In its 60 years on the air, WDIO has put on telethons for fundraising and awareness about important local causes.

Jerry Lewis’s annual Labor Day telethon for the Muscular Dystrophy Association raised more money than ever this year, $63.7-million, according to the charity. But the actor and the event continue to ...

Pinback button made to promote the Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon in 1981. The blue metal button features a caricature illustration of Jerry Lewis with a microphone. The telethon was an annual ...

Why former telethon participants are protesting the return of the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s most famous fundraising effort. Jerry Lewis makes his opening remarks at the 25th Anniversary of the ...

The Greater North Dakota Muscular Dystrophy Association raised a record $202,575 during this year's Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon. The donations top last year's record by "a few hundred dollars," ...