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SummitMedia's 106.9 The Eagle WBPT will host a "Pay to Play" on-air donation drive Wednesday from 3 p.m.-7 p.m. WBPT will ask listeners to make a $25.00 minimum donation with their request. The money collected will be given to the American Red Cross to support the victims of Hurricane Harvey.

The Bobby Bones Show kicked off its fourth-annual Joy Week, Monday, and raised more than $150,000 to benefit the Hurricane Harvey relief effort in Texas through the sale of #PimpinJoy apparel, and more than $50,000 benefiting St. Jude's. Maren Morris (pictured) launched the week-long celebration Monday.

Seven were operating in New York, one in New Jersey, and one was located in a Temple in Alaska. The Commission has given all nine pirates 10 days to respond to their notice and to shut down their illegal operations. Here are all the details.

At a SAG-AFTRA press conference Tuesday several current and former employees at La Raza 97.9 and MEGA 96.3 in L.A. spoke out about unfair treatment at the Spanish-language broadcast company. SAG-AFTRA said SBS has committed a myraid of labor law violations. They say the former employees were unlawfully terminated by SBS and the current employees are underpaid.

And that's a record. The $3.2 million was raised for the Children's Miracle Network during their 10th annual network-wide Radiothon, under the theme of "Un Million Para Los Niños" (One Million for the Children). This year, over 95 communities nationwide will benefit from the Radiothon.

Fresno’s PowerTalk 96.7 and AM1400 will broadcast the Los Angeles Chargers for the 2017 NFL football season. The stations will be the official Los Angeles Chargers affiliates in Fresno and Visalia, California.

The fourth annual festival will take place at AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami on Saturday, November 4 and will include performances by Nacho, Gente De Zona, Don Omar, CNCO, Reik, Jesse y Joy, and Camila Cabello, with more artists to follow. For the second year, the concert will be hosted by Enrique Santos.

It’s a Classic Hits format featuring 30-second audio documentaries that give radio listeners a comprehensive look at the stories behind the biggest Classic Hits songs of all time. The new audio series for Classic Hits radio stations is an addition to Benztown’s “Behind the Song” audio documentaries for the Classic Rock and Classic Country formats, which debuted last year.

Those are the words of CBS Radio Houston Market Manager Sarah Frazier (pictured here) who has her team working frantically to keep the community informed. As of 4 p.m. Sunday, CBS's stations went to an all-news simulcast on KHMX, KILT-FM, KILT-AM, and KKHH. Frazier tells Radio Ink that Monday morning it was clear there was a need to offer local residents a constant stream of evacuation and shelter information.

(By Deborah Parenti) The events unfolding in Houston have been horrible to watch. So many people have been affected by Harvey and their lives will be altered for many years. For broadcasters affected by the storm, you should know there's help out there.