

1:30pm – 4:00pm
Remote from Shelbyville – Live on The CW Louisville, WBKI-TV

4:00pm – 6:00pm
Remote from Bardstown – Live on The CW Louisville, WBKI-TV

2:00pm – 4:00pm
Remote from Rough River St. Pk. – Live on WBKO-TV

7:30pm – 11:00pm
NBA Finals basketball game on WHAS11

9:30pm (approximately)
Crusade grand total and closing on WHAS11
(during halftime of NBA game)

10:00pm – 10:30pm
WHAS11 News on The CW Louisville, WBKI-TV

11:00pm – 11:30pm
WHAS11 News on WHAS11

About the WHAS Crusade for Children

The WHAS Crusade for Children, Inc. established in 1954 by WHAS-TV, raises money for schools, agencies and hospitals to better the lives of special needs children. In its first 55 years, the Crusade has raised more than $128 million.

Thanks to generous contributions of goods and services, the Crusade is able to return 100% of all donations to organizations that serve special needs children in all 120 Kentucky counties and more than 50 southern Indiana counties. Fire departments raise more than 50 percent of the Crusade’s donations each year by staging road blocks and other events.

Approximately 3 million children have been helped by the Crusade since 1954.

The WHAS Crusade for Children, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) public charity. Gifts are tax deductible as permitted by law. The Crusade is the most successful and oldest local telethon in America.

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CLICK HERE to make a donation to the WHAS Crusade for Children securely online.

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