Greater Media Boston suspends contesting for donations

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Greater Media, Inc.In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, Greater Media has suspended all on-air listener contesting for the remainder of this week on its Boston stations, including HOT 96.9/WBQT-FM, Country 102.5/WKLB-FM, MAGIC 106.7/WMJX-FM, Radio 92.9/WBOS-FM and 105.7 WROR-FM and will be donating the money to The One Fund Boston instead.


The new fund, announced by Boston mayor Tom Menino and Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick, has been created to help the people most affected by the tragic events that occurred on Monday.

“We discussed it with our team and Greater Media Boston Market Manager Rob Williams and felt that this was absolutely the appropriate thing to do in an effort to help all the individuals directly impacted by the tragic event that took place in our city,” said Director of Programming Cadillac Jack.

Additional info is available at Onefundboston.org.