Editing Telethon (section)

===The Americas===

====United States====
In the United States, telethons are held for various [[charitable organization]]s; as of 2014, however, no national telethons currently exist.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0899764012467230 |title=National Giving Campaigns in the United States |date=December 14, 2012 |doi=10.1177/0899764012467230 |last1=Einolf |first1=Christopher J. |last2=Philbrick |first2=Deborah M. |last3=Slay |first3=Kelly |journal=Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly |volume=42 |issue=2 |pages=241–261 |s2cid=153796143 |access-date=September 30, 2020 |archive-date=October 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019164431/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0899764012467230 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

The longest-running national telethon in the United States was ''[[The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon]]'', which was staged for over 21 hours each [[Labor Day]] to benefit the [[Muscular Dystrophy Association]] between 1966 and 2010.<ref>{{Cite web
|url=https://www.mda.org/about-mda/history
|title=History of MDA
|date=2015-12-29
|access-date=2020-09-30
|archive-date=2020-09-21
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921073951/https://www.mda.org/about-mda/history
|url-status=live
}}</ref> From 2011 to 2013 it was trimmed down to six hours, then to three, and then to two hours. From 2012 it no longer served as a telethon in the traditional sense.  It was discontinued in 2014.<ref name=USAToday050115>{{cite news
|newspaper=USAtoday 
|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2015/05/01/muscular-dystrophy-association-ends-labor-day-television-telethon/26709717
|title=MDA ends Jerry Lewis Labor Day telethon |access-date=7 May 2018
|url-status=live
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831163431/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2015/05/01/muscular-dystrophy-association-ends-labor-day-television-telethon/26709717 |archive-date=31 August 2017}}</ref> Other prior charities such as the [[St. Jude Children's Research Hospital]], [[Easterseals (U.S.)|Easter Seals]], [[Arthritis Foundation]], and the [[Children's Miracle Network]] had produced telethons on a nationwide or regional basis.

Some radio stations produce annual [[pledge drive]]s which are similar in format to telethons, but instead, use brief breaks between regular programs to appeal for funds.

[[Trinity Broadcasting Network]] (TBN), a [[religious broadcasting|religious]] [[television network]], hosts non-stop, week-long, semi-annual telethons called "Praise-a-Thons". The [[Christian Broadcasting Network]] (CBN; producers of the long-running [[broadcast syndication|syndicated]] program ''[[The 700 Club]]'') stages a modified form of a telethon thrice yearly, which runs for approximately one week but is shown for only an hour or so each day. In its early days, CBN's telethons were of the more traditional round-the-clock form; this format ended when the [[Pat Robertson]]-founded ministry sold [[Television networks preceding ABC Family#The Family Channel|The Family Channel]] (now [[Freeform (TV channel)|Freeform]]), which no longer gave it access to a round-the-clock outlet for such telethons. However, on the Sunday before the [[Super Bowl]], CBN continues to produce a 12-hour telethon which airs on Freeform and is syndicated to various television stations; the broadcast of the program on the cable channel was a condition inserted in a 1998 deal by International Family Entertainment (which acquired the channel from CBN in 1990) to sell The Family Channel to [[News Corporation (1980–2013)|News Corporation]], and remained in place after the channel's 2001 sale to The Walt Disney Company. Other religious stations and networks hold telethons as well, including [[Chabad|West Coast Chabad Lubavitch]] since 1980.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tolife.com|title=Chabad Telethon|website=tolife.com|access-date=7 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029144550/http://tolife.com/|archive-date=29 October 2017}}</ref>

For a brief time in the early 1970s, beginning in 1972, the [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic Party]] even held annual telethons (two were called "America Goes Public" and "Answer, America!"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=19740628&id=HnhPAAAAIBAJ&pg=4589,6754761|title=Ocala Star-Banner - Google News Archive Search |website=news.google.com |access-date=7 May 2018}}</ref>) to help it erase a multi-million [[dollar]] [[debt]] (this may have provided the inspiration for the 1979 comedy film ''[[Americathon]]'', where a telethon is held to prevent [[national bankruptcy]]). The telethon idea was created and promoted by [[John Y. Brown, Jr.]], the businessman who built [[Kentucky Fried Chicken]] into a worldwide chain and later became [[Governor of Kentucky]].

