{"id":1473,"date":"2009-06-06T09:17:25","date_gmt":"2009-06-06T13:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whascrusade.org\/?p=1473"},"modified":"2009-06-06T09:17:25","modified_gmt":"2009-06-06T13:17:25","slug":"its-here-be-generous-crusade-starts-at-100pm-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whascrusade.org\/2009\/06\/06\/its-here-be-generous-crusade-starts-at-100pm-today\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s time! Crusade starts at 1:00pm today"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Crusade needs your help now more than ever!<\/h2>\n

While pennies and dimes do make a difference…in these tough economic times, the less fortunate need your help now more than ever! This is the year to dig deep. Drop your dollars, fives, tens and twenties into firefighter boots at road blocks for the 56th Annual WHAS Crusade for Children June 6 – 7.<\/p>\n

Firefighters are out in full force across Kentucky and Indiana. Help change a child’s life, support the WHAS Crusade for Children…now more than ever!<\/p>\n

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Confederate Railroad kicks it off<\/h2>\n

Confederate Railroad will headline the 56th Annual WHAS Crusade for Children on Saturday, June 6 – kicking off the 30-plus-hour Internet\/radio\/telethon with a free concert at the Kentucky Center’s Bomhard Theater at 8:00pm.<\/p>\n

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Crusade Network in full force<\/h2>\n

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

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:<\/p>\n

Television:<\/strong>
\nWBKI-TV (CW), Louisville
\nWBKO-TV (ABC), Bowling Green
\nWQWQ-TV (CW), Paducah & Murray<\/p>\n

Radio:<\/strong>
\nAs the Crusade for Children’s flagship radio station for 56 years, 84WHAS will carry the entire broadcast.<\/p>\n

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

WTCO, Campbellsville
\nWLBN, Lebanon
\nWBRT, Bardstown
\nWIEL, Elizabethtown
\nWHHT, Glasgow-Bowling Green
\nWTTL, Madisonville
\nWPKY, Princeton<\/p>\n

Internet – Worldwide:<\/strong>
\nWHAS11.com will provide LIVE video streaming of the entire broadcast. WHASCrusade.org will show updated information as well as allow you to donate online.<\/p>\n

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\nwww.WHASCrusade.org<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Flagships WHAS11 and 84WHAS lead the way<\/h2>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The CW Louisville partners again this year<\/h2>\n

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. <\/p>\n

WBKO on board for 7th straight year<\/h2>\n

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. <\/p>\n

Other portions of the broadcast also air on a Kentucky statewide network. THANK YOU affiliate partners!<\/p>\n

2009 WHAS Crusade for Children Broadcast Schedule<\/h2>\n

(All times EDT)<\/em><\/p>\n

Saturday June 6, 2009<\/h2>\n

84WHAS Radio will air the Crusade continuously beginning at 1:30pm<\/p>\n

1:00pm – 1:30pm<\/strong>
\nSee how your Crusade dollars are at work in these touching stories<\/p>\n

1:30pm – 2:30pm<\/strong>
\nRemote from Ballardsville – Live on WHAS11<\/p>\n

2:30pm – 3:30pm<\/strong>
\nRemote from PRP Fire Center – Live on WHAS11<\/p>\n

3:30pm – 5:00pm<\/strong>
\nRemote from Male High School – Live on WHAS11<\/p>\n

5:00pm – 7:00pm<\/strong>
\nABC Sports coverage of the Belmont Stakes<\/p>\n

7:00pm – 8:00pm<\/strong>
\nCrusade continues live on WHAS11
\nRemote from Columbia, KY – Live on WBKO-TV<\/p>\n

8:00pm \u2013 11:00pm<\/strong>
\nVariety show from Bomhard Theater live via satellite on:
\nTelevision:<\/strong>
\nWHAS11 (8:00pm \u2013 11:00pm)
\nWQWQ-TV, Paducah (8:00pm – 11:00pm)
\nRadio:<\/strong>
\n84WHAS, Louisville
\nWTCO, Campbellsville
\nWLBN, Lebanon
\nWBRT, Bardstown
\nWIEL, Elizabethtown
\nWHHT, Glasgow-Bowling Green
\nWTTL, Madisonville
\nWPKY, Princeton<\/p>\n

10:00pm \u2013 10:30pm<\/strong>
\nWHAS11 News on The CW Louisville, WBKI-TV<\/p>\n

11:00pm \u2013 11:30pm<\/strong>
\nWHAS11 News on WHAS11<\/p>\n

11:30pm – 6:00am<\/strong>
\nCrusade overnight<\/p>\n

Sunday June 7, 2009<\/h2>\n

6:00am – 8:00 am<\/strong>
\nReplay 2-hour Saturday night variety show.
\nMemorials and honors will also be shown at the bottom of the screen on WHAS11<\/p>\n

8:00am – 7:30pm<\/strong>
\nCrusade continues live on WHAS11
\n(includes live remote from Corydon, IN)<\/p>\n

12:00pm – 1:30pm<\/strong>
\nRemote from Elizabethtown – Live on The CW Louisville, WBKI-TV<\/p>\n

1:30pm – 4:00pm<\/strong>
\nRemote from Shelbyville – Live on The CW Louisville, WBKI-TV<\/p>\n

4:00pm – 6:00pm<\/strong>
\nRemote from Bardstown – Live on The CW Louisville, WBKI-TV<\/p>\n

2:00pm – 4:00pm<\/strong>
\nRemote from Rough River St. Pk. – Live on WBKO-TV<\/p>\n

7:30pm – 11:00pm<\/strong>
\nNBA Finals basketball game on WHAS11<\/p>\n

9:30pm<\/strong> (approximately)
\nCrusade grand total and closing on WHAS11
\n(during halftime of NBA game)<\/p>\n

10:00pm \u2013 10:30pm<\/strong>
\nWHAS11 News on The CW Louisville, WBKI-TV<\/p>\n

11:00pm \u2013 11:30pm<\/strong>
\nWHAS11 News on WHAS11<\/p>\n

About the WHAS Crusade for Children<\/h2>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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\u2019s donations each year by staging road blocks and other events.<\/p>\n

Approximately 3 million children have been helped by the Crusade since 1954.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Donate now!<\/h2>\n

CLICK HERE<\/a> to make a donation to the WHAS Crusade for Children securely online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Crusade needs your help now more than ever! While pennies and dimes do make a difference…in these tough economic times, the less fortunate need your help now more than ever! This is the year to dig deep. Drop your dollars, fives, tens and twenties…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whascrusade.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1473"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whascrusade.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whascrusade.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whascrusade.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whascrusade.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.whascrusade.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1473\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whascrusade.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whascrusade.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whascrusade.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}