Annual Telethon
Local Chapters of Paducah's Lions Club and WPSD, the local NBC affiliate, hold an annual telethon to raise money for local charities. The money raised over the past 49 years has totaled more than $18,000,000 as of 2005. Talent throughout the years has been very diversified including:
- Hugh Downs (1959)
- Betty White (1959)
- Doc Severinson (1966)
- Leonard Nimoy (1967)
- Count Basie (1971)
- Melissa Sue Anderson (1976)
- Tom T. Hall (1976)
- Carl Perkins (1979)
- Bill Anderson (1980)
- Peter Marshall (1983)
- Ed Begley, Jr. (1984)
- Todd Bridges (1984)
- Bobby Vee (1988)
- * JD Sumner and the Stamps (1993)
- Juice Newton (2002)
- Pam Tillis (2004)
- Terry Mike Jeffrey (several appearances)
- Lew Jetton & 61 South (several appearances)
- Barbara Mandrell (several appearances)
- Steve Wariner (several appearances)
- Ralph Emery (as emcee - many years)
- Other various NBC soap opera stars
- Players and coaches from the St Louis Cardinals
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