Clear Channel guitar auction to raise money for hurricane fund

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Radio giant Clear Channel Communications (NYSE: CCU) plans to auction 43 autographed guitars to benefit victims of Hurricane Charley.

Among the celebrities who have autographed the guitars are Tom Petty, Robert Plant, The Strokes, George Thorogood, the Stone Temple Pilots, ZZ Top, Kenny Rogers, Wynonna Judd, Incubus, Sammy Hagar, Linkin Park and Britney Spears. The auction, on the Web site www.StormAid.com, was scheduled to start at 3 p.m. today and end Sept. 20.

All proceeds will go directly to displaced families and the Red Cross, Clear Channel said.

The San Antonio-based company owns two television stations and seven radio stations in Jacksonville.