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Bid on incredible travel bargains with WCNY’s 26th anniversary Travel Auction
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January 6, 2021
WCNY presents its 26th annual Travel Auction beginning at 7 p.m. Jan. 21 on WCNY-TV. The live auction also airs at 7 p.m. Jan. 22, 23, 29 and 30. Bidding starts at 60% off of each trip’s value. While the coming months present travel challenges due to coronavirus, most of WCNY’s TravelAuction trips can be used through December of 2021 or later. Many trips are close to home and across the east coast.
For those without TV access, live streaming of the auction will be available at wcny.org.
Viewers are invited to bid on hundreds of trips in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, Europe, Belize, Central and South America. To see a list of inventory before the start of the auction, visit wcny.org/travelauction.
Travel Auction airs across WCNY’s television coverage area in the following counties: Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Fulton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario, Oswego, Otsego, Schuyler, Seneca, Tompkins, Wayne, and Yates. For television viewing information in your area, visit wcny.org/wheretowatch.
To bid on the trips, current WCNY members should use their member number to place bids. Non-members can make a $25 contribution and receive an auction bidding number to participate in Travel Auction. To make a $25 contribution, call WCNY member services at (315) 453-2424 or visit wcny.org/auctiondonate.
All proceeds from Travel Auction benefit WCNY’s programming and services.
For more information about Travel Auction visit wcny.org/travelauction or call auction services at (315) 453-2424, or sara.strong@wcny.org.
About WCNY
WCNY was founded in 1965 as The Educational Television Council of Central New York. Today, it is a community-owned media company that produces content across multiple platforms, including television and radio, dynamic web and targeted email, the WCNY CONNECT magazine, and social media. Through online streaming, WCNY has a global audience throughout the United States and in 17 countries. WCNY operates five digital, pledge-free broadcast channels and three radio stations. Towers are located in Watertown and Utica, and WCNY’s radio programming extends into Canada. Classic FM is one of a few radio stations dedicated to locally programmed classical music.
Educational services include the TV Classroom Network, workshops; a 10,000 square-foot Education Center; Read Out, a radio reading service for the visually impaired; Enterprise America for middle school students; and a media and marketing communications program for high school students.
WCNY is LEED® Platinum Certified by the U.S. Green Building Council, the highest certification level in Leadership, Energy & Environmental Design, and was named non-profit “Business of the Year” by CenterState CEO in 2014.
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