ATHENS, Ohio -- On Thursday, Dec. 6, WOUB/WOUC-TV and the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce sponsored a Business After Hours. The event was held in WOUB's Television Studio A and featured PBS' Clifford the Big Red Dog. Over 100 children attended, receiving a complimentary gift bag and a photo taken with Clifford.

Local businesses the Oak Room, and The Marketplace at ACENet provided food and refreshments. Numerous gift items were given away, including a children's bicycle donated by Athens Bicycle. The winner of the girl's bike was Randi Bailey of The Plains.

Other drawing winners were:

• WOUB Radio Gift Basket -- Ricky Chan, advertising representative for the Athens Insider.
• WOUB Television Gift Basket -- Jeffrey T. Plummer, investment representative for Edward Jones.
• WOUB Kids Gift Basket -- Corry L. Wilcox, Audiology Associates owner/audiologist.
• Marketplace Gift Basket from ACENet -- Mark Shrivers, transition coordinator with Athens County MRDD.
• Power of Myth VHS tape set -- Bruce R. McCord, associate professor for Analytical and Forensic Chemistry at Ohio University.
• PBS Kids VHS tape set -- April Crabtree, loan specialist with Century National Bank
• Below the Salt ball cap -- Jerry Weaver, certified account executive with Brannon Consulting Group, LLC.
• Nature sweatshirt -- Tim Dransfield, professional geriatric care manager at ElderCare of the Ohio Valley.
• Ohio University Public Television T-Shirt -- Howard D. Dewald, graduate chair and professor of Analytical Chemistry at Ohio University.
• Barrage Hat and T-Shirt -- Tara Wallace, Athens County Jobs and Family Services.
• $100.00 Gift Certificate from SPRINT PCS -- Amy Reinhardt, director of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Athens County.

The Ohio University Telecommunications Center, a unit of the College of Communication, operates two television stations -- WOUB-TV/Channel 20 in Athens and WOUC-TV/Channel 44 in Cambridge -- one cable channel -- WOUB II, and six radio stations -- WOUB-1340 AM, WOUB-91.3 FM, WOUC-89.1 FM, WOUH-91.9 FM, WOUL-89.1 FM and WOUZ-90.1 FM. The Center, a trusted community resource, uses the power of noncommercial television, radio and other media, such as the World Wide Web, to enrich the lives of children and adults in southeastern Ohio, western West Virginia, and eastern Kentucky through quality programs and educational services that inform, enlighten, inspire, and entertain.