Serious Request
Radio program
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Interest in “Serious Request” spiked on Wikipedia on 2026-02-24.
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Key Takeaways
- Serious Request is a family of annual multi-day, multimedia fundraising events.
- Typically hosted by radio stations in the week before Christmas.
- Serious Request projects have since been adopted in Belgium, Switzerland, Sweden, Kenya, South Korea, Austria, Germany, Latvia and Portugal.
Serious Request is a family of annual multi-day, multimedia fundraising events. Initially for International Red Cross initiatives. Typically hosted by radio stations in the week before Christmas. The project was begun in 2004 by Dutch public pop music radio station 3FM. Serious Request projects have since been adopted in Belgium, Switzerland, Sweden, Kenya, South Korea, Austria, Germany, Latvia and Portugal.
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