Somehow I managed to miss it (well, if I'm being honest, I was actively avoiding it - it was the news Tony Blair and Kate Thornton were involved that scared me off), but nevertheless much back slapping due in the UK commercial radio industry this morning following yesterday's all-day radio fundraiser which took over the airwaves of no less than 268 commercial radio stations and, at last count, had raised over £3 million in aid of the post-tsunami relief effort.
Among the celebs donating time and items for auction were Chris Evans,
Zoe Ball, Tony Blackburn, Davina McCall, Dermot O'Leary, **Liam
Gallagher, Avid Merrion, Shane Richie, Frank Skinner (who donated a shirt that originally belonged to Elvis), Ricky Gervais (who donated the guitar made famous by David Brent) and the one and only Jason Donovan** (now, if we'd known he was going to be on we might have tuned in).
More money is expected to be raised via the radiothon as participating stations donate a day's worth of their profits to the station
- while they are still encouraging listeners to donate an hours pay to the appeal.