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# DJ to be in SM to raise money for Katrina victims
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/dj-to-be-in-sm-to-raise-money-for-katrina-victims/
- Published: 2005-09-15T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T07:47:11.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Business, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

Radio entertainer and “Weekly Top 40” host Rick Dees has announced the first-ever “DIGITHON” to mobilize and motivate listeners around the world to help in the aftermath of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina, to be broadcast live on Monday, Sept. 19 from the Digital Hollywood’s fall conference at the Loews Hotel in Santa Monica. “Radio is a personal medium built around the power of community,” Dees said. “Through our broadcasts around the world, we intend to motivate the entire global community to join in this massive rebuilding process.”

All-day streaming broadcasts are now being offered for listening at RICK.COM to raise funds toward immediate hurricane disaster relief along the Gulf Coast of the United States. The first global “DIGITHON,” replete with stars from the music, entertainment, and new media world, will join with live, unplugged performances to be streamed to the world on RICK.COM (and via the DDN Network) Since 1990, more than 40,000 top industry executives have attended Digital Hollywood in Los Angeles, New York, San Jose and in Las Vegas, including representatives of every major studio, technology company, cable, satellite and communications company and retailer, as well as content developers and programmers for all entertainment industry media and market. Guide to help the voting process

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 15, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/091505.pdf?ref=smdp.com)