Talk Radio Europe annual fundraising telethon auction

EVERY year, the staff and management of Talk Radio Europe, the English language radio station that transmits programmes from Gibraltar to the Balearics raises funds for the Cudeca cancer charity, and on November 25 their telethon was transmitted from 10am to 7pm with various items being auctioned for the charity.

It is not just a one-day activity as planning started months ago with the concept of a printed and online cookery book and their listeners have sent in recipes for the Fail Safe Recipe Book now on sale at a number of outlets or order online at www.talkradioeurope.com.

In the run up to the telethon, listeners and local companies were invited to send in goods to be auctioned and there has been a number of fundraising events, the most popular being quizzes with entry fees passed to the telethon.

Prior to the main on-air auction, items with a value of less than €50 were auctioned online but the main items featured in the nine-hour marathon where most of the TRE presenters took turns to describe the items and encourage listeners to bid for them.

There was a range of items including meals for two, holiday getaways, massages, golf passes, visits to UK theatre, drum lessons, paintings and even a signed Fender Telecaster guitar donated by Rick Parfitt of Status Quo.

The telethon raised nearly €35,000 to help those suffering from cancer. The radio station will be leaving the appeal open as they expect to collect more as the days pass, possibly exceeding last year’s total.

Euro Weekly News was invited to see the hard work going on at the studios. Our picture shows presenters Hannah Murray and Dave Hodgson together with helpers keeping track of bids.