CountryCool.com & WMZQ Pair for Online Charity Auction to Benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.Business Editors/High-Tech & Entertainment Writers WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 2000 CountryCool.com, the leading Country Music portal on the Web, kicks off an online charity auction and exclusive LIVE online streaming broadcast of Washington D.C.'s hottest Country Music station, WMZQ FM, all as part of the WMZQ Radiothon to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, founded in 1962, is a leading pediatric treatment and research facility focused on children's catastrophic diseases. It is located in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1996, Peter Doherty, Ph.D., of St. in Memphis, Tennessee For the ancient Egyptian capital, see . Memphis is a city in the southwest corner of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. Memphis rises above the Mississippi River on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff just below the mouth of the Wolf River. . The online auction, which includes such unique country memorabilia mem·o·ra·bil·i·a pl.n. 1. Objects valued for their connection with historical events, culture, or entertainment: posters, publicity photographs, and other movie memorabilia. 2. as Brooks & Dunn's signed Legends car wheel and tire and race helmet, an autographed au·to·graph n. 1. A person's own signature or handwriting. 2. A manuscript in the author's handwriting. tr.v. au·to·graphed, au·to·graph·ing, au·to·graphs 1. Steve Wariner Fender Stratocaster “Stratocaster” redirects here. For other uses, see Stratocaster (disambiguation). The Fender Stratocaster, (often referred to as a Strat), is a model of electric guitar designed by Leo Fender and Freddie Tavares in the early 1950s, and manufactured Pearl guitar, a signed Dixie Chicks stand-up stand·up or stand-up adj. 1. Standing erect; upright: a standup collar. 2. Taken, done, or used while standing: a standup supper; a standup bar. and Montgomery Gentry's signed Charlie Horse hat, allows open bidding over the Internet on the CountryCool.com Web site for five weeks. WMZQ will announce the winning bids at the conclusion of the Radiothon live broadcast at Landmark Mall in Alexandria, Virginia Alexandria is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 128,284. Located along the Western bank of the Potomac River, Alexandria is approximately 6 miles (9.6 kilometers) south of downtown Washington, DC. on February 4 & 5, 2000. All proceeds will go directly to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital as part of the hospital's ongoing national "Country Cares for Kids" effort to find cures for diseases that threaten the lives of children. "This online auction is a fun way to bid on one-of-a-kind country collectibles from the top artists while supporting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital," comments Carol Walcoff, President/CEO of CountryCool.com. "Where else can you find a great conversation piece like the signed Brooks & Dunn tire?" Mark Lapidus, Director of Marketing for WMZQ agrees, saying, "WMZQ is thrilled that Countrycool.com is our partner for the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Radiothon. With Countrycool.com's far-reaching influence and their ability to conduct our silent auction, we hope to raise a record-breaking amount of money for needed cancer research." Interested bidders may visit the WMZQ auction site on CountryCool.com at http://www.countrycool.com/cgi-bin/stjude.cgi and listen to the live streaming broadcast of WMZQ's regular programming twenty-four hours a day at http://www.countrycool.com/wmzq.html. Now Country Music fans across the country will have access to the latest Country Music hit songs, news, information and gossip hosted by WMZQ's popular on-air personalities such as "Murph and Cash in the Morning" while at work, home or just surfing surfing, sport of gliding toward the shore on a breaking wave. Surfers originally used long, cumbersome wooden boards but now ride lightweight synthetic boards that allow a greater degree of maneuverability. the Internet. For more information, visit CountryCool.com at http://www.countrycool.com or WMZQ at http://wmzq.com/, or contact Demi Kympton at kympton@countrycool.com or by phone 703/267-3594. |
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