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Radio station offers to pay for utility bill
SAN FRANCISCO — A local radio station has stepped into the mix of the state’s energy crisis, offering to pay the utility bills of randomly selected listeners who fax in their statements.
“It’s the same reason KMEL does toys drives and food drives – to help the community,” said KMEL marketing director Katie Eyerly.
The station was already being inundated with faxes from San Francisco Bay Area residents Friday afternoon, with bills ranging from $30 to $800, Eyerly said. The faxes were to be put in a box with one bill drawn randomly each hour beginning at 5 p.m. Friday.
The station expects to pay between 20 and 30 bills and will continuing drawing faxes throughout the broadcast days during the weekend, with the bill-paying promotion ending Sunday.
