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National Corporate Sponsors (Organized alphabetically by TV Market (City) and with years each was shown on the telethon broadcast and in later years, MDA's website)

As of August 2000

LOVE NETWORK STATIONS

KTUU · Anchorage, AK

KTVF · Fairbanks, AK

WTTO · Birmingham, AL

WHNT · Huntsville, AL

WJTC · Mobile, AL

WAKA · Montgomery, AL

KFSM · Fort Smith, AR

KLRT · Little Rock, AR

KTVK · Phoenix, AZ

KGUN · Tucson, AZ

KBFX · Bakersfield, CA

KMPH · Fresno, CA

KCAL · Los Angeles, CA

KMAX · Sacramento, CA

KUSI · San Diego, CA

KTVU · San Francisco/Oakland, CA

KWGN · Denver, CO

KOAA · Pueblo, CO

WFSB · Hartford, CT

WFTX · Cape Coral, FL

WCJB · Gainesville, FL

WAWS · Jacksonville, FL

WBZL · Miami/Ft.Lauderdale, FL

WOFL · Orlando/Daytona Beach, FL

WMBB · Panama City, FL

WWSB · Sarasota, FL

WCTV · Tallahassee, FL

WFTS · Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL

WPEC · W. Palm Beach, FL

WUPA · Atlanta, GA

WJBF · Augusta, GA

WRBL · Columbus, GA

WMAZ · Macon, GA

WSAV · Savannah, GA

KITV · Honolulu, HI

KGAN · Cedar Rapids, IA

KCCI · Des Moines, IA

KCAU · Sioux City, IA

KTRV · Boise/Nampa, ID

WCIA · Champaign, IL

WGN · Chicago, IL

WHOI · Peoria, IL

WQAD · Moline, IL

WGEM · Quincy, IL

WREX · Rockford, IL

WSJV · South Bend/Elkhart, IN

WFIE · Evansville, IN

WTWO · Terre Haute, IN

WKJG · Fort Wayne, IN

WRTV · Indianapolis, IN

WLFI · Lafayette, IN

WIBW · Topeka, KS

KAKE · Wichita, KS

WTVQ · Lexington, KY

WAVE · Louisville, KY

WVLA · Baton Rouge, LA

KLFY · Lafayette, LA

KNOE · Monroe, LA

WNOL · New Orleans, LA

KTBS · Shreveport, LA

WCVB · Boston, MA

WGGB · Springfield, MA

WNUV · Baltimore, MD

WDCA · Bethesda, MD

WBOC · Salisbury, MD

WABI · Bangor, ME

WGME · Portland, ME

WBKB · Alpena, MI

WOTV · Grand Rapids, MI

WLNS · Lansing, MI

WLUC · Marquette/Negaunee, MI

WNEM · Flint/Saginaw, MI

WDWB · Detroit/Southfield, MI

WPBN/WTOM · Traverse City, MI

KSAX/KRWF · Alexandria, MN

WDIO · Duluth, MN

KSTP · Minneapolis, MN

KAAL · Rochester/Austin, MN

KFVS · Cape Girardeau, MO

KOMU · Columbia, MO

KODE · Joplin, MO

KMBC · Kansas City, MO

KOLR · Springfield, MO

KSDK · St. Louis, MO

WLOX · Biloxi, MS

WDBD · Jackson, MS

KTVQ · Billings, MT

KXLF · Butte, MT

KXGN · Glendive, MT

KRTV · Great Falls, MT

KPAX · Missoula, MT

WLOS · Asheville, NC

WSOC · Charlotte, NC

WTVD · Durham, NC

KXMB · Bismarck, ND

KXMA · Dickinson, ND

KXJB · Fargo, ND

KXMC · Minot, ND

KXMD · Williston, ND

KLKN · Lincoln, NE

KMTV · Omaha, NE

WMUR · Manchester, NH

WWOR · Secaucus, NJ

KRQE · Albuquerque, NM

KBIM · Roswell, NM

KLAS · Las Vegas, NV

KAME · Reno, NV

WRGB · Albany/Schenectady, NY

WIVT · Binghamton, NY

WGRZ · Buffalo, NY

WENY · Elmira/Horseheads, NY

WHEC · Rochester, NY

