RADIO LISTENERS PLEDGE $273,000 FOR USO CENTER.Byline: Daily News Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. radio listeners opened their hearts and wallets to the tune of $273,423 to support the Bob Hope Hollywood USO USO: see United Service Organizations. (UNIX Software Operation) AT&T's Unix division before it turned into USL. See Unix. at Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). “KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX , station officials said Saturday. Listeners of KRTH-FM (101.1) and KNX-AM (1070) made the pledges during a fund-raising radiothon between 6 a.m. Friday and 6 p.m. Saturday. This year's event raised about $70,000 more than last year's. ``It was phenomenal,'' said Howard Freshman, director of marketing and promotions at KNX. ``We're very excited, and the people at the USO are ecstatic.'' Freshman predicted the final tally could reach $300,000 because some people send in checks without having called in pledges. About 25,000 troops came through LAX last year and were able to use the USO facility to nap, snack or call home before boarding flights. Going into this year's radiothon, organizers had worried that revelations from the Iraq prisoner abuse Prisoner abuse is the mistreatment of persons while they are under arrest or incarcerated. Abuse falling into this category includes:
But callers indicated just the opposite, he said. Many said they were calling to back the majority of U.S. troops not involved in the abuse. ``The troops have taken such a hit this week - and they wanted to show their support,'' he said, adding that many callers said they had friends and family on the battle lines Battle Lines may refer to:
Staffed by volunteers, the center is open to military men and women 18 hours a day, letting them relax by sprawling on comfortable couches and watching big-screen TV. A fund-raising drive Noun 1. fund-raising drive - a campaign to raise money for some cause fund-raising campaign, fund-raising effort crusade, campaign, cause, drive, effort, movement - a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported last year by the two stations raised more than $200,000 to expand the center and buy new couches, computers, refrigerators and cots. |
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