FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 20, 2015
Fan/Buzz Radio to host Golf Tournament to benefit Food Bank of Central & Eastern NC
‘Sports Radio Open’ takes place on June 23rd at River Ridge
Raleigh, NC – 99.9 The Fan WCMC-FM and Buzz Sports Radio WDNC-AM, will host their ‘Sports Radio Open’
on Tuesday, June 25, 2015 at River Ridge Golf Club in Raleigh benefitting the Food Bank of Central & Eastern
NC.
The tournament will be a two-man best ball format. The goal will be to beat the score of radio hosts Adam
Gold and Mark Thomas, who will be playing together. Tournament day check-in begins at 8:00am and tee time
is at 9am. Entrance fee is $30 per player, and includes lunch, greens fees, range balls and cart fees. One
hundred percent of the entry fee will benefit the Food Bank of Central & Eastern NC.
“We are excited to give our listeners the chance to do something they enjoy and give back at the same time,”
said Brian Maloney, General Manager of the sports radio properties of Capitol Broadcasting Company. “I know
that this will be a fun and rewarding event for all involved.”
Tickets will go on sale Tuesday, May 26 at 6am and will be available at ESPNtriangle.com or can be purchased
during business hours, 9am to 5pm, at 3100 Highwoods Blvd, Raleigh NC 27604. Twosomes will be
accommodated. Individual registrants will be grouped with another player.
Participants can attend an exclusive free pairings party on Monday, June 24 at the Hibernian Pub in Raleigh
located on Glenwood Avenue.
"We are so grateful to Sports Radio and their sponsors for supporting our Stop Summer Hunger campaign,"
said Peter Werbicki, President and CEO of the Food Bank of CENC. "Summer is a dire time for 300,000 children
who miss out on school breakfast and lunch when cafeterias are closed. The funds raised from this
tournament will help us toward our goal of providing 3.2 million meals to children and their families this
summer."
For more information regarding corporate, individual and team sponsorship opportunities, please contact Lon
Goldman: [email protected]/(919) 890-6221.
Contact: Luanne Lane, Promotion Director
Telephone: (919) 890-6131
E-mail: [email protected]
Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc. is a diversified communications company which owns and/or operates WRAL-TV, WRAL Digital, WRAZ-TV,
WRAZ Digital, WRAL-FM, WRAL-HD2, WCMC-FM, WCMC-HD1, WDNC-AM, WCMC-HD2, WCMC-HD3, WCLY-AM, WCMC-HD4, Microspace, CBC New
Media Group and Wolfpack Sports Properties (a joint venture with Learfield Sports) in Raleigh, NC; WILM-TV, WILT-LD and Sunrise Broadcasting in
Wilmington, NC; The Durham Bulls Baseball Club in Durham, NC; and real estate interests including the American Tobacco Project and Diamond
View office buildings in Durham, NC.
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