WIXT · Syracuse, NY

WUTR · Utica, NY

WWNY · Watertown, NY

WKRC · Cincinnati, OH

WBNX · Cleveland, OH

WSYX · Columbus, OH

WKEF · Dayton, OH

WTVG · Toledo, OH

WYTV · Youngstown, OH

KWTV · Oklahoma City, OK

KOTV · Tulsa, OK

KMTR · Eugene, OR

KTVL · Medford, OR

KPTV · Portland, OR

WJET · Erie, PA

WHP · Harrisburg, PA

WPHL · Philadelphia, PA

WPXI · Pittsburgh, PA

WNEP · Scranton/Wilkes Barre, PA

WKAQ · San Juan, PR

WLNE · Providence, RI

WCSC · Charleston, SC

WOLO · Columbia, SC

KSFY · Sioux Falls, SD

WTVC · Chattanooga, TN

WAPK · Kingsport, TN

WBIR · Knoxville, TN

WREG · Memphis, TN

WZTV · Nashville, TN

KRBC · Abilene, TX

KFDA · Amarillo, TX

KXAN · Austin, TX

KFDM · Beaumont, TX

KGBT · Brownsville/Harlingen, TX

KBTX · Bryan, TX

KDF · Corpus Christi, TX

KXAS · Dallas/Fort Worth, TX

KTSM · El Paso, TX

KPRC · Houston, TX

KGNS · Laredo, TX

KLBK · Lubbock, TX

KTRE · Lufkin, TX

KWES · Midland, TX

KLST · San Angelo, TX

KRRT · San Antonio, TX

KLTV · Tyler, TX

KAVU · Victoria, TX

KWTX · Waco, TX

KFDX · Wichita Falls, TX

KTVX · Salt Lake City, UT

WAVY · Norfolk/Portsmouth, VA

WRIC · Richmond, VA

WSET · Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA

WVNY · Burlington, VT

KVEW · Kennewick, WA

KCPQ · Seattle, WA

KSKN · Spokane, WA

KAPP · Yakima, WA

WEAU · Eau Claire, WI

WLUK · Green Bay, WI

WKOW · Madison, WI

WDJT · Milwaukee, WI

WJFW · Rhinelander, WI

WVVA · Bluefield, WV

WBOY · Clarksburg, WV

WSAZ · Charleston/Huntington, WV

WTRF · Wheeling, WV

KTWO · Casper, WY

MDA SPONSORS

National Corporate Sponsors (Organized alphabetically by TV Market (City) and with years each was shown on the telethon broadcast and in later years, MDA's website)

As of August 2000

Albertson's

American Express Company

Anheuser-Busch Inc.(1980-???)

Association of Sales & Marketing Companies (ACOSTA)

AT&T (2000)

Cable TV Industry (1985-2000)

CITGO Petroleum Corporation (1986-Present)

Convenience Store Industry

CyraCom International

DECA, an Association of Marketing Students

Dr. Pepper / Seven Up (Is it 1971 or 1974....Double check)

ERA Real Estate (1977-Present)

Grocery Industry

Harley-Davidson Motor Company (1980-Present)

International Association of Fire Fighters (1954-Present)

Kappa Alpha Order

Key Club International

The Kroger Company

National Association of Letter Carriers (1951-Present)

National Child Care Association (formerly Kindercare Learning Centers) (1986-2000)

Photography by JC Penney (2000-

Plumrose U.S.A., Inc.(2000

RealNetworks (1998-

Service Merchandise Company, Inc.(1985-2000)

Tall Cedars of Lebanon of North America (1951-2000)

United Airlines (Is it 1971 or 1974....Double check)

Val-Pak Direct Marketing Systems, Inc. (????)

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