 All this month, get up to $50 off any Android smartphone from Appalachian Wireless, any Android you desire. All $50 off with two-year agreement, better service, bigger savings, that's today's Appalachian Wireless and East Kentucky Network Company. For the past few weeks, national headlines have centered around Hurricane Harvey, which damaged 100,000 homes and claimed at least 40 lives in the Houston area. And now, all eyes are on the most powerful Atlantic Hurricane in history, Hurricane Irma, which is setting its sights on Florida. Both of these storms will leave millions of Americans devastated. As they have done many times in the past, the radio and television stations of East Kentucky Broadcasting are partnering with Pikeville Medical Center to host a radio telethon to raise money for relief efforts on Thursday, September 14th, beginning at noon. It's the kind of thing we do at times like this. We really want to help and we know we've got great listeners and great viewers and they want to help, so this is a good opportunity to pull everybody together and see what we can do when we really pool our resources. And Johnson says by bringing two companies together with one common goal in mind, much more can be accomplished. That partnership with Pikeville Medical Center is so powerful. Their employees donate so much in terms of giving up their vacation time and turning that into cash they can donate. They also do payroll deductions. The past two radio telethons have raised money for natural disasters that occurred here in Eastern Kentucky. But she says now those in our region who received help have the opportunity to pay it forward. The people around here are accustomed to natural disasters. We've experienced our own floods and blizzards and terrible storms, so we know what this is like and that's a big reason I think people want to help so much. And that opportunity will come Thursday beginning at noon on the radio and television stations of East Kentucky Broadcasting as well as online at EKBTV.com. And volunteers will be on hand to accept donations as they come in, whether by phone, online or in person. Also we'll have people outside taking donations. It'll be like a drive-through. If you want to come through that circle and drop off your change from your car or from your pockets, or hopefully people will have done some fundraisers between now and then they'll have some bigger amounts to bring. The radio telethon will be broadcast from the second floor atrium of Pikeville Medical Center. In Pikeville, I'm Shannon Deskins for EKB News.