Local telethons, once a common fixture in nearly every major city in the United States, are now rare but still found in a handful of cities, including Louisville, Kentucky (WHAS Crusade for Children), [[Buffalo, New York]] (the ''Variety Club Telethon'', held each winter for [[Variety, the Children's Charity]]; it began on what is now [[WGRZ]] in 1962 before spending most of its run on [[WKBW-TV]] from 1963 to 2019 and then moving back to WGRZ in 2020, with [[WBBZ-TV]] added as a broadcast partner that year); Green Bay, Wisconsin ([[WBAY-TV]]'s annual March telethon for the locally based [[Cerebral palsy|Cerebral Palsy]] Center); and [[Erie, Pennsylvania]] (the ''Community for Kanzius Telethon'' on [[WICU-TV|WICU]] and [[WSEE-TV|WSEE]] for the Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation). [[New York City]] also features a telethon of sorts; the ''[[WFAN (AM)|WFAN]] Radiothon'', by virtue of its two [[drive time]] shows being simulcast on [[cable television]], has portions covered on television. Since 2010, this has included the portion covering ''[[Boomer and Carton in the Morning]]'' on [[CBS Sports Network]] and ''[[Mike's On]]'' on [[Fox Sports 1]]/[[Fox Sports 2|2]]. From 2002 to 2007, the shows in question were ''[[Imus in the Morning]]'' on [[MSNBC]] and ''[[Mike and the Mad Dog]]'' on YES; Imus revived the practice of hosting radiothons on his most recent radio broadcast homes, [[WABC (AM)|WABC]] and [[Fox Business Network]].

[[Garden City High School (Kansas)|Garden City High School]] in [[Garden City, Kansas]], holds annual telethons to help fund the school's broadcasting, debate and forensics teams.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gctelegram.com/communityguide/media/Guide-2009---Television-stations|title=Television stations|website=gctelegram.com|access-date=7 May 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231235251/http://www.gctelegram.com/communityguide/media/Guide-2009---Television-stations|archive-date=31 December 2010}}</ref>

On December 14, 2012, [[Univision]] introduced the first ever Spanish-language telethon in the United States, ''[[Teletón USA]]'', which is hosted by longtime ''[[Sábado Gigante]]'' host Mario Kreutzberger, known by his stage name [[Don Francisco (television host)|Don Francisco]]. The total donation in the first edition was $8,150,625, 16.44% more than the intended goal of $7,000,000.<ref>{{cite web|title=El gran total del Teletón USA 2012.|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv_vQbN307g|publisher=[[Univisión]]|date=December 16, 2012|access-date=2013-03-06|language=es|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523221818/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv_vQbN307g|archive-date=May 23, 2014}}</ref> For its 2013 edition, the goal went up to $15,215,029 and the total donation is now $15,313,525, a $98,496 increase.<ref>{{cite web|title=La cifra final del Teletón USA 2013.|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu1j7xkKzxE |publisher=[[Univisión]]|date=December 15, 2013|access-date=2013-12-15|language=es|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710183046/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu1j7xkKzxE|archive-date=July 10, 2015}}</ref>

====Canada====
There are no annual national telethons in Canada, although as in the U.S., many local children's hospitals operate regional telethons in collaboration with [[Children's Miracle Network Hospitals]] in early June. In addition, due to the proliferation of [[cable television]] piping in signals from the United States, a number of American telethons, such as the Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon, attracted donations from Canada due to being broadcast there.

Notable regional telethons (outside of those produced by Children's Miracle Network) include:
* ''[[Telemiracle]]'' (March) in [[Saskatchewan]] benefiting the [[Kin Canada|Kinsmen]] Foundation and currently seen on [[CTV Television Network|CTV]] stations in Saskatchewan. Since its inception in 1977, Telemiracle has raised over $100 million, including the record $7.1 million in the 2018 edition, held in [[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]].
* ''[[Christmas Daddies]]'' (December), benefiting underprivileged children in [[Atlantic Canada]] and broadcast on [[CTV Atlantic]] stations.
* ''[[Show of Hearts]]'' (February) in [[British Columbia]], supporting [[Variety, the Children's Charity]] and seen on [[CHAN-DT]] in [[Vancouver]].
*''[[CTV-Lion's Club Children's Christmas Telethon]]'' (December), buys Christmas presents for underprivileged children in [[Northern Ontario]]. The telethon is broadcast on [[CTV Northern Ontario]] stations and features local musical talent.

