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As we've been telling you over the past two days, a company that promotes online music produced a study that said Millennials were running away from radio into the arms of streamers. Cumulus/Westwood One Chief Insights Officer Pierre Bouvard took a whack at that study and produced 21 slides that refute it. He used data from Nielsen, Edison Research, and the Advertising Research Foundation to create the slides.

98.7 Today’s Kiss, in partnership with City of Birmingham, will host the inaugural Silence the Violence Rally Saturday, from 11 a.m.-2p.m. Recent national events, as well as in Birmingham neighborhoods, have motivated 98.7 KISS-FM to rally the community together

Mason, Remy and Alabama from Chicago’s BIG 95.5 hosted a “Big Hero Tailgate” on Wednesday for 2,000 loyal listeners at the 17th Annual Chicago Finest vs. Chicago Bravest Charity Baseball Game at U.S. Cellular Field, home of the Chicago White Sox.

After running our Wednesday story about the Music Biz survey and how Millennials are getting their music from streaming and not radio, we spoke to several radio executives to get their opinion. Here is why they object to the Music Biz research.

It was less than two months ago that Nielsen sent out a report on Millennials that stated in the average week, radio reaches 89% of "On Their Own Millennials." And that number rises to 92% among Millennials who are starting a family. Nielsen stated that, on average, radio reaches nine out of 10 Millennials each week.

Employees want a minimum of $17 an hour for off-air staff, and $30 an hour for on-air talent at the Cumulus sports station. SFGate.com reports Cumulus has countered with the San Francisco minimum wage of $13.00 per hour, according to union negotiators. The rally was held outside AT&T Park in San Francisco. None of KNBR's big name talent such as Gary Radnich, Tom Tolbert, and Murph & Mac were at the rally. Clearly those KNBR stars are making more than minimum wage.

It's actually a gift certificate to win a rifle at a local gun shop because the station is not a licensed gun dealer and cannot give away the actual rifle. This image is how the giveaway is being promoted on the Talk 99.5 website. Host Matt Murphy tells Al.com, "This is a way to break down some of the miscellaneous beliefs about this type of gun (The Bushmaster XM15)."

WWJ Newsradio 950, 97.1 The Ticket, and CBS Sports Radio 1270 (WXYT-AM), in association with IMG, announced today a long-term agreement to air University of Michigan football, basketball, and hockey. This is an extension of a partnership that began more than 20 years ago.

The company is giving WBOS a new look and a new logo. The music will remain Alternative but the station will now cut out a lot of the clutter. PD Ken West said, "We are passionate about delivering our content in a non-cluttered, non-controversial, pure-play music environment by playing the most music. In doing so, we are offering the ALT 92.9 Promise: 60 minutes of music after every commercial break."

One day after opening registration for CRS 2017, Country Radio Seminar officials announced the New Faces of Country Music show is sold out. It's the second consecutive year New Faces tickets sold out the same day they became available.