NYC Radio: 77WABC to Host Radiothon For Kids

Talk WABC 770 AM New York weekday programs "Bernie & Sid in the Morning" (6-10am) and "Curtis & Juliet" (12-3pm) will host a holiday "Radiothon for the Kids," broadcasting live from Cohen Children's Medical Center in New Hyde Park, NY, on Friday, December 13.

WABC's "Radiothon for the Kids" will air continuously from 6am-3pm, with Russ Saltzburg hosting from 10am-12pm. Funds raised during the radiothon will be used to improve live-saving patient care and equipment, pediatric research, Child Life services and charitable cases.

All money raised during the Radiothon will go directly to Cohen Children's Medical Center and will be used to benefit the children and families of their community. Cohen Children's Medical Center is a partner of Children's Miracle Network and has been the local Children's Miracle Network hospital covering all of New York City and Long Island since 1997.

The funds raised by WABC's "Radiothon for the Kids" will also support a vital program for the patients, the Child Life and Creative Arts Therapy Program at Cohen Children's Medical Center. The child life specialists' goal is to minimize stress for children and their families coping with hospitalization and illness, through the use of technology, play, art therapy, music therapy, pet therapy, and so much more. The funds driven by the Radiothon are essential to patients, families and the hospital, which is funded solely through philanthropic dollars.

Cohen Children's Medical Center is the largest provider of pediatric health services in New York State, treating more than 450,000 children annually in Nassau and Suffolk counties, Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Staten Island and Westchester County.