PYX 106’s 2016 Toys for Tots Bike Run Collected over 500 hundred toys and raised funds FOR
TOYS FOR TOTS
Albany, N.Y. – November 3, 2016 – PYX 106, Albany’s Classic Rock Station, hosted the 2016 Toys for Tots Bike Run on October 23rd. The event collect over 500 hundred toys and raised over $7,600 for Capital Region Toys for Tots, an organization that collects Christmas toys and gifts for the less fortunate children in the community. PYX 106 will continue to partner with the Capital Region Toys for Tots to help raise monetary and toy donations throughout the 2016 campaign season.
The bike run kicked off at Brunswick Harley Davidson and featured a parade of over 400 motorcyclists that traveled through Troy, Waterford, Clifton Park, Niskayuna, Schenectady and Glenville. PYX 106 on-air personality John Cooper participated alongside more than 600 community members who each brought either a new unwrapped toy or a $10 cash donation. Brunswick Harley Owners Group was the official sponsor of the event.
“We are always so appreciative of the generosity of our PYX 106 listeners,” said John Cooper, PYX 106 on-air personality and iHeartMedia Regional Vice President of Programming for the Hartford Region. “The Biker Community, of which I am proud to be a part of, has once again shown how caring they are. The kids in need in the Capital Region will have holiday gifts this year thanks to this kindness!”
PYX 106 is a leading media outlet in the Albany market and its content is available across multiple platforms, including its broadcast station; online via its branded digital site; mobile; and social, with nationwide listening through iHeartRadio, the all-in-one streaming music and live radio service.
About iHeartMedia Albany:
iHeartMedia Albany owns and operates WTRY-FM, WRVE-FM, WRVE-HD, WKKF-FM, WPYX-FM, WGY-AM & FM, WOFX- AM, and is part of iHeartMedia. With over a quarter of a billion monthly listeners in the U.S. and over 85 million social followers, iHeartMedia has the largest national reach of any radio or television outlet in America. As the leader in multiplatform connections, it also serves over 150 local markets through 858 owned radio stations, and the company’s radio stations and content can be heard on AM/FM, HD digital radio, satellite radio, on the Internet at iHeartRadio.com and on the company’s radio station websites, on the iHeartRadio mobile app, in enhanced auto dashes, on tablets, wearables and smartphones, and on gaming consoles.
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