OCHS TELETHON RAISES OVER $23,000

The fourth annual Oneida County Historical Society telethon raised $23,200 this evening.  The telethon was broadcast on WUTR-TV between 6:30PM and 8:00PM.  On-air hosts Joe Kelly and Paul Dunn shared the stage with honorary chairman Stephen P. Merren, General Manager of Nexstar Broadcasting.

The historical society telethon is an annual fundraising event to benefit the society’s ongoing operations and public service efforts.  Telethon funding is used in part to build new exhibits, underwrite special programming, and support operation of the society’s library for historical and genealogical research.