UNCF Celebrates 81 st Anniversary with Second Annual UNCF/Omni Channel Radio Radiothon on Friday, April 25 th Featuring Special Tribute to Frankie Beverly 12- hour LIVE stream event to raise money for

Frankie Beverly- Photo provided by Wyn-Win Communications
Frankie Beverly- Photo provided by Wyn-Win Communications

UNCF Celebrates 81 st Anniversary with Second Annual UNCF/Omni Channel Radio Radiothon on Friday, April 25 th Featuring Special Tribute to Frankie Beverly 12- hour LIVE stream event to raise money for college scholarships

WHAT:

 A mind is a terrible thing to waste, but a wonderful thing to invest in.

 That is the tagline of UNCF, the United Negro College Fund.

 The 2025 UNCF Radiothon theme is “25 $25 25” UNCF is encouraging 1,000 listeners to donate $25 on April 25 , 2025 F ounder’s D ay) to raise $25,000 in one day

 Friday , April 25, marks the founding date of the organization, 8 1 years ago

 In celebration of UNCF’s 8 1 st Anniversary, the S econd Annual UNCF Omni Channel Radio Radiothon will be a 12 hour LIVE STREAM event to raise money for college scholarships.

WHEN: Friday , April 25, 202 5 kicks off at 9 a.m. and runs through 9 p .m.

WHO:

 Dr. Michael L. Lomax, President and CEO, UNCF

 Lisa Rollins, Regional Development Director , UNCF

 A host of award winning music legends and entertain ers, along with celebrity supporters including

 Melba Moore

 J Floyd (singer/

 Russell Thompkins Jr. (The New Stylistics)

 Gerald Alston (The Manhattans)

 David Banks (Enchantment)

 The Spinners

 Howard Hewett

 Keith Washington

 Billy Brown (Ray, Goodman & Brown)

 Copeland Davis (pianist)

 Tribute to Frankie Beverly featuring Roame Lowery (original member of Maze featuring Frankie Beverly) and Jubu Smith (Frankie Beverly's lead guitarist at the time of his passing)

 Invited, but not yet confirmed, special guests include: new history-making filibuster holder Sen. Cory Booker, California Congresswoman Maxine Waters, and Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett; comedian/actress Luenell; recording artists Lenny Williams, Merald “Bubba” Knight (original member Gladys Knight and the Pips), Regina Belle, Smokey Robinson, Johnny Gill, Martha Reeves, Jeffrey Osborne, Angela Winbush, Al Green, Heatwave, Rose Royce, Evelyn “Champagne” King, Little Anthony; radio host/auctioneer Gee Scott; former actress, model, and singer Kathleen Bradley; and Jalen Hurts, the first Black Philadelphia Eagles quarterback to win a Super Bowl.

WHERE: Broadcast and video streamed on the Omni-Channel Radio App. Audio and video will also be live streamed at www.OmniChannelRadio.com. Donations can immediately be made now and throughout the radiothon at www.OmniChannelRadio.com. Click the UNCF tab. When making a donation, add “OMNI” to the “Honoring” line. All donations will go directly to UNCF.

ADDITIONAL INFO:

 Adapting the format of the United Negro College Fund Telethon (formerly the Lou Rawls Parade of Stars Telethon for UNCF), televised for several decades, the second UNCF/ Omni-Channel Radio Radiothon will feature a “parade” of local and national celebrities from music, media, sports, government and entertainment who will call in to the station to talk about their career and urge the global audience to donate to UNCF

 The entire day of Omni-Channel Radio programming will be dedicated to UNCF, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, April 25.

 From 2023 – 2024, there were 310 students in Illinois who received UNCF scholarships.

 Each year, UNCF awards more than $100 million in scholarships to students attending more than 1,100 schools across the country including its prestigious network of 37 HBCUs.

 70 percent of Black doctors attended Historically Black Colleges and Universities  (HBCU) schools.

 50 percent of Black lawyers attended HBCU schools.

 80 percent of Black judges attended HBCU schools.

 Former Vice President Kamala Harris attended Howard

 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., attended Morehouse, an HBCU school, and others including Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., W.E.B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, Toni Morrison, Phylicia Rashad, Debbie Allen, Spike Lee, Samuel L. Jackson, Stephen A. Smith, and Oprah Winfrey all attended HBCU schools.

 HBCU schools are open to all ethnicities.


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