Ryan Seacrest in 2009 wanted to start a charity foundation but didn’t want to just write checks. The Dunwoody native had been visiting children’s hospitals in Los Angeles and found many of the patients loved to perform, tell jokes and sing.

His idea: to build special radio studios inside children’s hospitals to give sick children an opportunity to entertain themselves and occasionally interview visiting dignitaries.

Read more at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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