The station has also sponsored Relay for Life events for the American Cancer Society.

In addition to broadcasting music, the station also sponsors community service events and activities throughout the St. Louis area.

The station sponsors a variety of concerts and other events within the metropolitan Grand Rapids area.

Later, the station sponsored a contest to name a new alternative rock festival on the Summerfest grounds that took place in June 2010.

The station also sponsors a concert series at the Smithtown Gospel Tabernacle.

The station sponsored special weekends, give-a-ways and dances.

The station also sponsors as many as 50 events a year, including concerts, dance parties, art exhibitions and children's educational programs.

Taking advantage of the timing, the station sponsored Nickelback, who performed in concert during the week-long festival.

The present system, he added, encourages local stations to sponsor promotions, contests and other stunts to inflate their ratings temporarily.

He said he understood how people could believe the station had sponsored the rally, but he insisted that everything was "spontaneous and not planned."