====Chile====
{{Main|Teletón (Chile)}}
Since 1978, the major Chilean television networks hold an annual telethon called '''''Teletón''''' to raise funds to help children with developmental disabilities (most commonly [[cerebral palsy]]) in Instituto de Rehabilitación Infantil ("Infant Rehabilitation Institute") centers. [[Mario Kreutzberger]], who is the symbol of "La Teletón" in Chile, has served as the telethon's host since its inception. The telethon is an event of national unity and is proportionally, the most widely watched and most donated telethon in the world, surpassing Australia's Telethon.{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}}

There is also a local telethon running, the ''Days for the Disabled Magellanic Children'' (''Jornadas por el Niño Impedido Magallánico''), to raise funds to help disabled children of the [[Magallanes Province|Magallanes]] and [[Última Esperanza Province|Última Esperanza]] provinces, in an effort led by the local [[Lions Club]]. The 2006 Days broadcast raised US$515,000.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Club de Leones Cruz del Sur |url=https://leonescruzdelsur.cl/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=Club de Leones Cruz del Sur |language=es-CL |archive-date=2023-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330204623/https://leonescruzdelsur.cl/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Inicio |url=https://www.rehabilitamos.org/ |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=www.rehabilitamos.org |archive-date=2023-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213092742/https://rehabilitamos.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

During March 2010, a special telethon called ''Chile ayuda a Chile'' (''[[Chile helps Chile]]'') was broadcast to raise money to help those affected by a [[2010 Chile earthquake|devastating earthquake]] that struck the southern part of central [[Chile]] on February 27 of that year.<ref name="lun">{{cite web|url=http://www.lun.com/Pages/NewsDetail.aspx?dt=2010-03-01&PaginaId=54&bodyid=0|date=March 1, 2010|publisher=[[Las Ultimas Noticias]]|title=Kreutzberger al rescate.|access-date=2010-03-02|language=es|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304081233/http://www.lun.com/Pages/NewsDetail.aspx?dt=2010-03-01&PaginaId=54&bodyid=0|archive-date=March 4, 2010}}</ref> The aim was to raise [[Chilean peso|$]]15,000,000,000 Chilean Pesos for the construction of 30 thousand emergency homes in the disaster area. In the end, that amount tripled, having been gathered over 46 billion Chilean pesos ($90 million), the biggest amount of money collected from a Telethon in history.<ref name="final">{{cite web|url=http://www.latercera.com/contenido/661_235123_9.shtml|date=March 18, 2010|publisher=[[El Mercurio]]|title=Chile ayuda a Chile entrega su recaudación final: $45.974.813.684|access-date=2010-03-18|language=es|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713191233/http://www.latercera.com/contenido/661_235123_9.shtml|archive-date=July 13, 2011}}</ref>

====Honduras====
Since 1987, all television networks in [[Honduras]] hold a 27-hour telethon every December to raise funds to help children with disabilities in support of "Fundación Teleton" (Telethon Foundation), a charity under the leadership of businessman Rafael Ferrari. Many international artists, television presenters and journalists participate in the event. [[TACA Airlines]] provides free transportation for international invitees. Local banks are open around-the-clock during the Telethon, to enable viewers to donate through their local banks.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

====Mexico====
{{Main|Teletón (Mexico)}}
Like Chile and Honduras in December of every year since 1997 the Mexican television network [[Televisa]], in conjunction with other networks, both public and private (except rivals [[Azteca (multimedia company)|Azteca]] and [[Grupo Imagen|Imagen]], the latter since 2016), hold a 24-hour telethon with the purpose to raise funds to help children with disabilities. The event is organized by the "Fundación Teletón".

During the transmission of the event especially in the television broadcasting many Mexican media personalities shows testimonies of children and their families who overcame their disabilities. The final act with the Telethon is a concert in the [[Estadio Azteca]] with the performance of many national and international artists and singers. Because Televisa programming also airs in the United States on Univision and border city Televisa stations, some additional contributions and pledges come from American viewers.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

====Brazil====
The marathon broadcast under the name ''Teleton'' by [[Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão|SBT]] was conceived by Décio Goldfarb, Clovis Scripilliti and [[Hebe Camargo]] who asked the owner of SBT, [[Silvio Santos]], to broadcast the program. The collections are passed on to "Associação de Assistência à Criança Deficiente" (AACD) – [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] for Association for Assistance to Disabled Children.

The first edition was held between 17 and 18 May 1998, and since then, 14 rehabilitation centers, a home school and a hospital for rehabilitation operations and exams are created. Another rehabilitation center was in construction but the same was canceled due to the financial crisis Brazil had been suffering since 2015, also two rehabilitation centers have closed and another three were municipalized, making the total of centers down to nine.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

The edition of 2019 was held on 25 and 26 October. It had a goal of R$30 million, and raised R$32 450 054 (US$8,106,231) after almost 26 hours of broadcast, making a new record total. In 2018, AACD helped over 8,000 people with physical disabilities.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

====Haiti====
"[[Hope for Haiti Now]]" was a telethon based in the United States. It was organized as a humanitarian relief effort in response to the [[2010 Haiti Earthquake]].