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(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.

On Monday, WTMJ Radio and 94.5 KTI COUNTRY raised over $69,000 during a fundraiser for disaster relief for those affected by Hurricane Harvey. The money will be given to the American Red Cross.

In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Reach Media’s syndicated shows provided interviews with those affected as well as experts from the region to inform those listeners thousands of miles away on what they could do to impact others just like them. Here are just a few examples of what the Reach Media hosts have been doing to help Texas.

The Broadcasters Foundation of America announced Monday morning it is encouraging broadcasters who have been hit by Hurricane Harvey to find out if they qualify for emergency aid by completing the emergency grant request form on their website.

We all know that air checks are a standard yet critical tool in the radio industry. Whether it be for campaign verification or programming evaluation, the air check process has not changed very much in the last 50 years -- it is still fairly laborious and time consuming. While the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) technology has been touted as game changing for a variety of industries, the radio industry can also leverage this technology to its advantage.

All is right in the radio world as The Home Depot returned to the top spot on the weekly Media Monitors chart. The big box Home Improvement chain aired 53,468 commercials last week well ahead of the U.S. Department of Transportation (38,923).

Aerostar Communications of Utah is purchasing KEGH-FM (Woodruff, UT) along with booster stations KEGH-FM1 (Ogden), KEGH-FM2 (Bountiful, UT), KEGH-FM3 (Salt Lake City), KEGH-FM4 (Provo) for $1,100,000 cash. KEGH-FM has been in the SLC Divestiture Trust II for 6 years. It was part of the Simmons Media Group divestiture in the Salt Lake market.

Beasley Media Group, in conjunction with Marketron Interactive and Xperi, have partnered with Dan Vallie's National Radio Talent System to unveil the Beasley Radio Talent Institute in Boston. The 10-day program will debut next summer at Emerson College. CEO Caroline Beasley said the company is committed to supporting and encouraging the development of new talent.

Alpha Media’s News-Talk 1480 WHBC and Mix 94.1 raised the huge total along with AultCare for Wishes Can Happen, Inc. The Wish-A-Thon took place on August 10-11. Over the last 10 years, $1,037,862 has been raised for Wishes Can Happen.

Wilfrid Salomon of Lauderdale Lakes, Florida has ten days to shut down the illegal radio station the FCC caught him operating in July at 107.1-FM in Oakland Park. The Commission says Salomon was operating the pirate station from a commercial suite in Oakland Park.