Telethon

Definition

telethon /'telǝθɒn/ n အလႉေငြရရန္ ထုတ္လႊင့္ေသာ၊ ရွည္လ်ားေသာ တီဗီအစီအစဥ္။

Examples

1. ‘It's part of our culture to have telethons and celebrity appeals and things like that.’
2. ‘It is not yet known how much money was raised by the telethon but early predictions suggest it could be over £70 million.’
3. ‘But I'm begging people at this point
4. if you've never sent money in for a telethon
5. now is the time to do it.’
6. ‘In the end
7. both the concert and the telethon raised more than a million dollars.’
8. ‘In 1980 the appeal was broadcast for the first time as a telethon.’
9. ‘This is more like an incredibly long concert as opposed to the traditional telethons of my youth.’
10. ‘They even dominate the new medium of television
11. serving as annual hosts of a polio telethon.’
12. ‘Stanley used to work on the telethon every year
13. often as its announcer and always answering phones.’
14. ‘In this it is like a legal offshoot of all those charity telethons for children.’
15. ‘Members will remember the telethons we used to have where people would make a donation and challenge other people to do the same.’
16. ‘The telethon was to raise money for the people in need
17. to give them food where they had none
18. to put pharmaceuticals on their pharmacy shelves.’
19. ‘He is now trying to organise a community radio telethon to raise more money.’
20. ‘Earlier this month
21. Johnny was among a galaxy of stars who manned the phones at a televised tsunami telethon to raise money for victims of the Asian disaster..’
22. ‘That's why I agreed to do the telethon
23. even though in the long term more than charity is needed.’
24. ‘Anyway
25. I think this is a marvelous initiative
26. so when the telethon to raise the required funds airs
27. give generously!’
28. ‘In September
29. a national telethon will be held to try to raise $5 million to help reconstruct the town.’