The Draper Holdings Business Trust is a business trust company, located in Milton, Delaware. It is led by Molly Draper Russell, who inherited the company from her father, Thomas Draper, upon his death in 2018.
The philanthropic division of the trust, Draper Holdings Charitable Foundation, Inc., includes WBOC's "Bless Our Children" program which raised and distributed $343,536 in funds in 2022 "to help the children in need on Delmarva". An additional $213,500 was granted to "provide funding to tax-exempt charitable, religious, educations or scientific institutions".
In 2007, Draper Holdings Business Trust donated a professional broadcast news set to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore to aid in the production of student programming. The set was previously used by WBOC-TV.
Companies owned by the trust Loblolly, LLC – Real Estate Holding Company Draper Media Delmarva Sports Network - local sports network Television stations (Delmarva area) WBOC-TV – CBS/Fox affiliate WRDE-LD – NBC affiliate WBOC-LD – Telemundo affiliate WRUE-LD - satellite of WRDE-LD WSJZ-LD – satellite of WBOC-LD Radio stations (Delmarva area) WBOC-FM – Top 40 radio station WAAI – Classic country radio station WCEI-FM – Adult contemporary adult radio station WCEM – Former CBS Sports Radio affiliate WCEM-FM – Mainstream country radio station WGBG-FM – Classic rock radio station WINX-FM – Variety radio station WTDK – Oldies radio station WZBH – Active rock radio station WRDE-FM – satellite of WCEM-FM WRDE-HD2 – satellite of WTDK W282AW/W286BB – translators of WRDE-HD2 Radio stations (Wilmington area) WDEL – News/talk radio station WDEL-FM – simulcast of WDEL WSTW – Contemporary hit radio station WXCY-FM – Country radio station
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External links Draper Holdings Business Trust Draper Holdings Charitable Foundation