Photo credits: Andrew Mullin and Curtis Paul, WJR.

On December 11, Cumulus Media’s WJR-AM (Detroit) held its 14th annual SAY Detroit Radiothon, bringing in a record $2,494,040, beating its previous all-time high of 2.2m in 2024.  The annual event is hosted by S.A.Y. Detroit Founder, author and WJR host Mitch Albom, who continues his mission of funding healthcare, housing, and community support programs.

This year's event was held at The Somerset Collection in Troy. For 15 hours, Albom was joined by local leaders and national celebrities, including Hugh Jackman, Tim Allen, Hank Azaria, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, Detroit Tigers radio voice Dan Dickerson and others.

“We arrived at six in the morning, and there was a man here with a $10,000 check,” Albom told WDIV-TV. “We got off to a great start and five minutes in, Alice Cooper called from London, and he was our first guest.”

Money raised from the annual event supports Albom’s S.A.Y. Detroit initiatives, which include the S.A.Y. Detroit Family Health Clinic, Better Together, MI-Cycle, Working Homes/Working Families, and the Hole In The Roof Foundation. The annual fundraiser serves as a major source of funding for the nonprofit’s expanding set of services.