WIBW-TV, a television station affiliated with CBS (digital/PSIP channel 13) licensed to Topeka, Kansas, United States
Bill Kurtis, then a reporter for WIBW-TV (channel 13; then a hybrid CBS/ABC/NBC affiliate, now only affiliated with CBS) wanted to urge people to take shelter from the devastating storm, and infamously advised viewers to "for God's sake, take cover!"
The Wichita native started his career at Topeka's WIBW-TV in Kansas (when fellow Foxer Steve Doocy was doing the weather at WIBW's crosstown rival, KSNT-TV).
WIBW-FM, a country radio station (94.5 FM) licensed to Topeka, Kansas, United States
Additionally, interviews will be conducted with “ambassador families” during the telethon, telling how they benefited from the St. Jude's Hospital.
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Each February, WIBW-FM holds a radiothon where all proceeds go to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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The room with the FM programming doubled as the control room for the Kansas City Royals radio network when WIBW held the baseball team's broadcast rights.
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A part from the Radiothon, 94.5 Country sponsors the Country Stampede Music Festival held each year in Manhattan, Kansas, where all proceeds go to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.