Broadcasters Foundation Golf Tournament Raises $150,000

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The Broadcasters Foundation of America golf tournament in Bronxville, NY, last week raised over $150,000 for needy broadcasters.

The
tournament is one of the group's major fund-raisers and featured
celebrities including Spin doctors lead singer Chris Barron, former CNN
host Lou Dobbs, and Hall of Fame Miami Dolphin Nick Buoniconti.

The Foundation will need all of those dollars. According to the Foudation, it gave out more assistance in last
month than in any month in its history.

B&C is one of the sponsors for the tournament, which raises money for broadcasters in "acute need."

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.